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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I freeze it before I bake it.
Do you freeze it before or after you bake it???
Would this work if you added eggs & Bisquick to make it similar to a quiche? It sounds wonderful and I'm hosting a baby shower Saturday morning so I was wondering if that would work'..?
Ok the Diced Potatoes turned a little dry. I'm sure shredded is MUCH better.
I'm making right now!! Only thing is that the store only had "Southern style diced hashbrowns!" I'm praying that it turns out great! Have any of you ever used these diced potatoes?
Melissa – so glad you liked them! Thanks for letting me know,
Oh Steph I just tried this tonight and it was so yummy!!
I made 2 pans of these for Christmas dinner and there was none left when I finally went to serve my plate…looks like 3 pans are in order next time! Thanks for the great and easy recipe!
Has anyone tried this in the crockpot? I have a funeral dinner to take food to, and I don't know exactly when they'll be serving the food. I don't want to leave this out for too long due to all the dairy in it. If it doesn't work in the crockpot, I may just pick something else to take. Thanks!
I have made this with bacon bits, real bacon and chicken. All turned out amazing! Today I'm making it with ham for Christmas. Can't wait for my family to try it!
Jessica – don't make the ranch dressing first. Just mix the packet of ranch dressing mix in with everything else. Dump everything in a huge bowl and mix. Enjoy!
I plan on making these Christmas morning for breakfast. I am not a cook, or anything of the sorts (usually take out at our house) but I have a stupid question. I am assuming you make the ranch dressing first then mix it in with the rest of the ingredients. Or is that not correct? Thanks, sorry for the dumb question.
Kimmie – absolutely. I always do that. I actually make it and freeze it and just pull it out the day I want to bake it.
Can you make this a day ahead of time?
Do you think these would work in a crock pot? I have a work potluck that I was going to make jalepeno poppers for, but these would be so much easier.
Made these last night for our family's Christmas dinner. Used the Simply Potatoes, southwest style. Incredible!!!