RITZ Cheesy Bacon Hash Brown Bites

Name: RITZ Cheesy Bacon Hash Brown Bites
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 10 RITZ Crackers; 4 cups frozen shredded hash browns, thawed; 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese; 3 green onions, chopped, divided; 1 egg, beaten; ¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper; ⅓ cup sour cream; 2 slices bacon, cooked, each cut into 5 pieces

The combo of RITZ Crackers and shredded hash browns make a crunchy, bite sized loaded potato snack complete with creamy cheese, cool sour cream and crisp bacon.

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Servings:

Makes 10 servings.

Ingredient list

10 RITZ Crackers
4 cups (about 2/3 of 30-oz. pkg.) frozen shredded hash browns, thawed
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
3 green onions, chopped, divided
1 egg, beaten
¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
⅓ cup sour cream
2 slices bacon, cooked, each cut into 5 pieces

Directions

Heat oven to 400°F.

Place crackers in 10 nonstick muffin pan cups sprayed with cooking spray.

Combine potatoes, cheese and 2/3 of the onions in large bowl. Add egg and pepper; mix well.

Spoon evenly onto crackers, adding about 1/4 cup potato mixture to each cracker. Use back of spoon to lightly press potato mixture onto crackers.

Bake 20 to 25 min. or until potatoes are crisp and golden brown; cool slightly.

Top with sour cream, bacon and remaining onions.

Recipe Tips

Substitute
Prepare recipe using your favorite variety of RITZ Crackers.
Variation
Substitute 4 cups (about 2/3 of 30-oz. pkg.) thawed frozen potato nuggets for the shredded hash brown potatoes. Crumble the potato nuggets into small pieces before using as directed.
Note
For a change of pace, you can instead crumble the cooked bacon before sprinkling it over the sour cream-topped crackers along with the remaining chopped onions.