Funeral Potatoes with Ham is crowd-pleasing, delicious comfort food. The filling is rich and creamy and the whole thing is topped off with a buttery and crunchy corn flake topping.

Great Holiday Side

These Funeral Potatoes make a great casserole for Thanksgiving, when you can’t possibly have too many casseroles. And this recipe is also a great way to use up leftover Easter ham.

What Are Funeral Potatoes

Never heard of Funeral Potatoes" It is a casserole made from diced potatoes or hash browns that is popular in Idaho and Utah and is often served at family gatherings following funerals. The topping can vary but it is usually crushed corn flakes, which I have used,  or crushed potato chips. We tend to have a box Corn Flakes lingering in the pantry, but not potato chips. They get eaten up right away.
I like the slight sweetness the cornflakes give. It contrasts well with the cheesy, salty filling.

There’s a huge amount of sour cream, making this casserole potato and sour cream nirvana. It is so incredibly rich and filling, you really can’t eat a whole lot of it so one casserole will feed quite a few people. To flavor the casserole up some, I like to add about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the powdered ranch dressing mix that comes in a little packet. I use Hidden Valley Ranch. You can use the leftover ranch mix to make salad dressing or to mix into mashed potatoes or double stuffed potatoes.

Variations

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