Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole is a delicious side dish. It is enticing to look at and fabulous to eat. It is a must have for your next dinner, especially if you are short on time.
This Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole is a quick and easy side dish that is beautiful and special enough for all your holiday meals and easy enough to make for every day dinners.
Why Mashed Potato Casserole Works
A mashed potato casserole is one of those dishes that your family or guests will ohh and ahh over when you place it on the table. It is definitely a decadent, delicious and oh so easy to make.
How to Make this Loaded Potato Casserole Recipe – Step by Step
- Preheat Oven: First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine Ingredients: Next, in a large bowl, combine prepared potatoes, sour cream, cream cheese and house seasoning.
- Place into a dish: Then pour potatoes into a 13×9 baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
- Add Butter: Next, evenly place cubes of butter on top of potatoes.
- Cheese it : Next, spread cheeses evenly on top. Then sprinkle green onions and bacon on top of cheese.
- Bake: Finally, bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
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Recommendations for Making this Cheesy Potato Casserole
You can make this Cheesy Potato Casserole in advance and store it in the refrigerator for up to two days.
Therefore, you can make this casserole ahead of time and bake it the day you need it following the directions in the recipe. Clearly, it is a perfect make ahead for your party.
Tips for Making Loaded Potato Casserole
If you have leftover potatoes and do not need to use instant, here are a few keys to making a loaded potato casserole perfectly.
- Use a starchy potato, like Yukon gold or russets.
- Try a ricer to mash your potatoes, it keeps them fluffy, less lumpy and not as over worked.
- Use warm milk and butter. It absorbs better and wont cool down the potatoes.
Want more tricks for great mashed potatoes, check this out.
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Expert Tips for Making the Best Cheesy Potato Casserole Recipe
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: This is a great recipe for a crowd. Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and split it into two baking dishes before baking.
- More Bacon: It is always better with bacon!
- Frozen Shredded Hash browns: For a different texture, try using thawed frozen hashbrowns.
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Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole
Ingredients
- 12 servings of Idahoan instant mashed potatoes, prepared
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 oz . cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 tsp house seasoning
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 green onions, (whites and greens) chopped
- 3 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine prepared potatoes, sour cream, cream cheese, garlic and house seasoning.
- Pour potatoes into a 13×9 baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
- Evenly place cubes of butter on top of potatoes.
- Spread cheeses evenly on top. Sprinkle green onions and bacon on top of cheese.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
I looooooved these mashed potatoes! They were so easy to make and tasted amazing!!! My family is already asking me to make them again!
These loaded mashed potatoes were a real crowd pleaser!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
I still can find when to put the minced garlic in the potatoes. It is in the recipe, but where does it go? I did not use it and the potatoes were still excellent. Took it to a church dinner.
Sorry. I put it into the potatoes when I am mixing through the cream cheese etc. It would be in the second step in the recipe card. Thanks.
These look amazing. I can’t wait to try them.
Looks so yum! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
love your recipes –I have made many –easy and always great to have items in the pantry –the side dishes are wonderful
Thank you so much for the kind words!
What. spices are in the house seasoning? I would love to prepare this recipe.
You can find the recipe for my House Seasoning Blend here: https://www.itisakeeper.com/10427/house-seasoning-blend/
This is so funny. The minute I saw the picture in the email I wondered if I could substitute wonderful Idahoan potatoes in the recipe! Turns out, no need, they’re already there.
Yes, ma’am! 🙂 Doesn’t get easier than that!