Healthier Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes

If you have around 2 hours to spend in the kitchen, Healthier Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes might be an awesome lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 406 calories, 20g of protein, and 13g of fat each. For $1.54 per serving, this recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 56 people have tried and liked this recipe. A mixture of low fat milk, flour, ground pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is brought to you by Allrecipes. It works well as a rather inexpensive main course. Overall, this recipe earns a pretty good spoonacular score of 65%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Creamy Potatoes au Gratin, Creamy Potatoes Au Gratin, and Creamy Two-Cheese Potatoes Gratin.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 90 minutes

 

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

salt and ground black pepper to taste

2 cups low-fat (1%) milk

1 1/2 cups shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese

1 onion, sliced into rings

4 russet potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch slices

1/2 teaspoon salt

Equipment:

baking pan

oven

sauce pan

whisk

aluminum foil

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly butter a 1-quart baking dish. Layer half the potatoes into the bottom of prepared baking dish. Top with onion slices and add remaining potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan. Mix in flour and salt, stirring constantly with a whisk, for one minute. Stir in milk. Cook until mixture has thickened. Add Cheddar cheese and continue stirring until melted, 30 to 60 seconds. Pour cheese sauce over potatoes and cover dish with aluminum foil. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese sauce is bubbling and potatoes are tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Kitchen-Friendly View

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly butter a 1-quart baking dish.

2. Layer half the potatoes into the bottom of prepared baking dish. Top with onion slices and add remaining potatoes. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan.

4. Mix in flour and salt, stirring constantly with a whisk, for one minute. Stir in milk. Cook until mixture has thickened.

5. Add Cheddar cheese and continue stirring until melted, 30 to 60 seconds.

6. Pour cheese sauce over potatoes and cover dish with aluminum foil.

7. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese sauce is bubbling and potatoes are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.


Nutrition Information:

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406k Calories
20g Protein
12g Total Fat
53g Carbs
12% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
406k
20%

Fat
12g
20%

  Saturated Fat
8g
50%

Carbohydrates
53g
18%

  Sugar
8g
10%

Cholesterol
37mg
12%

Sodium
688mg
30%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
20g
40%

Phosphorus
453mg
45%

Vitamin B6
0.83mg
42%

Calcium
361mg
36%

Potassium
1145mg
33%

Vitamin B2
0.43mg
25%

Manganese
0.44mg
22%

Selenium
13µg
20%

Vitamin B1
0.28mg
19%

Magnesium
73mg
18%

Vitamin C
14mg
17%

Folate
60µg
15%

Vitamin B3
2mg
14%

Fiber
3g
14%

Iron
2mg
14%

Zinc
2mg
13%

Copper
0.26mg
13%

Vitamin B12
0.78µg
13%

Vitamin B5
1mg
12%

Vitamin A
584IU
12%

Vitamin D
1µg
11%

Vitamin K
5µg
5%

Vitamin E
0.31mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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After attending the funeral of a Texas mouse killed by an eighty year old lady with a broom, three mice, one from Minnesota, one from Iowa and one from Wisconsin, are sitting at a bar trying to impress each other with how tough they are. The Minnesota mouse throws down a shot of bourbon, slams the empty glass onto the bar, turns to the Iowa mouse and says, "When I see a mousetrap, I lie on my back and set it off with my foot. When the bar comes down, I catch it in my teeth, bench press it twenty times to work up an appetite, and then make off with the cheese." The Iowa mouse orders up two shots of tequila, drinks them down one after the other, slams both glasses onto the bar, turns to the Minnesota mouse and replies, "Oh yeah? When I see rat poison, I collect as much as I can, take it home, grind it up to a powder, and add it to my coffee each morning so I can get a good buzz going for the rest of the day." The Minnesota mouse and the Iowa mouse then turn to the Wisconsin mouse. The Wisconsin mouse finishes the beer he has in front of him, lets out a long sigh and says to the two, "I don't have time for this bullshit. I gotta go home and have sex with the cat."

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