Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Last Thursday night we had a pre-Thanksgiving dinner at our house called, among other things, “Potato and Pie Thanksgiving”. This is my husband’s dream menu for Thanksgiving, and I have to admit that it sounded pretty great to me, too. We had some friends over and each person was charged with bringing a potato-based dish and/or a pie. We also planned a prize for the most creative and delicious item. It was so much fun!
The dish that won was a potato dish that took the idea of scalloped potatoes one step further with a creamy sauce, kielbasa, and extra cheese. So good! Because this is a group of friends that we get together with to watch MacGyver and other ’80’s TV shows, the prize was a Swiss Army Knife, an important tool that our hero, MacGyver, is never without.
Since we were the hosts, we didn’t compete, but one of our potato dishes was quite popular all the same. I’d like to share it with you. It’s a recipe that is common at my husband’s family gatherings and is everything people like in a good holiday dish: fast, easy, and deliciously unhealthy. If you need a potato dish for your Thanksgiving feast, you might try out “Hobo Potatoes”.
Hobo Potatoes
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds of frozen hash browns (the square kind–let them sit out for a little while so they are easier to separate)
- 1 cup of diced onions (make it easy on yourself and just buy them frozen!)
- 1 can of cream of chicken soup
- 16 ounces of sour cream
- 8 Tablespoons of butter, melted (reserve a little bit to mix with the corn flakes)
- 8 ounces of grated cheddar cheese
- corn flakes (enough to cover the top of the dish)
Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 9″x13″ pan with non-stick cooking spray. Mix all ingredients except the corn flakes and reserved butter together right in the pan. Mix corn flakes and the reserved butter together and spread on top of the mixture you just made. Bake the dish, uncovered, for one hour. Serve warm.
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
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