Cool Ranch Potato Casserole – great make-ahead and freezer side dish! Potatoes loaded with taco seasoning, ranch, and diced tomatoes and green chiles. Great for potlucks! Shredded frozen hash browns, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, diced tomatoes and green chiles, cheddar cheese, taco seasoning, and ranch dressing mix. Our whole family went crazy over this easy potato casserole!! Great for taco night! #casserole #potatocasserole #mexicanrecipe #taconight
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This Cool Ranch Potato Casserole is perfect for your upcoming Cinco de Mayo Celebration! Potato casserole loaded with taco seasoning, ranch, and some diced tomatoes and green chilies for a kick. These potatoes are seriously delicious! I could make a meal out of just these potatoes.
How to Make Cool Ranch Potato Casserole
This potato casserole is super easy to make. Start with some frozen shredded hash browns. You can use them frozen or thawed. Combine the hash browns with sour cream, cream of chicken soup, taco seasoning, ranch seasoning, Rotel tomatoes, and cheese. Spread the potatoes into a baking dish and pop them in the oven.
You can make this potato casserole ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze for later. I like to divide the potatoes between a few 8×8-inch foil pans. I cook one and freeze the others for a quick side later. To bake after freezing, let the potatoes thaw overnight in the refrigerator and then bake as directed below.
What to Serve with Mexican Potato Casserole
Feel free to top this Cool Ranch Potato Casserole with some Doritos or Fritos before baking for extra flavor! I garnished our casserole with some chopped green onions. This casserole is the perfect side dish for all of your favorite Mexican dishes. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with these potatoes:
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Cool Ranch Potato Casserole
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1 (30 to 32-oz) bag frozen shredded hash browns
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1 (16-oz) container sour cream
- 1 (10-oz) can diced tomatoes and green chiles, undrained
- 1 (1-oz) package taco seasoning
- 1 (1-oz) package ranch dressing mix
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.
- Combine cream of chicken soup, sour cream, diced tomatoes and green chiles, taco seasoning, ranch dressing mix and cheese. Stir in hash browns and mix well. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake uncovered for 45 to 60 minutes.
Notes:
- Can assemble casserole in advance and refrigerate or freeze for later.
- To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed above.
- Can substitute plain Greek yogurt for sour cream.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Taco Seasoning made with chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, oregano, paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-taco-seasoning/
- I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup in this dish to control the sodium.
- You can buy it by the case at Amazon: https://amzn.to/49n4uZE
- Need Gluten-free Cream of Chicken Soup? You can buy it here: https://amzn.to/3MtqQ1s
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
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Has anybody tried adding cooked shredded chicken to this? Thought maybe I would cut back on the potatoes.
It would be delicious with chicken added.
Has anybody tried adding cooked shredded chicken to this?
I just made this tonight and it was so good! It made a ton so I'm freezing half of it. I think this is going to be one of those dishes that's even better the second day!
would it still turn out okay without the chiles and tomatoes? Since it won't have that extra moisture.
I’m sure it will be just fine. Enjoy!
this looks really yummy. on my 'try soon" list.
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Any substitute for all or at least half of the sour cream (our family hates it…)
when making a similar dish i was out of sour cream so i subbed a bottle of ranch dressing for the sour cream and the dry ranch dsg mix. it turned out pretty tasty.
I've never done it myself, but I've seen people substitute sour cream with plain yogurt. May be worth looking into.
I've never done it myself, so I can't vouch for how it might turn out, but I've seen people substitute sour cream with plain yogurt. Might be worth looking into.