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Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole

Recipe At A Glance
Rating: 5/5

5 stars based on 20 reviews
recipe is ready in 1-2 hrs

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recipe difficulty 3/5

Difficulty: 3/5

Serves/Makes: 6

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INGREDIENTS:

26 ounces bag frozen country-style hash browns
2 cups shredded Colby cheese
1/4 cup minced onion
1 cup milk
1/2 cup beef stock or canned broth
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 dash garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Combine frozen hash browns, cheese, and onion in a large bowl. Combine the milk, beef stock, half the melted butter, the garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in another bowl. Mix until well blended, then pour the mixture over the hash browns and mix well. Heat the remaining butter in a large, ovenproof skillet (no plastic handle) over high heat.

When the skillet is hot, spoon in the hash brown mixture. Cook the hash browns, stirring occasionally, until hot and all of the cheese has melted (about 7 minutes). Put the skillet into the oven and bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until the surface of the hash browns is dark brown.

NUTRITION:

313 calories, 18 grams fat, 25 grams carbohydrates, 13 grams protein per serving.

This Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole recipe from CDKitchen serves/makes 6

Recipe ID: 33505

SUBMITTED BY: rec.food.recipes Katherine Gotts kgotts

REVIEWS:

20 Reviews

Guest: Anonymous 2011-07-19
This is EXCELLENT! I love Cracker Barrel's and this is even better! Try this!!!

Guest: waynebob 2011-02-13
Excellent recipe! I use vegetable broth and a whole onion and also use 1/2 sharp cheddar cheese and 1/2 colby. Also, fresh minced garlic can replace the garlic powder. I ate the whole pan by myself the first time I made this ( burp... )

Guest: LittleBiscuit 2010-11-25
This recipe is absolutely delicious and was a HIT at Thanksgiving! I will definetly be making this again.

rebelrally 2010-11-22
tried and true this recipe is the best. i doubled the onions, but thats just me. for sure 5 stars

Guest: luv2cook 2010-03-30
THIS IS the best recipe for Hash Brown Casserole that I have tried, I have tried the others with sour cream and cream of... soup. This really does taste like Craker Barrel's! Yummy!! I do not use a skillet, I just combine and bake in large casserole.

Guest: cookermom 2010-01-01
This is our familys new favorite! I used a 1/4 cup more beef broth and a bit more cheese and delish! Wonderful receipe!

bigred8 2008-12-22
OUTSTANDING!! FANTASTIC!!! This is the best recipe for hash brown casserole I have ever eaten. It is the closest, and actually tastes just like, the Cracker Barrel casserole. I've been looking for this for some time. I couldn't believe it used no sour cream or cream soup. And the beef broth threw me off too. Now I know why. Try it with more cheese, more garlic, more or less onion, however, and it's still great. I first used an iron skillet, it was great, but stuck quite a bit, even with the butter. Then I used cooking spray in the skillet, it didn't stick as bad, but it had no "bottom crust", and we love that part. So, we used a g... read more

Guest: Tula 2008-10-07
This recipe is great. My husband is not a fan of casseroles, but he absolutely LOVES this!! I make a serving for 6 and its gone by the mext dinner time. I am a cheese lover, so I add more cheese.

Guest: kywildcat1954 2008-07-18
My brother makes this recipe only uses a little more broth and cheese and it's delish! So close to the CB version.

Guest: Anonymous 2008-03-31
This recipe is much better than any version using the "cream of" soups. I've made several to try to satisfy my wife, and this is a good one. If you want to get a little extra kick, use sour cream instead of milk (not quite cracker barrel, but everyone in my family said this one turned out better than CB's).

OkSweet 2007-06-21
This Hash brown recipe is great, I have been making this for years. It's a wonderful side dish to the Outback's "Alice Springs Chicken Breast" too! YUMMY!!

susnam 2007-03-24
We made this for 80 people at a women's retreat and a lot of the people there thought it was the best food of the retreat. We had made a lot, so there was some leftovers the next day, and people gobbled them ALLL up!!!!

Guest: JEN S 2007-01-27
I have been using this exact recipe for years and love it. I think it is very close to the real thing. I love that there is not the nasty "cream of" soup in this.

Guest: Dumpling 2006-12-04
Very close to restaurant recipe! I can't eat "cream of" soups, so this is wonderful! I would add a bit more broth (I used chicken--what I had on hand) because it was a bit dry for me. Other than that I wouldn't change a thing. Thank you!!

Guest: Anonymous 2006-11-05
My husband was impressed I will make this one again.

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