Slow Cooked Au Gratin Potatoes
December 28, 2008 by Culinary Cory
Filed under Munchies, Sides, Slow Cooker
This recipe was featured in Cooking Club of America’s e-newsletter called Food Now! The article was called Slow Cooker Recipes for Cool Fall Nights
I was sitting on the couch eating a bowl of these au gratin potatoes while Brent was flipping though a list of recorded shows on our DVR. I commented that his suggestion to add smoked gouda to the recipe was a good idea. Without missing a beat, he required I thank him to the world. (aka this blog).
So here goes….thank you Brent for suggesting the addition of smoked gouda to my slow cooked au gratin potato recipe. You are the most brilliant recipe taste tester and smoked gouda idea recommender in the whole wide world. Note: He didn’t request the last statement. But, I figured the extra brownie points wouldn’t hurt.
Slow Cooked Au Gratin Potatoes
5 – 6 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced ¼ “ thick
½ cup onion, minced
3 Tbl. butter
3 Tbl. flour
2 cups milk
4 oz. smoked gouda, shredded
4 oz. sharp cheddar, shredded
3 Tbl. parmesan cheese, grated
salt and pepper
cooking sprayCoat the interior of the slow cooker crock with cooking spray. Evenly layer the potatoes with the onions. Sprinkle each layer with a pinch of salt and pepper.
In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and cook for 1 minute, until the butter is completely absorbed. Slowly add the milk and heat for 3 – 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Do not allow the sauce to boil. Remove from heat and add all three cheeses at once. Stir until the cheeses have melted.
Pour the cheese sauce over the potatoes. Cook the mixture on high for 2 – 3 hours and then reduce the temperature to low. Cook for an additional hour, or until the potatoes have completely softened. Total cook time in the slow cooker will roughly be 4 – 4 1/2 hours. There should be no need to stir during cooking. Serves about 4 – 6 people as a side. The recipe can be easily doubled.
Authors Note: It is very important to coat the slow cooker crock with cooking spray to prevent the cheese from sticking. This will totally save on clean-up time.
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Fingers crossed! I normally don’t cook anything more complicated than an omelette, but really wanted to try something. After agonizing over ideas/recipes I finally settled on this one with pan fried steak. I substituted Gouda with Mozarella and used a really sharp aged cheddar. It’s in the slow cooker now. Here’s to anxiously hoping that we aren’t ordering pizza later tonite! Thank you for the recipe!
Disclaimer: Even if mine don’t turn out perfect the recipe looks really good!
Haroon: that’s awesome. Thanks for trying my recipe! Looking forward to hearing how it turns out.
We’re bringing this to Thanksgiving dinner today! I agree, takes longer than you recommend (about an hour longer – and I have a new CrockPot!)… but that’s to be expected with CrockPot dinners: you should always give yourself extra time to adjust as needed. What I am here to say is that the cheesy sauce is amazingly, smokily, perfectly delicious. The family will love it. Thanks, and happy Thanksgiving!
Quillory: Yay! So glad you liked it. I agree. The cheese sauce is wonderful.
I tried this recipe tonight. The potatoes have now been in the crock pot for half an hour longer than stated and they are no where near done yet. Guess I won’t be eating this tonight.
Sorry to hear Jax. I’ve made this recipe several times since I originally posted it a couple years ago. The time has always worked for me.
Sometimes the type of crock pot will make a difference in cook time as well. Also how old of crock pot you have.
Complete fabulousness! I just bought a hunk of smoked Gouda today too.
Funny story:
I came home from college, in 1983, and told Fred (dad) about this great new cheese I had called Smoked Gouda! (yes Cory that’s 27 years ago!)
Fred is a VERY quiet man and never one to criticize, but he looked at me so seriously and said “Don’t ever embarrass yourself like that again!”
Me: huh?
Fred: It’s pronounced how-da, you know, like the city in the Netherlands, WHERE it’s MADE!
Needless to say I’m self conscious EVERY time I say it because to the rest of the world I’m saying it WRONG! Case in point today: I thought at my Polish deli with the Polish attendant I could get away with calling it ‘how-da’ NOT! She corrected my pronunciation.
Oh me, oh my I’m carrying on so…..got to try me some spuds with Gouda augratin Cory style!
I come here almost two years late to this post, but what a delish find. I award you a YUMMY point for this recipe. Thnx
I tried this recipe for Easter. It did not work out at all. In Cory’s defense, my husband blamed the crock pot. Totally bummed because the slow cooker mac and cheese was so good!
Peggy: I’m so sorry this didn’t work out for you. I’ve had several friends try it and the only negative was it stuck to the crockpot if you don’t spray it with cooking spray. Thanks for the feedback. I sure hope you try another recipe soon.
This sounds delicious! I never would have thought to combine cheddar with smoked gouda. Thanks for sharing!
Au Gratin Potatoes is something from my childhood. My mom would make them from a box (ahem..), but as I started to cook, I made them from scratch. I remember the first time I made them and my sister proclaimed they were just as good as the Betty Crocker! At the time, that was high praise coming from my sister.
With the addition of the gouda, I’m sure this “childhood” favorite now comes back to my adult life to surprise me again.
Thanks Brent…and Cory!
I love you slow cooker potatoes, and yes thanks Brent for the great cheese idea. I think these taters would be just fabulous right next to a big slice of the ham listed below.
These do look very delicious, so creamy! But, now you have to tell me, what is gouda? I assume it is a cheese, since it is shredded.
Gouda is a cheese.. it come in either smoked or plain. It is very good. Try it!
I’m hungry now good recipe thanks lol.
I love the fact that when you make these, you have more room in the oven for something else.
Thanks for a yummy sounding recipe. I am going to make this for New Years Day.
Those potatoes look good!
A match made in heaven with these potatoes and that yummy cider ham! I love the idea of slow cooking them too.
I must forward this one to my mother. She was looking for a slow cooked au gratin potato recipe and couldn’t find one! Your recipe sounds yummy.
Au gratin potatoes are my nemisis – never tried them in the slow cooker though!
Will definitely give these a try – thanks Cory and Merry Belated Christmas!
Love the snowman header
Yummm! Smoked Gouda is a brilliant addition; please thank Brent for the great idea.
Your potatoes look like perfection CC. Thanks for the inspiration.
I had no idea my witty retort would actually be taken so seriously. Normally they are ignored. LoL In all honesty, these potatoes came out amazingly. Some of the best I can remember in a long time. TRY THEM!
This has just inspired my Sunday meal – for this coming Sunday of course!
LOL on the kudos!
Thanks for this recipe, i will definitely be trying it, sounds wonderful!
CC,
I am making steakhouse style potatoes for New Years eve, similar to this recipe, but w/ cheddar and bread crumbs. Fattening and delicious!
Happy New Year and to Brent too!
Stacey Snacks
MaryBeth, The potatoes were great next to the big slice of ham! Ham in the oven and potatoes in the pot. Perfect combo.