I love potatoes. You can bake ’em, fry ’em, mash ’em, put ’em in a stew, etc. I like them in all their different variations. Au gratin potatoes is the name of a French potato casserole that’s sprinkled with bread crumbs, grated cheese, or both, then browned. You could make an assortment of different au gratins just by changing the cheese. Well, this recipe changes it further by using neither cheese nor bread crumbs. It’s topped with crispy fried onions. (You know, the yummy ones you use in your green bean casserole, at Thanksgiving.) DELICIOUS!
Onion Gratin Potatoes
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Crush the crispy fried onions.
Cutting from pole to pole, slice the raw onions into thin strips.
Saute them in 1 tablespoon of butter, over medium heat.
Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, and continue to cook until they wilt and become golden.
Deglaze the pan by pouring in 1/4 cup chicken broth, and bringing to a boil. Stir constantly for one minute. Remove from heat.
Melt the remaining butter.
Wash and peel the potatoes. I used red, but any variety will work.
Thinly slice the potatoes. I used my mandoline, but you can use a knife. Keep the slices consistent in size, and no larger than 1/8 inch wide.
Add the rest of the butter …
… a teaspoon of salt …
… and the onions to the potatoes. Mix thoroughly.
Put the potato/onion mixture in a greased 13 x 9 inch pan.
Drizzle the remaining chicken broth over the potatoes and onions.
Cover tightly with foil, and bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.
After an hour, remove the potatoes from the oven, and sprinkle the top with the crushed fried onions. Return to the oven for 10 minutes more.
- 4 pounds potatoes, peeled
- 2 onions
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 ½ cups French’s Crispy Fried Onions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Grease 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
- Slice the onions into strips.
- Melt 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat, and sauté the onions until golden and transluscent. Add ½ teaspoon of salt.
- Cut the potatoes into 1/8 inch slices.
- Melt the rest of the butter and pour it over the potatoes. Toss with 1 teaspoon of salt and the pepper.
- Toss the onions with the potatoes.
- Arrange in the greased baking dish, and pour chicken broth over all.
- Cover tightly with foil and bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.
- While baking, crush the Crispy Fried Onions with a rolling pin.
- Remove the potatoes from oven, and sprinkle crushed onion on top.
- Return to oven, uncovered, for 10 minutes more.
- Let stand 10 minutes, then serve.
Onion Gratin Potatoes