Funeral Potatoes
Funeral Potatoes are creamy, cheesy potatoes topped with buttery crunchy cornflakes. Some people call this casserole side funeral potatoes but they are also called gooey potatoes or party potatoes.
FUNERAL POTATOES
This recipe is known as funeral potatoes because it’s traditionally served at funerals. This is because of its ease and ability to serve a crowd. Everyone has a recipe for gooey potatoes but this is my favorite version.
My friends the Clarks introduced me to them. Whether it’s Christmas, Easter, or a summertime barbecue, you can be assured that these Funeral Potatoes will be on our dinner table.
I feel like mashed potatoes and gravy are reserved for Thanksgiving. If you are looking for an alternative to that, this would be great also.
CAN YOU FREEZE FUNERAL POTATOES?
- Yes, you can freeze funeral potatoes. Simple freeze them without the cornflake topping.
- When ready to use, thaw in the fridge overnight and bake with the cornflake topping.
OTHER POTATO RECIPES:
- Ultimate Twice Baked Potatoes
- Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
- Jalapeno Popper Mashed Potatoes
- Loaded Mashed Potatoes
- Ruth’s Chris Sweet Potato Casserole
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Italian Mashed Potatoes
- Creamy Potato Soup
Funeral Potatoes
Funeral Potatoes - creamy, cheesy potatoes topped with buttery crunchy cornflakes. Some people call these funeral potatoes but they are also called gooey potatoes or party potatoes.
Ingredients
- 1 (2 lb) bag of frozen cubed or shredded hash browns
- 2 cups sour cream
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheese, + ½ cup for topping
- 2 (10.5 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
- Small bunch of green onions, sliced
- 2-3 cups Cornflakes
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix sour cream, 2 cups of the cheddar cheese, cream of chicken soup, and green onions in a large bowl.
- Add the hash browns and mix together thoroughly.
- Crush cornflakes lightly in a ziploc bag.
- Mix the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese with 2 cups of corn flakes and butter. Reserve for later.
- Pour potatoes into a 9x13 baking dish. Cover and bake potatoes at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes. (*I cook mine a little longer just to make sure they are done. There is nothing worse than crunchy potatoes. ) Cover top with corn flake/cheese mixture and bake an additional 15 minutes until potatoes are bubbling and top has browned.
Notes
Source: My friends Ryan and Heidi Clark. I did add butter to the cornflakes on top.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
I add chopped green chili to this recipe. Delicious!
I grew up calling these Church potatoes. I heard someone call them funeral potatoes in college and didn’t realize they were the same thing at first. We used to top them with corn flakes or potato chip, but a caterer topped them with Cheese Nips crackers and now we always do that. You can’t go wrong with a bit or extra cheesiness!
I like church potatoes much butter as the name!
Looks perfect (and easy) for all of the upcoming holiday potlucks. I don’t think I can call them funeral potatoes though!
I don’t blame you.
One of my family’s favorites! However, we make one small change—crushed potato chips instead of cornflakes! You should try it!
Ooh yum!
My husband makes, but adds celery and uses crushed Ritz crackers. Delicious!
Yum!
For some reason here in the Midwest, these are called Sorority potatoes and I have been making them for years for family gatherings. We make them with a large container of french onion dip instead of the sour cream and it adds plenty of flavor without adding extra onions or flavoring. We have also always used crushed saltines for the topping but I think I will try with potato chips this week since I am now eating gluten free and am not a big fan of corn flakes.
How funny? So many names for one little dish!
OH, Yummy – these are my fav!!
Thanks!
Hi Christy! Are these ok to make the night before and then bake the next day? Thank you!
Yes, absolutely!
We call them sinful potatoes..😈
That’s a good name!
Instead of frozen potatoes, could you use fresh ones such as red skin or fingerling?
Oh yes. For sure David.
DO YOU USE SIMPLY POTATOES (FRESH) OR FROZEN (THAWED i.e., house brand or Orida ?
I use frozen but you could use either.
I am tired of wanting to print a recipe that requires 7 sheets of paper. I would like to see this site improved.
Go to print or file on your computer and go to print preview. When you get to the recipe, select current page only and you should be able to print recipe only.
Thanks David for the help!
I’m a vegetarian so I use either cream of celery or cream of mushroom soup
It would be nice if I could get the recipe to print
Hi Christy! Love this recipe, any ideas on how to make it vegetarian? What soup would you replace the cream of chicken with? I have vegetarian guests quite often. Thanks!
You could use cream of celery or mushroom. Totally would work.
We know this as “famous potatoes”. My sister makes it with velvetta rather than sharp cheddar. I prefer the sharp cheddar myself, but we don’t put the cheese on the top we use the corn flakes.
We layer the potatoes then add the mixture to the top. Shredded potatoes cook faster.
This didn’t turn out great for me, I put into one 13×9 dish and it took over an hour to cook, with the potatoes still under cooked! The recipe doesn’t say the dish sized you used, in the picture looks really small, but the quantity the ingredients in the recipe made was way too much for that small dish. I would have halved the recipe and used a much smaller cooking dish next time. I can tell it would be yummy!
I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you! I’ve been making it in a 9×13 for years and it’s definitely very full but it still works. Sorry!
I let the frozen potatoes thaw in frig before mixing casserole. Helps with stirring and cooking time
Probably because the way the recipe is typed looks deceiving. It looks like it says 12 (Twelve) pounds of potatoes when in fact it is ONE 2 lb bag of potatoes.
I transferred my recipes to another plugin and it looks like the formatting was off. Sorry!
ONG OK!! I was losing it, thinking 36cups of taters!? 🤣
I used Simply Potatoes Southwest hash browns and sautéd them first so they were partially cooked. I have also used the Simply Potatoes cubes with onion and did the same thing.
my next recpie
I use obrien potatoes, with onions and peppers instead of shredded potatoes. Extra ingredients give it a great taste.
This is going with me to the next potluck dinner. How can you go wrong and it is so easy!
Cheesy potatoes, in my book.
We call these Funeral Potatoes or Party Potatoes! Requested quite often.
This recipe is an OrIda Hashbrown classic. My Mom has made this a lot. Its a family favorite
This is an amazing recipe, I love to cook this because is really easy and simple, and of course delicious, thanks for sharing
We know them as “Hashbrown Casserole”.
Gooey Potatoes are so delicious, these food is spectacular, I have eaten it many times in my life, in my opinion the real thing is that we need some good potatoes to cooked the recipe!22dd
I is a great recipe, and I also use French’s Fried Onions instead of the cornflakes. That gives it that little bit of extra something.
This looks great to make. A very nice mashed potatoes variation. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love this casserole so much! Used to make it all the time, but forgot about it.
Nothing like killing yourself with potatoes and sour cream, and cheese…don’t forget the cheese!
I make this into 2 casseroles and freeze one.Also I use it for a main course.