Crock Pot Potatoes au Gratin
Description
Love Potatoes au Gratin? Try them in the crock pot for a change. You can be cooking them and forget about them for awhile and still get great tasting potatoes.
Ingredients
5 medium-sized potatoes
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
3 T. butter
3 T. flour
1 garlic clove, peeled and minced
1 onion, peeled and sliced
1 c. milk
1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
chives, to taste
Directions
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Scrub and peel potatoes. Slice potatoes into discs, roughly half a centimeter thick. (about two tenths or one fifth of an inch)
Line the bottom of the slow cooker pot with the first layer of potato slices, add salt and pepper, to taste. Add the next layer of potato slices, add salt and pepper again. Repeat this process until all potato slices are gone.
Melt butter in a pot over medium heat. When butter is melted, whisk in flour until the mixture becomes thick and doughy. Add sliced onions and minced garlic. Keep on whisking and gradually add the milk.
Add shredded cheese; continue whisking until thick, but smooth.
Pour cheese sauce into the slow cooker rover the top of the layered potatoes. Make sure that the sauce goes everywhere.
Cook on High for 3 hours; then check every 15-30 minutes until a hole can easily be poked through the potatoes with a fork. (Be careful not to overcook the potatoes under the top layer or they will becomes mushy.)
Garnish with chives, if desired.
4-5 servings
*They can probably be cooked on Low setting for a longer period of time.
**If you like the top of your potatoes browned and can't live without it, you could always remove the potatoes to a baking dish and put them under the broiler for a bit until browned.