Potatoes au Gratin

Recipe courtesy Aaron McCargo, Jr.

Show: Big Daddy's HouseEpisode: Dream Dinner

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (56)

Cook Time:
1 hr 5 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 5 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: 10 min
Cook: 1 hr 5 min
Total:: 1 hr 25 min

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Ingredients

8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
1/2 cup grated yellow Cheddar
1/4 cup grated American cheese
1/4 cup grated white cheddar
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder
1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 pounds russet potatoes, washed and scrubbed, peeled and sliced thin

Au Gratin:

1 stick butter, melted
2 cups panko bread crumbs
2 teaspoons smoky paprika

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large sauce pot over medium-high heat, add butter. Stir in the flour until pasty. Add milk; stir to remove lumps and let cook for 6 minutes until it gets thick. Lower heat and add the cheese, bouillon, nutmeg and black pepper. Whisk until well combined and sauce thickens, approximately 4 minutes. Remove from heat.

In a bowl, combine butter, panko and smoky paprika. Stir well.

Place potatoes into a casserole dish. Pour cheese over potatoes and sprinkle au gratin on top. Wrap with foil and bake in oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Remove foil and cook for 10 minutes uncovered. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.

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Sharon Arvada, CO 01-03-2010
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yuck
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This was an awful recipe. No flavor and it took twice as long to cook as the recipe said. Even when the potatoes were... cooked finally, there was no flavor. A huge waste of expensive chedder cheese and Paprika. Read more
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Cindy Coppell, TX 12-30-2009
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Yuck - hard potatoes
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I followed the recipe exactly, and the potatoes came out raw and hard.
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Linda Castro Valley, CA 12-28-2009
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Fantastic
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My daughter will not eat Au Gratin Potatoes from a box so I make them from scratch/homemade. Last night at dinner everyone... would take a bite and follow with a mmm, mmm, yum. Every bite we all keep saying yum. It was so good I have to remember the recipe by heart. Thanks Aaron. Linda SmithRead more
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trent lexington, KY 11-23-2009
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CHEEZE
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Awsome. Cant lie, used swiss instead of the white cheddar(just what I had in the fridge), if your a cheese lover, print,... cook, repeat.Read more
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Becky yukon, OK 11-14-2009
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Best EVER
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made these twice and they are delicious and so creamy . I suggest slicing the potato as thin as possible and as... said before, salt the potatoes first. I did have to thin my sauce a little more so I just added some chicken stock and I also added 2 more slices of american cheese. Also had to test for doneness and had to add another 15 minutes.Read more
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Tania cherry hill, NJ 11-08-2009
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Bangin'!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I wanted to review these potatoes months ago when I first made them...just before I went to buy the extras I needed for it I... had breakfast at the local dinner with my husband when guess who walked in...Big Daddy himself! To make a long story short...I was 9 mos pregnant and needed breakfast before shopping. So now that I have a few minutes away from the newborn and am using the recipe again for tonites dinner with tilapia and string beans! I love this dish, my toddler agrees and hubby is happy! Aaron these taters are slammin!Read more