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#WFD – Hash Brown Casserole

Place in oven and cook for 15-20 minutes until the potato is cooked through and the cheese is starting to brown.

POLOKWANE – This dish combines two popular dishes in to one.

What’s for Dinner says this hash brown casserole recipe uses grated potatoes, cheese, chillies, peppers, chicken stock and milk. It’s a comforting and filling dish topped with bacon, and makes a great any time dish.

Ingredients

  1. 15ml olive oil
  2. 1 red onion, cut into quarters
  3. 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut in half lengthways
  4. 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut in half lengthways
  5. 2 red chillies, deseeded and cut in half lengthways
  6. 200ml lowfat milk
  7. 1 x KNORR Chicken Stock Pot
  8. 6 large potatoes, peeled and blanched
  9. 120g low fat mild cheddar cheese, grated
  10. 2 rashers bacon, diced
  11. 30ml stork margarine
  12. 1 bunch parsley, chopped

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
  2. Place red onion, peppers and chilli on baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and roast for 10-15 minutes until skins start to blacken. Remove from oven, leave to cool slightly, remove skins and chop. Set aside.
  3. In separate small saucepan add milk and Knorr Chicken Stock Pot. Heat gently to dissolve the stock pot, stir well and remove from heat once stock is melted. Set aside.
  4. Grate the blanched potatoes into a large bowl, add the Stork Margarine and mix well. Pour in the milk and stock mixture. Add the chopped onions, peppers and chillies. Add half of the grated cheese and mix through well.
  5. Place the mixture in a medium sized casserole dish and cover with remaining grated cheese. Place in oven and cook for 15-20 minutes until the potato is cooked through and the cheese is starting to brown.
  6. Heat a non-stick pan, add the bacon and cook for 5 minutes until cooked. Sprinkle the cooked bacon over the top of the casserole to serve.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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