Everyone loves an easy recipe, especially if it tastes amazing! Creamy Potato Bake with French Onion Soup are so easy to make and full of flavor, and only uses 4 ingredients! This is my Potato Bake for 8 recipe! I suppose it depends on how much you eat. By right portion size, this will feed 8, but you’re going to want to have seconds, so maybe 6 is a better amount.
If you love potatoes, then this is the perfect side dish. Potatoes are such a staple in our western diet, from Garlic mashed Potatoes, Pan Fried Potatoes to Roasted Potato Wedges. It’s a hit of carbs which I know that I crave with my meals.
I love the flavors in this Potato Bake with French Onion Soup recipe. It was our friend Bec who had us over for dinner and made this for us, and I had to share and blog it! An easy recipe with potatoes with French Onion soup. I love an easy recipe that tastes great too.
How to Make an Easy Potato Bake
Everyone looks for time saving tips when making dinner. All you need is a dry French Onion Soup packet from your grocery store. Mix that with whipping cream and pour over your sliced potatoes. Then add grated cheese. This is not diet food, but should be renamed Heart Attack Potatoes. That doesn’t have a very marketable name.
Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes
Creamy Potato Bake vs Scalloped Potatoes and even Potatoes Au Gratin are all very similar dinner side dishes. Au Gratin typically has a cheesy bread-y topping, and quite often only with cheese. Scalloped Potatoes are just usually cooked in cream. This Au Gratin Potato Bake with French Onion Soup is a combination of the two. In the video I use a Monterrey Jack Cheese, but you can add any cheddar cheese you like. I also call this my French Onion Scalloped Potatoes, so if you’re confused, you’re not alone!
Recipe Tips
- Pre-slice the potatoes the night before and keep in the fridge, immersed in cold water
- Remember to rest the potatoes when taken out of the oven, this allows the dish to solidify and not be too “soupy” – Rest for 10-15 minutes (don’t worry, they will still be hot)
- Caramelize some sliced onions to place on top of the potatoes when cooking
- Instead of using only whipping cream, you can add 1 cup of sour cream with 1 cup of whipping cream for a different flavor.
Creamy Potato Bake with French Onion Soup is a cheap and easy recipe to make, and even though it’s a heart attack on a plate, it’s sure to be a family favorite! It’s my favourite Potato Casserole that’s a perfect for holidays and your weeknight dinner. Just remember to go for a jog afterwards. Bon Appetit! Приятного аппетита!
Creamy Potato Bake with French Onion Soup
Potato Bake with French Onion Soup is creamy, cheese scalloped potato casserole that only uses 4 ingredients. So easy to make, yet packed full of flavor
Ingredients
- 3 lbs /1.5 kg potatoes peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 packet French Onion Soup mix 40g/1.4oz
- 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C.
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Layer the sliced potatoes in a medium baking dish or casserole dish. I used 12"x7" dish.
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In a bowl, mix together the whipping cream and the packet of French Onion Soup mix until combined. Pour over the potatoes and cover with foil.
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Bake in the oven for 50 minutes. Remove foil, add the cheese and bake for ten minutes until golden brown. Allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Recipe Video
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I will certainly try this recipe. I make one similar but I use a packet of Cream of Chicken cup-a-soup in the cream, layer bacon and cheese. Cooked in the microwave. Potatoes cooked first, then sliced and layered with the bacon and cheese. Then microwaved for 6-8 minutes on high.
Thanks for the tip! 👍
I love scalloped potatoes but I quite often use other vegetables with it. I always use bacon and sliced onions. I like to layer mine with cream and cheese.
Cooked around 50.minutes.
Rest before cutting up.
Very tasty and any other vegetables can be used.
Heather
Thanks for the great tips and advice! 😊
I just made this and it is absolutely delicious!! This is my new favorite potato recipe😀
Thanks so much! So glad you love it as much as we do!!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Sorry folks… but French Onion Soup packets contain beef bouillon. Not a Vegetarian dish. It sounds easy and yummy, but I can’t serve it to my Vegetarian friends.
Hi Rose, that’s definitely not the case with the French Onion Soup mixes I use here in Australia. They are vegetarian. I suggest for people to check the ingredients before use. I see the Knorr Onion mix has beef in it, I find that surprising. Thanks for sharing this info!!
Hi there I just saw your recipe in Pinterest. Glad to see someone else uses french onion soup mix.I use thickened cream or 50/50 milk and cream. I sprinkle some corn in ( frozen or can ) and fresh broccoli florets,as well as some bacon pieces ( if bacon is too greasy, saute first just to remove excess fat, don’t overcook. I put cheese on top after everything is mixed at the same time. However I mix it with panko crumbs to stop cheese grease ( some cheeses are oilier). At times I’ve put too much cheese on and yeah it didn’t sit too well. I never thought to put it on at the end… drrr🤦♀️…. so I’ve learnt something new from you, thanks.I tend to cook via sight rather than measure after years of home cooking. However I’m never too old to be taught a new trick 😁
Hi Louise! Thanks so much for sharing your tips! Love Panko crumbs!!! ❤️ By sight is the best way to cook!!! 👍🏻
Hey, I am looking to make this recipe tonight and was wondering at what time in baking of the potato’s do you put in the bacon, corn and broccoli? Or do you just put it in the mixture right at the start?
Omg please help. Mine is still soup and has cooked for 50 minutes. At 350.
It will look a bit soupy before removing the foil, it will thicken up with the foil off and then you add the cheese, bake for a further 10-15 minutes. It’s not done yet at 50 minutes. It will further thicken as it cools further out of the oven, but the finished dish shouldn’t be soup! Hope it worked out!
These look delish!!
Thanks Kim, taste great too! Maximum flavor, minimum effort! ????
Wow!!!This recipe looks and sounds so delicious! I love all of your recipes,Thanks for sharing such a wonderful one!!