Cool Ranch Potato Casserole

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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Easy Mexican Side Dish

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.

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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.

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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

Yield: 12 people
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
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

Ingredients:

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.

Steph

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  1. Has anybody tried adding cooked shredded chicken to this? Thought maybe I would cut back on the potatoes.

  2. 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!

  3. would it still turn out okay without the chiles and tomatoes? Since it won't have that extra moisture.

    1. 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.

    2. I've never done it myself, but I've seen people substitute sour cream with plain yogurt. May be worth looking into.

    3. 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.

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