Thank you so much to the Idaho Potato Commission for sponsoring this post! As always, all opinions and endorsements are my own. As with almost everything I make that calls for potatoes, I left the peels on for this. Red potato skins have great texture without being too tough, and add a nice rustic color to the dish. Peeling potatoes is probably my least favorite cooking prep to do, which is the biggest reason why I don’t usually do it. But it also makes the dish a bit more nutrient-packed, adding fiber and more vitamins and minerals to it. I think the red skins paired with the fresh thyme, golden cheese, and freshly ground black pepper makes an otherwise bland looking dish seem all the more festive! Just make sure you give the potatoes a good scrub with a vegetable brush if you leave the skins on. They do grow in the dirt, after all.
This recipe is easy to assemble in your slow cooker, and is similar to making a lasagna. Just layer potatoes, top with a cheese mixture, seasoning, and some sauce, and repeat two more times. The cheese mixture is my FAVORITE. Gruyere (yum), Parmesan, finely chopped onion, and fresh thyme make an awesome flavor combination. The sauce is a mixture of chicken broth, milk, and flour (to thicken it).
By the time the potatoes are done cooking on high heat for five hours, the onions are fully cooked and their flavor is in every bite, the potatoes are soft but not mushy, and the cheese is melted and a gorgeous golden brown color on top. Yum, yum! Zach declared these the best scalloped potatoes he’s ever had. Not to brag or anything :-)
This post is part of a week-long potato event called #PotatoPalooza (thanks SO much for sponsoring, Idaho Potatoes!). I’m collaborating with two other fabulous bloggers from Panning the Globe and Omnivore’s Cookbook to bring you 15 delicious potato recipes perfect for the holidays with new posts from each of us every day of the week. Today, be sure to check out their recipes for Crispy Italian Fried Potatoes and Peppers and Five Spice and Garlic Roasted Potatoes! There are three special tools I used to make this: Recipe for Slow Cooker Scalloped Potatoes below!
