Crack Potatoes – the ORIGINAL recipe!! Potato casserole made with sour cream, cheddar cheese, real bacon bits, ranch dip mix, frozen shredded hash brown potatoes. Can make ahead and freeze for later. Everyone RAVES about these yummy potatoes! SO good!! Make them tonight!
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Pin This RecipeOne of our favorite dips is Cheddar Bacon Ranch dip, or what I refer to as “Crack“. I usually only make it during football season because it is HIGHLY addictive. I only made this once this football season and I forgot to take it to the tailgate. I left it in my parent’s refrigerator! I was devastated!
I took the dip back home and started thinking about what to do with it – other than eat it all by myself. I decided to mix the dip into a big bag of frozen hash browns. The result? A fantastic potato casserole! We absolutely love this! Chicken Legs requests this all the time. I divided the potatoes up into 3 disposable foil pans and froze them so we always have potatoes when we need them. We just finished off the last pan, so I guess I need to add this to my grocery list this week.
Crack Potatoes
Ingredients:
- 2 (16-oz) containers sour cream
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1½ cups cooked chopped bacon (about 1½ pounds bacon)
- 2 (1-oz) packages Ranch Dressing mix
- 1 (32-oz) bag frozen shredded hash brown potatoes
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.
- Combine sour cream, cheese, cooked bacon and ranch mix. Stir in hash browns and mix well. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake uncovered for 45 to 60 minutes.
Notes:
Steph
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DELICIOUS!! Instant addition to our Family Favorites, thank you 🙂 Mods: I used 20-oz bag of refrigerated hashbrowns, 8-oz sour cream, 8-oz Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing (not the powdered mix), a bit less cheese, mixed in some diced red onion, and baked in a 7"x7" foil baking dish for 30 minutes. And I forgot the bacon – oops.
Found this right before Thanksgiving & made it for my family dinner. It was gone within minutes & people were even trying to lick the dish! If you like spicy food you can add a little bit of Sweet Baby Ray's Buffalo Sauce to it when you get your serving out, like my boyfriend does. It almost makes it seem like you're eating something from B-Dub's. Either way, this dish is AmAzInG & I am now an addict.
Sooooooooo trying it this Sunday for football!! Looks and sounds amazing!
I found your receipe on Pinterest and I'm making it right now for a get together this afternoon! Thank you so much and I love your site!
These potatoes are ridiculously delicious. I am eating them right now.
Just made this vegan. #winning
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To cut down on the salt (or MSG)from the ranch dressing mix, just make your own mix. Tons of recipes on the net, and you can control the ingredients.
Bake them uncovered – enjoy!!
Should I bake them covered or uncovered?
Thanks!
I always use unsalted butter in everything – easier to control the salt content that way
thanks for the info! hey on your "best chocolate cupcakes ever" recipe it says a cup of butter at room temp… do u mean unsalted butter or regular butter?for your buttercream recipe im sure i sound insane but im new to cooking!
You just mix it together and then freeze it. I buy the disposable aluminum pans and divide the potatoes between them. I cover the pans with saran wrap and then foil.
I let the potatoes thaw out a little (hour or so before I bake them) and just add a few minutes to the cooking time.
ok well i used full fledged fat sour cream and everyone devoured it! u dont realize how much it makes till you cook it! when you freeze it do you just mix it all together then freeze it? or do you cook it then freeze it? and how do you freeze it? im so new to freezing food ive been married 7 years 26 years old and STILL dont know how to freeze food lol i LOVE your recipes so much!
Joyce – I usually divide this into three 8×8 pans and freeze two of them for later.
If you want to cut this in half – use a 9×9 pan – I usually cook it for about 30-40 minutes when I cut it down.
MoMto1ToT – I usually use light sour cream. I also think it would be ok to use just one pack of Ranch if it was too salty for you.