Recipe Tuesday: Hashbrown Casserole

Welcome to Recipe Tuesday... being written on a Wednesday.. oops!
Today I wanted to share my recipe for hashbrown casserole. This recipe is a tried and true favorite in my house. You can eat it morning or night, I usually make it every Christmas morning, since it's such an easy crock pot meal and everyone requests it. It's also just a nice meal to make the night before and throw in the crock pot in the morning. It only takes about 15-20 minutes to put together, and you can even make it shorter by 'cheating' and using bacon bits instead of bacon. 

Ingredients: 1 bag of hashbrowns

1 can of mushroom soup

half an onion

250mL of sour cream 

1 pack of bacon

seasoning salt (enough to taste)

Pepper (enough to taste)

shredded cheese

Directions: 

1) Start by cooking the entire pack of bacon until it is crispy. This is the step where you can 'cheat' like I was saying. This step takes the longest and using bacon bits cuts out about 15 minutes prep time. As the bacon is cooking begin cutting your onion. Once the bacon is cooked, rip/cut it into small bit-sized pieces and add it into the crock pot. 

2) Next you are going to want to brown the onions. Once they are browned add them to the crock pot. 

3) Next you'll want to add the hashbrowns, sour cream and the entire can of mushroom soup into the crock pot. Add the seasoning salt and pepper as well.

4) Stir everything until it's well blended. 

5) Cook the casserole on high for 3-4 hours. In my new crock pot I only cook this casserole for about 2.5 hours, but in my moms older crock pot it takes about 4 hours. The cook time will depend on what sort of crock pot you have. Add the shredded cheese on top when it has about half an hour left to cook. It will melt, but it won't stick to the sides of the crock pot.

And that's it! Like I said, it's a super easy recipe that you really just throw into the crock pot and mix together then cook. 

Hope you enjoy it! Trust me, it's SUPER easy!