Kid's Fish Stick Casserole

Submitted by HeatherFeather

"I know, I know--this sounds really weird. This is one of those "I don't feel much like cooking" dishes that is easy to throw together on a busy night. This tastes a lot better than it sounds and is a real family pleaser. It is also a good potluck meal--and believe me, everyone is always shocked when they ask for the recipe and discover I used fish sticks. Another great find from Quick Cooking magazine."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 12 ounces shredded frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups skim milk
• 1 tablespoon dried minced onion flakes or 1 tablespoon fresh minced onion
• 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons seasoning salt, to taste
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper, to taste
• 4 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded, to taste
• 15 -18 frozen fish sticks, do not thaw

directions

1. Break apart hash browns with a fork and set aside.
2. Beat eggs and milk together in a large bowl.
3. Add onion,dill, seasoned salt and pepper to taste.
4. Mix in hash browns and cheese.
5. Pour egg mixture into a greased 9x13-inch casserole.
6. Set the fish sticks on top of the egg mixture- fitting them in neat rows.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for about 50-60 minutes or until top is golden and fish flakes when poked with a fork.
8. Before serving, let rest a few minutes or it will be too hot& gloppy.

Reviews

[evewitch]

I have to admit that I'm not fond of fish sticks. I was looking for a recipe that would make them palatable to me. This did the trick. I used 1 tsp. dried dill, and was glad to have dried onions in the house. A dinner with no chopping!!!

 

[~*Miss Diggy*~]

THis was a good quick meal. It was a little bland for our tastes, so I added a little tarter sauce. I will try to add more dill next time! Thanks!

 

[Fellfrosch]

Not bad... needs a little more flavor though. could barely taste the dill or the cheese or onions. Next time i'm probably going to triple those ingredients (1 1/2 the cheese). Might try the tartar sauce on the leftovers tomorrow.

 

[Froggus.]

i have to admit, i made a special run to the grocery JUST to make this. i'm glad i did. whilst in the hub-bub of prepping it, i got recipes confused and added some chopped bread and butter pickle (as a replacement for sweet relish). not a bad addition, but i'm not sure if i'd use it again. this reheated really well. i think next time, i'll add more cheese .. but then, i just eyeballed it. i didn't measure. thanks for tasty first, seconds and thirds !

 

[Joellen1972]

We liked this a lot! I didn't have any dill, but followed the recipe otherwise. It was really mild, but I think this is what makes it a kid-pleaser. Adding tartar sauce or ketchup was the only extra thing it needed. We went ahead and used the whole box of fish sticks on it.