Cheddar & Bacon Hash Chocolate-Brown Side Dish

I needed an slowly side dish to larn along alongside around fried chicken yesterday in addition to decided to throw together around "cheater" Au gratin potatoes. I had a pocketbook of fresh hash browns (called Simply Potatoes) in addition to thence I decided to piece of occupation those (they are sold, inwards our market, side past times side to the eggs). I made a quick white sauce, stirred inwards the hash browns, around cheddar, a niggling sour cream in addition to around bacon. What to a greater extent than tin you lot inquire for?? They were real cream & cheesy-delicious.

1 packet Simply Potatoes
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon dark pepper
2¼ cups milk
¼ loving cup chopped onions sauteed
2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
¼ loving cup sour cream
4 slices bacon fried crisp in addition to crumbled

This is what the potatoes expect like:

In a small, heavy bottomed sauce pan, melt three tablespoons butter in addition to add together three tablespoons flour in addition to simmer for most a minute; stir inwards the sauteed onions in addition to crumbled bacon. Whisk inwards the milk (whisk quickly, at first, in addition to thence you lot don't larn lumps) in addition to attain until the mixture thickens. When it comes to a boil, take away from oestrus in addition to stir inwards the cheese, potatoes in addition to sour cream. Pour into a greased ii quart baking dish in addition to bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes or until bubbly in addition to potatoes are tender.

I don't run across why you lot couldn't piece of occupation frozen hash browns (as long every bit you lot thaw them first).