Manny's Heavenly Hash

Manu, a colleague at work, is always bringing in delicious lunches. They're usually leftovers from his dinner the night before and amazingly (yes, I'm being sexist here), he makes them even though he's married. Yes, the husband cooks! In fact, he's usually the one to make dinners.

Here's a recipe he gave me for hashbrowns. His said his aunt gave him the recipe and whenever he takes it to potlucks, it's always the first to go:

1 kg bag of hashbrowns
2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup butter
2 cups cheddar cheese
1/2 grated onion
salt and pepper to taste
dash of hot sauce (optional)

Mix it all up in a casserole dish, cook for an hour and a half at 350 degrees. I think it's a heart attack waiting to happen but it's darn good.


Update December 22, 2012:
Woke up this morning and had a craving for something with potatoes and sour cream for breakfast. I thought of this recipe had sour cream in it too! Apparently not. So I bastardized the recipe. Instead of a bag of hashbrowns, I actually used real potatoes (whoaaaa, crazy eh?) and used my new food processor to grate them. BTW, I LOVE my food processor. How did I live without one? I only added one can of cream of mushroom soup, used a whole onion (because mmmm onions!) and tossed in about 1/2 cup of sour cream that was leftover from dinner. I also tossed in some garlic and herb seasoning because I love it and I was too lazy to peel and mince real garlic. No hot sauce since I wanted it to be toddler-friendly. Waiting for it to come out of the oven now...