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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Crowd Size Cheesy Potatoes

This is a quick and easy recipe for any large party.   Warning that it will go quick.  You can add other things to it like ham, bacon (cooked) or bell peppers.  This recipe will fit into a large electric roasting pan.




CROWD SIZE CHEESY POTATOES
(serves 60)

Ingredients:
*6 (2 pound) bags southern style hash browns, thawed
*3 (26 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
*3 (16 ounce) sour cream
*1 pound butter, melted
*2 (16 ounce) bags of shredded cheddar cheese
*2 large onions, chopped (optional)
*2 teaspoons garlic powder
*2 teaspoons black pepper
*3 teaspoons salt

Directions:
~Spray roaster with a cooking spray.
~Mix soup, sour cream, butter, onion garlic powder, salt & pepper in roaster.
~Add cheese & mix well.
~Stir in hash browns until well coated.
~Turn roaster onto 275 degrees.
~Bake for 5-6 hours, stirring every so often.

**I've had a lot of people as me if they can just put this in a large roaster pan at the same temp.  You could.  You can also put the temp up to 350 and cook it for about 2 hours.  I would stir it everyone once in a while.

21 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi - I want to do this recipe but I will need to make it at 1.5 times the recipe, so for 90 people. Do you think it will still fit in the 18 at roaster?

bj brinker's home cooking said...

Yes I do. It may be very full at first, but it will cook down some.

Anonymous said...

How long would you cook this for if you double the recipe?

Sonya said...

How large is the roaster?

Diane said...

What to make this but only 4 servings, how do I break it down

Carrie said...

If I make this for 90 people in one roaster, will it change the cooking time?

Carrie said...

Also, could I assemble the night before and refrigerate and cook the next morning with the same cook times?

Carrie said...

This recipe worked great! I adjusted it to serve 450. Some suggestions would be to double the amount of cheese called for. Do not fill each roaster for 90 people as discussed in comments above. It made a huge mess and took longer to cook...we eneded up getting out more roasters to separate how much was in each roaster. They cooked better after doing that. We had our roasters set on 325 the entire time, not 275. And I suggest thawing out the potatoes ahead of time. We did that and still barely got ours cooked in 4 hours. I feel that if we hadn't thawed out the potatoes they would have taken twice as long. Lastly, we had three full roasters left over. And we served over 450 people very generous portions. So I feel that maybe the portions figured for this recipe was a little off. Over all, though I loved the way they turned out and we had many compliments! Thank you for sharing this recipe!

Anonymous said...

I really like this recipe. Was wondering if I could make these the day before the graduation party and just warm them the day of the party?

Anonymous said...

if having 100 people with other sides would 60 servings be enough or do I need to make more?

Anonymous said...

If I sub fresh potatoes for the frozen hash browns, how many pounds would you suggest I need? Would it be 12 lbs, same as the amount of hash browns? Anyone tried it with fresh (diced) potatoes?

Anonymous said...

I want to use dried hash browns instead of frozen. Will this work? How do I adjust measurements & cooking time?

Anonymous said...

Do you cover it?

Unknown said...

That’s how what I usually make this recipe with is fresh cooked potatoes. Cook them a head of time so they have time to cool before you grate them. This is better then store boughten. Don’t dice them.

Anonymous said...

I don't have a roaster pan. Will the temperature and baking time be the same if cooked in the oven in an aluminum pan?

Anonymous said...

I’m wondering the same thing about cooking them in the oven. Did you happen to make them in the oven?

bj said...

Yes you can cook them in a oven bake at the same temp (just watch the time and stir every once in a while). If you double the size, you will need 2 roasters. My roasting pan in 18 quart. I have put it together the night before, but cooked it the same day as the party (never tried warming it up).


gypsymaison said...

This is a quick and easy recipe I really enjoyed this post i like your blog.

Anonymous said...

If you want to step up the flavor game sauté your onions in the butter until softened. It’s a game changer!

Anonymous said...

Don’t use fresh pototoes they turn grey and look horrible

Kathy said...

What is the serving size? I found simililar recipes with the same amount of hashbrowns that said it served 100. Thank you!