This recipe is the greatest. I discovered it when I was preparing dinner for a sick friend.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 1 9×13-inch baking dish |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 large onions, sliced
- 1 (1.5 ounce) package dry French onion soup mix
- 1 ⅓ cups diced cooked bacon (Optional)
- 6 large potatoes, peeled and sliced
- 3 ½ cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- 2 ½ cups heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Place a layer of sliced onions on the bottom of the baking dish. Add a sprinkle of French onion soup mix and a layer of bacon pieces, followed by layers of potato slices, shredded cheese, and cream. Continue adding layers of remaining ingredients, ending with a layer of shredded cheese on top.
- Spray a piece of aluminum foil with cooking spray and cover the baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes and onions are tender, 40 to 50 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until nicely browned and bubbly, about 10 minutes more.
- Use light cream, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 452 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 29 g |
| Cholesterol | 99 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 17 g |
| Sodium | 788 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 30 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious. Wouldn’t change a thing. Thanks for sharing!
First of all, I halved it. Then after I sliced the potatoes and onions, I realized I did not have any onion soup mix, so I used ranch dressing mix. The potatoes and onions did not cook through in the 50 minutes I baked it, so I dumped it into a Pyrex dish and put it in the microwave for 15 minutes. That did the trick. It cooked through and it tasted great.
My family really enjoyed this recipe, I didn’t have French onion soup mix so I used the regular onion soup mix and it works the taste was spectacular will make this ag
In stead of french onion Soup mix I used regular onion Soup mix
Fabulous flavor and so easy to prepare. Made exactly as recipe written. One layer of onion, bacon, potatoes, dry soup mix, cheese and some cream; start the second layer and layer exactly as you did for the first – onion, bacon, potato, dry soup mix, cheese, cream. I was able to add a third layer. Only change was to reverse the order of the cream and cheese for the final layer. Use the rest of the cream and ended with the cheese. I think the previous reviewer misunderstood the layering process and though some ingredients just were done for the first layer
10.12.20 Wasn’t sure why the onions, dry soup mix, and bacon weren’t distributed on each layer, but I followed the recipe as written. I kept wondering why it was taking so long for the cream to cook down and potatoes to start to brown after the foil came off, and then it hit me…I’d cooked it at 350ºF instead of 400ºF. Now that’s my fault, not the recipe’s! Not to worry, it still ended up tasting absolutely delicious and absolutely DECADENT (which it is!), it just took a little longer. I would describe this as somewhere between au gratin and scalloped potatoes. This certainly is a nutritional splurge for a side dish, but we all deserve a little treat occasionally. Still don’t quite understand the layering, but bottom line, it ended up tasting good, so I’ll make it the same way again. Julie, thanks for sharing your recipe, it’s a good one.