Last Updated on February 27, 2026 by PorchLightReading
Easy Cottage cheese patties recipe made with simple ingredients! Vegetarian, budget-friendly comfort food topped with gravy and served with mashed potatoes. Including step by step instructions and tips!
These cottage cheese patties really hit a home run when it comes to vegetarian comfort food. It’s a meal frequently found at many potlucks on the weekends and a dish that almost never has any leftovers.
With simple ingredients such as cottage cheese, onions, crackers, eggs, and a few spices, you may already have most of the ingredients on hand. So give something new a try tonight with this easy, vegetarian, meal idea.
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- Table Of Content: Cottage Cheese Patties
- Why you’ll love this recipe
- Ingredients
- How to make cottage cheese patties
- Gravy recipe
- What to serve with cottage cheese patties
- Substitutes
- Tips for the perfect patty
- Jump to Recipe Card
Looking for more budget-friendly vegetarian dinners like this? Try our Special K Loaf Recipe or a Haystack Dinner!
Cottage Cheese Patties
This dish was made on a regular basis in our home growing up. With four kids to feed (three of us teenagers at any given time) you can believe our parents were always looking for something tasty and budge friendly.
It’s followed its way into our own family meal plan with a couple of changes to make an already great dish even better.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Budget friendly
- Vegetarian
- Great leftovers
- Perfect for potluck
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- ½ onion- diced
- 1 sleeve saltine crackers- crushed
- 3 eggs
- 2 TBS onion soup mix- That’s a little less than one envelope.
- 2 TBS butter- melted
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ⅛ tsp. pepper
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Gravy Recipe
- 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup sour cream
How To Make Cottage Cheese Patties
Preheat- Preheat oven to 350℉. Start by gathering your ingredients. Heat pan to medium heat.
Combine- In a large mixing bowl add 1 cup cottage cheese, ½ chopped onion, 1 entire sleeve of crushed up saltine crackers, 3 eggs, 2 TBS onion soup mix, 2 TBS melted butter, ½ tsp. garlic powder, ⅛ tsp. pepper, and (optional) ¼ cup chopped walnuts. Mix to combine.
Fry- Add 2 TBS cooking oil to pan. Using a spoon or ice cream scoop drop a tablespoon sized portion into the frying pan. Flatten slightly using a small spatula, such as this small spatula from Amazon. Allow to brown on one side and flip once to brown the other side. Approximately 45-60 seconds for each side.
*Note- Work in small batches to not overcrowd the pan.
Set aside- Place the finished patties in a lightly greased 9×13 casserole dish. Continue to fry in batches until all the patties are browned.
*Note- Once you create a bottom layer of cottage cheese patties it’s ok to start stacking them to fit the last several patties into the casserole dish.
Gravy Recipe
In a medium mixing bowl add 1- 10 oz. can condensed cream of mushroom soup, ½ cup milk, and ½ cup sour cream.Whisk until combined. Pour over browned cottage cheese patties in casserole dish.
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Bake– Place in preheated 350° oven and cook for 35 minutes until gravy mixture becomes bubbly.
What To Serve With Cottage Cheese Patties
Cottage cheese patties go well with mashed potatoes and a side veggie. You can even use the extra gravy from the cooked dish to top your mashed potatoes.
- Serve cottage cheese patties with:
- Mashed potatoes
- Rice Pilaf
- Couscous
- Green beans
- Asparagas
- Peas, carrots, brussel sprouts
- Simple side salad
Don’t forget to jazz up the mashed potatoes with butter, sour cream, cheese, chives, and all the fixings!
Substitutes
You can substitute 1 cup cottage cheese with 4 oz. of softened cream cheese to make cream cheese patties instead! Another family favorite.
If you happen to have fresh mushrooms you can substitute the canned soup and make your own homemade condensed cream of mushroom soup with this easy recipe! –View cream of mushroom soup recipe
*Note- For this recipe you’ll be using 2 TBS of onion soup mix. The reason we’ve decided not to include the entire envelope is that we feel it overpowers the dish. But feel free to adjust to your liking.
Tips For The Perfect Patty
This recipe does come with a bit of a learning curve when it comes to making/flipping the patty. First off, make sure that the pan is fully heated and generously coated with cooking oil so that the cottage cheese mixture does not stick. Next, spoon the mixture into the pan and use a small spatula to help form the patty.
Once the patty is browned on the first side (and flipped), it’ll be easier to use the back of the spatula to flatten it a bit more.
Tips for flipping the patty- Since the patty is soft, the flip comes with a learning curve.
- Make sure the pan is heated fully to medium
- Generously coat with cooking oil (may need to add more for the second or third batch)
- Don’t overcrowd the pan
- Use the pan sides to help push the patty onto the spatula for an easier flip.
- A smaller spatula can be helpful
Recipe Card
Cottage Cheese Patties
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- ½ onion
- 1 sleeve saltine crackers
- 3 eggs
- 2 TBS onion soup mix
- 2 TBS butter
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ⅛ tsp. pepper
- ¼ cup walnuts (optional)
- 2 TBS olive oil- for cooking
Gravy
- 1 10 oz. can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Start by gathering your ingredients. Heat pan to medium heat.
- In a large mixing bowl add 1 cup cottage cheese, ½ chopped onion, 1 entire sleeve of crushed up saltine crackers, 3 eggs, 2 TBS onion soup mix, 2 TBS melted butter, ½ tsp. garlic powder, ⅛ tsp. pepper, and (optional) ¼ cup chopped walnuts. Mix to combine.
- Add 2 TSB cooking oil to pan. Using a spoon or ice cream scoop drop a tablespoon sized portion into the frying pan. Flatten slightly using a small spatula.
- Allow to brown on one side and flip once to brown the other side. Approximately 45-60 seconds for each side.
- Place the finished patties in a lightly greased 9×13 casserole dish. Continue to fry in batches until all the patties are browned.
- In a medium mixing bowl add 1- 10 oz. can condensed cream of mushroom soup, ½ cup milk, and ½ cup sour cream. Whisk until combined.
- Pour over browned cottage cheese patties in casserole dish.
- Place in preheated 350° oven and cook for 35 minutes until gravy mixture becomes bubbly.
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