Slow Cooker Au Gratin Potatoes
Slow Cooker Au Gratin Potatoes: This easy to make side dish has tons of creamy goodness, piles of potato slices, and a smoky flavor from little bits of ham. Take these au gratin potatoes and ham to your next potluck or family gathering. The perfect dish for leftover ham!
The Perfect Holiday Side Dish
WHY I LOVE SERVING AU GRATIN POTATOES AS A HOLIDAY SIDE DISH: With this stress free slow cooker side dish you can still serve potatoes. TIP: Make the potatoes the night or day before. Cook in the slow cooker just before they potatoes become fork tender. Remove the slow cooker from the heating element. Let cool and refrigerate. THE NEXT DAY ( time depending on when you plan on serving them) place the slow cooker back into the heating element, turn on high, heat until the potatoes start to boil, reduce heat to low and continue to cook until fork tender. Reduce to warm setting until ready to serve. The cheese sauce will become thick and creamy. CHEESE PERFECTION!
How to Make Slow Cooker Au Gratin Potatoes
This delicious cheesy potato recipe is so easy to make you’ll never want to serve mashed potatoes again! FULL PRINTABLE RECIPE BELOW
•Layer potatoes, salt, onion, cheese, and ham.
•Repeat layers 3 time.
•Mix together soup and milk, pour over potato layers.
•Cook on low 5-6 hours or until the potatoes are fork tender.
What is the Difference Between Scalloped Potatoes and Au Gratin Potatoes?
These classic potato dishes look so much alike that most people don’t know the difference between the two and often use the names interchangeably. Both are rich and creamy with layers of sliced potatoes. THE DIFFERNCE COMES DOWN TO the cheese. Scalloped potatoes are (for most recipes) baked in a cream sauce of milk and heavy cream. Potatoes au gratin are a bit more decadent. They are made with lots of cheese sprinkled between layers of potatoes. There are many many versions of these two recipes. This is the basic idea.
What Cheese Works Best in Au Gratin Potatoes?
The best cheeses to use in potatoes au gratin are those that are creamy when melted. I used Cheddar, you can also use Gouda or your favorite cheese that is hard enough to grate but will also melt into creamy cheesy goodness. Hard cheeses in the end will not become creamy. FOR A STRONGER CHEESE FLAVOR: Mix together toasted bread crumbs and grated parmesan cheese. Sprinkle on top of the au gratin potatoes. OR… replace the milk with A LOT of heavy whipping cream or half-and-half (about 2½ cups per 3 pounds of potatoes).
MORE SLOW COOKER POTATO RECIPES
SLOW COOKER GARLIC MASHED POTATOES 2. SLOW COOKER LOADED POTATOES 3. SLOW COOKER CREAMY RANCH POTATOES
Slow Cooker Au Gratin Potatoes
The perfect side dish for picnics, potlucks, and family gatherings.
Ingredients
- 5 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and sliced into ¼ inch rounds
- a sprinkle of salt for each layer
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 cups cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 (8 ounce) ½ inch thick ham steak, diced
- 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1 soup can of milk
Instructions
- In a 6 quart slow cooker, layer potatoes, salt, onion, cheese, and ham.
- Repeat layers 3 times.
- Mix together the soup and milk.
- Pour over potato layers.
- Cook on high 5-6 hours or until potatoes are tender.
- SERVES 10
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I seriously LOVE this kind of potatoes! I’ve never made them in the slow cooker before, though. Can’t wait to try this!
These look SOOOO good 🙂 Visiting from Mix it up Monday.
These look amazing! Pinned!
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love this but I can’t eat mushrooms so I use cream of chicken great.
That sounds good Karen. Cream of celery would work too. 🙂
always happy to get new recipes that are EASY…
This looks wonderful. As I have a husband that only wants mashed potatoes, I put my foot down this Easter and am wanting to make scalloped potatoes. I hope it turns out!! Wish me luck with hubby and him eating them. Though there are people coming that will eat them. LOL
He’ll love them Lori. Who can resist cheesy potatoes? 🙂
Yes, my husband loved them, as everyone else. As my family says, “it’s a keeper! It really turned out great, and I didn’t change a thing. Thank you.
That’s awesome Lori! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
How many servings is this recipe?
Hi Bob, I think it will serve approx. 10.
Can you use Carnation canned milk in place of the regular milk?
Hi Amber, I wouldn’t…I only say that because I don’t like the flavor of canned milk. If that’s what you prefer then yes you use canned milk.
This looks super good! Planning it for Easter sunday. Will make it during the week for hubby and I to try. What size slow cooker did you use? Thanx
Hi Linda, I use a 6 quart slow cooker. ♥