Funeral Potatoes

Name: Funeral Potatoes
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 , onions, chopped fine; 1/4 cup, all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 1 cup, half-and-half; 1 3/4 teaspoons, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, dried thyme; 1/4 teaspoon, pepper; 2 cups, shredded sharp cheddar cheese; 8 cups, frozen shredded hash brown potatoes; 1/2 cup, sour cream; 4 cups sour-cream-and-onion, potato chips, crushed

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2011

This gooey, cheesy casserole classic is usually made with convenience products. We wanted to keep the convenience but inject some “from scratch” flavor.

SERVES8 to 10

TIME1¾ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We pitted frozen hash browns against fresh potatoes and determined that the former made for less starchy, gloppy Funeral Potatoes. Frozen hash browns were also much easier to prepare. To speed up the cooking time for our hash browns, we tha...

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