Cooking with Greek yogurt in place of sour cream? - Update in post #9

[Conservative Hippie]

I am making hash brown casserole this week, and I was wondering if using Greek yogurt in place of sour cream would work? I am on a protein kick, but I'm taking it to church, so I kinda don't want do it if it's going to ruin my "signature dish."

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Maybe make a small casserole putting yogurt in, instead of sour cream?

 

[cornflake]

I just had this discussion with someone - works great whenever I do it (not in a casserole, in other things, heh)!

 

[VAfamily1998]

I made a hashbrown casserole with it (this one http://www.simplypotatoes.com/recipes/recipeView.cfm?RecipeID=0010a),
and I thought it tasted great. However, that was the only time I made it, so I don't know if it would have tasted even better with sour cream?

 

[Conservative Hippie]

I made a hashbrown casserole with it (this one http://www.simplypotatoes.com/recipes/recipeView.cfm?RecipeID=0010a),
and I thought it tasted great. However, that was the only time I made it, so I don't know if it would have tasted even better with sour cream?

That is pretty much my recipe! Except I don't do the cornflakes on top (just more cheese). Also, after making it a few times I have started leaving out the butter and it comes out the same. I think I will make it with Greek yogurt this time.

 

[dandave]

Absolutely! Sour cream and yogurt are interchangeable. Sour cream simply has more fat and is, therefore, more decadent.

 

[SoonerKate]

I do it all the time (we always have yogurt in the house), and have never had a problem.

 

[gillep]

Works great for me, I don't even think that it looses the decadence when you substitute with the lower fat yogurt as long as it is the Greek kind regular plain yogurt can make a dish taste a little flat.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

I made my hashbrown casserole with Greek yogurt instead of sour cream and it came out fantastic! Even better, I think, than usual! I still left out the butter even though it was fat free Greek yogurt, but I used full fat cheese, so the butter was not missed. I am so excited about Greek yogurt I may never buy sour cream again. I don't normally eat chips, but one of my weaknesses is sour cream and onion dip. Tonight we are having burgers, so I made dip using Greek yogurt and a packet of onion soup and....wow...I am in heaven!

 

[Micca]

I had a container of Greek yogurt dip in my hand at the Kroger deli today and thought it looked really good (had some spinach in it). It was kind of expensive though ($4.49) and the expiration date was for next Tuesday. You can get sour cream based dip for much less than that, and it will keep for weeks. I'll bet it's good with pita chips

 

[golfgal]

That is pretty much my recipe! Except I don't do the cornflakes on top (just more cheese). Also, after making it a few times I have started leaving out the butter and it comes out the same. I think I will make it with Greek yogurt this time.

I stopped using butter with my recipe, which is the same but I used the cubed potatoes vs the shredded. The butter just made everything greasy and there is enough of that in the cheese, etc. I did watch a friend make hers one day and she melted the butter and mixed it with the corn flakes before putting those on top . We love this at our house. We add ham often too and call it a meal .

 

[Imzadi]

I had a container of Greek yogurt dip in my hand at the Kroger deli today and thought it looked really good (had some spinach in it). It was kind of expensive though ($4.49) and the expiration date was for next Tuesday. You can get sour cream based dip for much less than that, and it will keep for weeks. I'll bet it's good with pita chips

Greek yogurt seems pretty expensive to me to just use as an ingredient that gets hidden in a dish. $4.49 versus $1.29 for the same size of sour cream.

I've been making ranch dressing turkey burgers, making my own ranch dressing using sour cream. I was making it with sour cream + mayo + buttermilk. But Rachael Ray had a ranch dressing recipe with just the sour cream & it works fine.

 

[charming23]

I stopped using butter with my recipe, which is the same but I used the cubed potatoes vs the shredded. The butter just made everything greasy and there is enough of that in the cheese, etc. I did watch a friend make hers one day and she melted the butter and mixed it with the corn flakes before putting those on top . We love this at our house. We add ham often too and call it a meal .

We mix the butter with the cornflakes as well before putting them on top. I find it helps them crisp up and brown more. We also add ham, throw a quick salad together and call it a meal around too.

I love using Greek Yogurt in place of mayo in chicken salads. I do not like mayo at all and the Greek Yogurt works just fine.

 

[Jestocost]

The issue with yogurt vs. sour cream can be that sour cream is a lot thicker. The trick then is to put the yogurt in cheesecloth (or even a coffee filter in a pinch) and suspend it over a bowl. Once a bunch of the excess liquid drains off you can use it pretty much exactly like sour cream.

 

[Imzadi]

The issue with yogurt vs. sour cream can be that sour cream is a lot thicker. The trick then is to put the yogurt in cheesecloth (or even a coffee filter in a pinch) and suspend it over a bowl. Once a bunch of the excess liquid drains off you can use it pretty much exactly like sour cream.

You must not have tried the new Greek style yogurts yet. They are as thick as sour cream as they've done the straining process for you. You pay for it too.

 

[Keli]

I buy Greek yogurt all the time and it's not nearly that expensive at my grocery! It runs about $1.20-$1.50 a container. Since it's a smaller conatiner than the sour cream it's not quite as good a buy $$ but it's not too bad either.

 

[gillep]

I buy Greek yogurt all the time and it's not nearly that expensive at my grocery! It runs about $1.20-$1.50 a container. Since it's a smaller conatiner than the sour cream it's not quite as good a buy $$ but it's not too bad either.

It is certainly always less than $2 at my grocery store, and most of my recipes call for 8oz of sour cream and I can get greek yogurt in 6 or 7 oz containers depending on the brand so I just use that amount and my dishes always come out fine.

 

[cornflake]

Greek yogurt seems pretty expensive to me to just use as an ingredient that gets hidden in a dish. $4.49 versus $1.29 for the same size of sour cream.

I've been making ranch dressing turkey burgers, making my own ranch dressing using sour cream. I was making it with sour cream + mayo + buttermilk. But Rachael Ray had a ranch dressing recipe with just the sour cream & it works fine.

It's only like $.20 more than sour cream for the basically equivalent amount. The Fage is like 6 oz. or whatever for $1.50-$1.79 mostly and the little Breakstones are $1.29-$1.69 around here. The bigger yogurts are cheaper, it's like $4 for the big honkin size that'd be like $3 in sour cream but you get less sour cream.

It's also much creamier and thicker in the 0% fat than fat-free sour cream - and it's got 18g of protein in the 6 oz. where sour cream has close to none, if you care about such things.

We mix the butter with the cornflakes as well before putting them on top. I find it helps them crisp up and brown more. We also add ham, throw a quick salad together and call it a meal around too.

All y'all, stop saying my name! It's confusing.