Easy Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

This Easy Scalloped Potatoes Recipe is a classic layered casserole and are the perfect side dish to any main course and perfect for holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. 

These creamy, cheesy scalloped potatoes are the sliced potatoes and onions bake up tender in the oven with a cheesy crispy topping.  

❤️ Why I Love This Recipe

✔️ This easy scalloped potatoes recipe is a true one dish recipe!

✔️ This is the way my mom made scalloped potatoes for my family in my childhood.

✔️ It is super easy made in layers, no bechemel sauce required here!

🥘 Ingredients

Potatoes, I love Yukon Gold potatoes, they are have a buttery flavor and creamy texture. Russet potatoes work well in scalloped potatoes also.

Onion, white or yellow works.

All-purpose flour, this aids in thickening the sauce.

2% milk, to keep fat content lower

Butter, adds flavor

Cheddar cheese, I love to buy the brick sharp cheddar and shred it myself.

Parsley, optional for garnish

🔪 Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
2. Coat the bottoms and sides of an 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
3. Lay 1 cup of the potatoes on the bottom of the pan, then sprinkle with ⅓ cup of the onions, 1 teaspoon of flour, salt, and pepper. Repeat the layers 2 more times with the remaining potatoes, onions, flour, salt, and pepper (flour should be the last on the top layer.)
4. Top the casserole with the butter cubes.
5. Heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium high heat until hot. Pour the milk over the casserole. Top with the cheese.
6. Cover the casserole with aluminum foil (or casserole lid) and bake for 50 minutes.
7. Remove the cover from the scalloped potatoes and bake 15 minutes, until the cheese golden brown and the potatoes are tender.
8. Remove the casserole from the oven and let stand for 20 minutes, or until the sauce thickens.

🙋 Recipe FAQ's

Where did scalloped potatoes get its name?

It is believed that the name comes from the English word collop, which means to thinly slice.

How do you know when scalloped potatoes are done?

You should be able to easily slide a knife into the potato.

💭 Tips

• Be sure to thinly slice the potatoes to ensure they will cook through and not be hard. Using a mandoline is the best way to do this.

📖 Variations

• Stir in 1 cup of diced leftover ham.
• Substitute gruyere cheese for the cheddar cheese.
• Add minced garlic to the onion mixture for a more flavorful casserole.
• Make potatoes au gratin and add ⅓ cup cheese to each layer of the casserole.
• Garnish with fresh thyme instead of parsley.

🍽 Equipment

Mandoline, this makes it easy to thinly slice potatoes and is much easier and quicker. I use one like this one.

Casserole dish to bake the scalloped potatoes in. I love this ceramic casserole bakeware.

🏫 What I've Learned

Leaving the peels on the potatoes is a good idea and adds nutrition to the meal. By removing the peels from the potatoes, you lose as much as 80% of the vitamin C in the potato. Check out this article on Live Science about potato nutrition.

Serving Suggestions

Serve these scalloped potatoes as a side dish to this Turkey Meatloaf or BBQ Cheddar Meatloaves. 

Storage

Store any leftover potatoes in airtight containers in the fridge up to 4 days and in the freezer up to 3 months.

To reheat the leftovers, remove the scalloped potatoes from the freezer and thaw. Heat in the microwave or stove-top until warmed thru.

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