27 Easy Recipes That Use Frozen Potatoes

These hearty and comforting frozen potato recipes will easily feed your family from breakfast to dinner.

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Patricia S York
Patricia S York, Assistant Food Editor at Southern Living
Patricia S York

Patricia was the assistant food editor at Southern Living and worked with the Southern Living food team from 2006-2022. She contributed to articles about food, gardening, and pets.

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Updated on December 12, 2023
Cheeseburger Casserole
Photo: Photography: Alison Miksch, Prop Styling: Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland, Food Styling: Melissa Gray

Savvy Southern cooks are experts at creating dinners with what's in the pantry and freezer, and one of the most convenient ingredients to have is frozen potatoes. These frozen potato recipes will feed your family from breakfast to dinner. Use your frozen potatoes to make our casseroles, quiches, frittatas, and more. Hearty, comforting, and filling, these frozen potato recipes couldn't be easier. When you're in a pinch and can't make it to the store, use what you already have in your kitchen with these incredible frozen potato recipes.

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Deep-Dish Loaded Hash Brown Casserole

Deep-Dish Loaded Hash Brown Casserole

Jennifer Causey; Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Stylist: Missie Neville Crawford

Start your morning on the right foot with this irresistible hash brown casserole. Loaded with cheese, bacon, eggs, and more, this dish will make you the star of breakfast.

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Party Potatoes

Party Potatoes - Southern Living

Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox

With just five ingredients and 15 minutes of active time, you'll have a delicious and easy dish for anyone to enjoy. These party potatoes are a creamy, crunchy delight that is sure to please a crowd.

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Spiced-Up Shoestring Fries

Southern Living Spiced-Up Shoestring Fries on a plate to serve with chipotle mayonnaise.

Victor Protasio; Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Stylist: Christine Keely

Elevate your standard frozen fries by using this spicy recipe. With just using spices you already have in your cabinet, you can make frozen shoestring fries taste homemade.

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04 of 27

Cheese-and-Carrot Mashed Potatoes

Shepherd’s Pie
William Dickey

If you're cooking up a roast, meatloaf, or steak for dinner, this might be the perfect side dish to accompany it. Easy to make and more flavorful than regular mashed potatoes, these cheese and carrot mashed potatoes will be a hit.

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Skillet Chicken Pot Pie

Skillet Chicken Pot Pie
Becky Luigart Stayner

Refrigerated piecrusts, rotisserie chicken, frozen matchstick carrots, and frozen cubed hash browns provide easy hacks for what can be a time-consuming recipe. Our Skillet Chicken Pot Pie means Sunday dinner will be ready in record time.

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Cheesy Chili Hash Brown Bake

Cheesy Chili Hash Brown Bake
Jennifer Davick

This might be our easiest casserole ever—it only calls for 5 ingredients. A browned and crisp topping of frozen country-style shredded hash browns will be your new favorite chili topping.

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Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd’s Pie with Potato Crust
Photo: Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Torie Cox; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke

This traditional comfort food recipe starts with tender lamb from the slow cooker and ends with a buttery topping of mashed potatoes. A little heavy cream gives the packaged potatoes a boost.

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Hashbrown Casserole

Hashbrown Casserole
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With just a few store-bought ingredients, this comforting casserole is as easy as dumping them into the casserole dish, stirring, and baking. The buttery cornflake topping isn’t required, but it’s delicious.

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09 of 27

Skillet-Toasted Gnocchi with Peas

Skillet-Toasted Gnocchi with Peas
Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling Torie Cox

Store-bought potato gnocchi is a fun diversion from your usual pasta night. Peas and bright lemon make this easy dinner taste springy, and you can add a protein like shrimp or chicken if you're feeding a hungry crowd.

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Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

Tater Tot Breakfast Bake
Jennifer Causey

Eggs, cheese, tater tots, and bacon are the key to a simple, crowd-pleasing breakfast casserole that's been a reader favorite for years. Make this the night before, and pop it in the oven in the morning to bake.

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Onion-Topped Sausage 'n' Mashed Potato Casserole

Onion-Topped Sausage ‘n’ Mashed Potato Casserole
Jennifer Davick

There's nothing we love more than a casserole that combines the main dish and a side dish into one easy recipe. Turkey sausage keeps this meal lighter, while prepared mashed potatoes keep it convenient.

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Red Pepper, Potato, and Ricotta Frittata

Red Pepper, Potato, and Ricotta Frittata
Photo: Greg Dupree

Frittatas are the best dishes for using up whatever you have on hand, so feel free to mix up this recipe with what's in your fridge or freezer. Made in one skillet, this meal is one to keep in your mealtime rotation.

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Salt-and-Pepper Oven Fries

Salt-and-Pepper Oven Fries
Jennifer Davick

Frozen fries get an update with tasty seasonings. This simple recipe also gives spice mixture options for Italian Oven Fries, Barbecue Oven Fries, Jerk Oven Fries, and Southwest Oven Fries.

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Cowboy Casserole

Cowboy Casserole
Micah A. Leal

This hearty dinner casserole is topped with a layer of crispy tater tots, so yeah, the kids are going to eat it up. Cans of beans, tomatoes, and green chiles come together to make the base of this tater tot-crusted winner.

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Potato-Crusted Pizza

Potato-Crusted Pizza Recipe
Photo: Hector Sanchez

This "Why didn't I think of that?" dinner is one the kids will love to customize with their own toppings. They’ll even want to help make the potato crust.

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Winter Vegetables and Gnocchi

Winter Vegetables and Gnocchi
Greg DuPree

This cozy recipe can easily be adapted with what you have on hand or topped with a protein of your choice. Any combination of roasted winter vegetables will make this meal a comfort.

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Sausage-Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

Sausage-Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole
Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Tina Bell Stamos

Southern cooks know that a big-batch breakfast casserole in the freezer is a lifesaver. This sausage, hash brown, and egg bake is perfect to have on hand for holidays, guests, or a weeknight breakfast for supper.

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Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd’s Pie
Joseph De Sciose

It may look complicated, but our recipe is anything but difficult thanks to frozen mashed potatoes. Stir in mashed carrots, milk, Cheddar cheese, thyme, salt, and pepper for an ultra-decadent mashed potato topping for the ground beef mixture.

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Bacon-Hash Brown Quiche

Bacon-Hash Brown Quiche
Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Imagine your favorite fluffy quiche recipe…then encase it in a crust of hash browns and bacon. You're welcome. This new favorite can be served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

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Shrimp Boil Vegetable Bowls

Shrimp Boil Vegetable Bowls
Photo: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Tina Bell Stamos

Get all the low-country boil flavor you crave from the summertime any time of the year with this easy one-bowl dinner. Pick up cooked shrimp from your local market to make this quick meal even more convenient.

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Chicken Pot Pie with Bacon-and-Cheddar Biscuits

Chicken Pot Pie with Bacon-and-Cheddar Biscuits
Becky Luigart Stayner

How could we make classic chicken pot pie even cozier? By swapping a pastry crust for a topping of homemade bacon-cheddar biscuits, that's how.

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Herbed Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Herbed Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Don't waste time flipping flapjacks for breakfast: This savory and filling casserole is made in your slow cooker. Layer eggs, hash browns, sausage, and veggies for unbelievable flavor.

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Cheeseburger Casserole

Cheeseburger Casserole
Photography: Alison Miksch, Prop Styling: Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland, Food Styling: Melissa Gray

Need an easy fix for cheeseburger cravings during the winter months when you're not grilling outdoors? Meet the kids' new favorite dinner, complete with tater tots on top instead of on the side.

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Gnocchi Gratin with Ham and Peas

Gnocchi Gratin with Ham and Peas
Photo: Linda Pugliese; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen; Food Styling: Torie Cox

You can prep this cozy casserole up to two days in advance and store it in the fridge until you're ready to bake it. This dish checks off cravings for creamy, cheesy, comforting food, so it may not last that long.

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Funeral Potatoes

Funeral Potatoes

This old-school Southern dish is known for comforting neighbors in times of need and sorrow. Make it anytime you crave a creamy, cheesy dish. The potato chip topping is irresistible.

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Hash Brown Patties

Hash Brown Patties
Photographer Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Margaret Dickey, Prop Stylist Prissy Lee

Frozen hash browns are perfectly seasoned and pan-fried with cheddar cheese until golden. These are so good, you’ll want to keep some on hand. You can make these ahead of time, freeze them, and reheat them in the oven.

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Cottage Pie with Potato Crust

Shepherd's Pie with Mashed Potato Crust Image
Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Margaret Monroe Dickey; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr

Prepared frozen mashed potatoes help this beefy, hearty dish come together quickly. For even more convenience, double this recipe to freeze half for later.

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