Funeral Potatoes (Utah Potato Casserole)

Though this crowd-friendly casserole owes its name to sad times (Funeral Potatoes are often served at after-funeral dinners in Utah), the lighthearted recipe is anything but. It's pretty much impossible to dislike a dish of onions, garlic and cream topped with melted cheese and abundant crunchy cooked cornflakes. Even the biggest naysayers in our kitchen were seduced by this dish's addictive creamy flavor and crispy topping.

Recipe courtesy Young Sun Huh for Cooking Channel

Photo: Funeral Potatoes (Utah Potato Casserole)

TOTAL TIME: 1 hr 30 min
Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
 
YIELD: 10 servings
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 cups shredded sharp yellow Cheddar
  • 1 1/2 cups lightly crushed corn flake cereal
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Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Heat 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat in a skillet. Add the diced onion and cook, stirring, until soft and translucent, about 6 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant and softened, an additional 2 minutes.

In a bowl, toss together the cooked onions and garlic, hash brown potatoes, condensed soup, sour cream, Parmesan, salt, pepper and 1 1/2 cups Cheddar. Spread the mixture in a 9-by-13 inch casserole dish. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Top the casserole with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese, corn flake cereal and melted butter.

Bake in the oven until it bubbles around the sides, about 1 hour.

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  • on August 19, 2012

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    This is delicious. I normally don't care for the flavor of garlic combined with potatoes, but I like to follow recipes as written the first time I make them. The garlic in this dish just can't be left out. It makes the dish. I bought pre-grated cheeses so this was a breeze to put together. It's also just my husband and I so I split the recipe between 3 smaller casserole dishes and froze two of them. I don't think they'll be in the freezer long at all. We both loved this dish.

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