We’re throwing it waaaay again with a tacky potato casserole right now.
Everybody has tacky potatoes, and these are mine. These tacky potatoes are the epitome of a celebration recipe. These are social gathering potatoes. Or some individuals even name them funeral potatoes. They’re every little thing potatoes – as a result of you may make them for any gathering they usually simply WORK.
This recipe is completely out of the 90s. And since we now should put on denims like we’re again within the 90s, why not make potatoes like we’re again within the 90s too?
After I say that you just guys have requested for this recipe for years, I imply yearsssss. Fairly positive I’ve shared images of this dish over on my crumbs part a couple of billion occasions, at our household gatherings, holidays, and every little thing in between. I’ve exchanged the recipe with lots of you in electronic mail after you noticed an image on my weblog or instagram.
I by no means thought I’d submit it on the weblog as a result of simply WAIT till you see the components. I imply, that is like, straight-out-of-the-90s good. That is the recipe you discover in your outdated church cookbook or the one which’s battered in your mother’s recipe field.
My mother has made these potatoes hundred of occasions in my life. A whole bunch!
The opposite factor is that EVERYONE has a tacky potato recipe. You recognize? I’m positive you’ve got one, or your aunt does, or some household good friend that brings them to each get collectively in the summertime or across the holidays. There are such a lot of variations and wow, wouldn’t it’s attention-grabbing to determine the place they had been first invented?
Fairly positive we will safely say they needed to originate within the 80s or 90s given the components. Oh sure.
Wait. First I ought to most likely inform you the tacky potato components. You would possibly need to partially cowl your eyes if you learn them. I can’t assist however chuckle! We’ve got:
Frozen diced potatoes
Butter
Bitter Cream
Cream of Rooster Soup
Cheddar Cheese
Potato Chips
I KNOW. Sure. These are the components. All good and beige and white. I promise this makes for the very best tacky potatoes although. Swear.
Additionally aspect notice: not solely are these the components however I’m fairly positive my mother used to solely use margarine for it as an alternative of butter. Don’t fear, she has since been transformed.
So a number of caveats.
This recipe makes use of tremendous easy components, however I needed to submit it EXACTLY how my mother has at all times made it as a result of it’s so fashionable with household and buddies.
First, you may undoubtedly add onions and even peppers to this. You utilize frozen potatoes, and there may be a model that truly comes with onions and peppers. My mother by no means added any of those as a result of my grandpa loathes onions with the hearth of 1000 suns. I imply, there couldn’t be an onion in sight!
My mother and I each agree that the addition of onions and/or peppers could be nice. My sister-in-law has made them with the onion potato selection and says they’re scrumptious.
The one bonus to zero onions is that these go over HUGE with all of the populations: choosy individuals and children alike.
Second, the unique (like method method method again unique) recipe referred to as for cream of mushroom soup, not cream of rooster. My dad loathes mushrooms, so my mother by no means used that. She makes use of cream of rooster as an alternative.
It doesn’t make the potatoes style like rooster and if there are any little rooster bits, nobody is none the wiser!
So right here’s how the potatoes occur!
- You need to use frozen potatoes. I’ve seen some individuals use hash brown fashion frozen potatoes – in actual fact, I believe that’s what this unique recipe referred to as for one million years in the past. My mother has at all times used diced potatoes – these actual ones – and we love them. They add extra texture to the dish than the hash browns do.
- You soften the butter, then stir within the bitter cream and may of soup. Then you definately fold within the potatoes.
- The entire combination goes right into a baking dish. Then you definately cowl it with cheddar. This isn’t the place it ends.
- Then, THEN, you cowl it with crushed potato chips. I’m not kidding!
- Lastly, bake it for an hour or so. It will get so tacky and creamy and melty, however the high is ridiculously crunchy and crispy. So savory.
Now right here’s the factor. These are actually the components that it is best to use. I don’t counsel substituting something, apart from what I discussed above, like including in onions or utilizing cream of mushroom soup.
That is a type of old fashioned casseroles the place the packaged merchandise yield the very best outcomes. They’ve precisely the quantity you want. That is completely not a recipe to loosen up. Both go massive on the tacky potatoes or go dwelling!
Whereas this isn’t a recipe my mother ever made for dinner, she makes it for all kinds of events and other people lose their minds. It’s simply SO good. So cozy, so comforting, so nostalgic. Tastes like casseroles out of your childhood and makes for the very best aspect dish at gatherings. It’s a will need to have for each recipe field.
My Mother’s Tacky Potatoes

My Mother’s Tacky Potatoes
My mother’s well-known tacky potatoes are completely insane. Like a comfy, comforting potato casserole straight out of the 90s, these are an enormous crowd pleaser and excellent for events and holidays.
- Preheat the oven to 350 levels F. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray. To thaw the potatoes, I simply stick the baggage within the fridge in a single day. Make sure you drain any liquid from thawing.
- Soften the butter in a big bowl – you are able to do this within the microwave or on the stovetop. Let it cool barely.
- Whisk the bitter cream and the soup into the melted butter till mixed. Add an enormous pinch of salt and pepper. You can too add a sprinkle of dried parsley if you want.
- Fold within the thawed potatoes. Fold and stir till the potatoes are fully integrated and evenly distributed.
- Unfold the combination within the baking dish. High with the grated cheddar. At this level, you may stick the dish (coated) within the fridge till you’re able to bake, or you may bake instantly.
- If baking instantly, sprinkle the highest with the crushed potato chips.
- Bake for 60 minutes. Let stand for 10 to fifteen minutes earlier than serving. Scoop to serve!
- This freezes nice! When you unfold the combination within the baking dish, seal it tightly with plastic wrap and foil, then freeze. To bake, let it thaw fully, then high with the cheddar and potato chips.
- Leftovers of this are additionally scrumptious – perhaps even higher than when it’s freshly made!
Good day 1995!