i've always good hashbrowns but wanted a bit more so if you"re a like mind try this (it's well worth it)
use a dutch oven (only 98% necessary)
melt a tablespoon of butter and brush it all over the insides of the over
Take a package of frozen hashbrowns and leave them thaw.
dump the whole package into the dutch oven
in a separate dish crack 3-4 eggs and about 3 oz of heavy cream. mix up well and stir into the the hashbrowns making fur to coast the taters well
tihen take about a 1/4-1/3 of a bottle of ranch dressing and mix that into the mix
now make a double fist size nest in the middle of the mix and fix it with about 6 oz of blue cheese crumbles
using a jar of blue cheese dressing make a couple circles around the nest
set the over to 300-325 and put the dutch over in for about 1.5 hrs
at the end turn up the over to 400 for 45 minutes (gets the whole edge crispy)
enjoy!!!!!

We do something similar
Pre heat oven
use heavy casserole dish
Pre cook and cut up sausage or chorizo
Toss frozen hash brown shreds with oil salt and pepper, cook till brown.
Top potatoes with sausage or chorizo
Add whisked eggs 10-12 eggs.
bake until eggs are firm
add cheese and green onion etcetera on top
Kids like it once a week for dinner.

Wow, these recipes sound great!
Boomie, I can see adding some roasted Hatch green chiles on top of your mix.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Wow, these recipes sound great!
Boomie, I can see adding some roasted Hatch green chiles on top of your mix.

I would add diced roasted chilies to the egg mix or line the bottom of the casserole dish with larger pieces. I just add tabasco or hatch/tomatillo salsa to the top of my serving. Trader joe’s has a pretty ok hatch salsa for those who don’t have the time to roast their own. I admit to be an amazing salsa/chile maker. I learned a lot of traditional methods. Best compliments I get are from those from latin countries and say things like “this tastes like my grandma makes”. I have cooked a lot of latin foods for latinos and I love how they get so excited to eat my food and talk about dishes gushingly I made even years back. Latin foods are fun to cook and tasty.

Damn, that sounds DIVINE!

Yes indeed! All the recipes above sound great. As much as I love bleu cheese, I would have never connected baking it into hash browns. That needs to be tried.

I love blue cheese but I find the fresh blue cheese to be much better than baked in. The cheese loses so many qualities when baked.

I've only ever eaten it fresh by itself or crumbled into a salad. I have never tried it baked. It sounded interesting.

I use bleu cheese on ramburgers. Most excellent!

Indeed, sounds good. I'll have to give it a try. It just never occurred to me to use bleu cheese in this fashion. Thanks for the ideas.