Slow-Cooker Scalloped Potatoes With Ham
These scalloped potatoes are cooked in a slow cooker, which makes them especially convenient when the oven is needed for other things. This is a choice for an everyday meal or for a holiday dinner.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds red-skinned potatoes peeled and sliced, or another variety of waxy potatoes
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups cooked ham diced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 10 3/4-ounce can cream of mushroom soup (or cream of celery soup, undiluted)
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Add the potatoes to the slow cooker along with the chopped onions cheese, and ham. Sprinkle with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper and toss to distribute.
- In a small bowl, combine the condensed soup with the water; pour the soup mixture over potato mixture in the slow cooker.
- Cover, and cook on HIGH for 4 hours, or until potatoes are tender. Gently stir just before serving.
- Recipe Tips
- This is a good dish to take to a potluck supper or game. Just carry it in the crock pot, and plug it in when you get there.
- Pack the slow cooker in a large container with blankets around it to keep it from cooling down. Then set it on high to get it back to temperature when you get to the event.
- The important thing to remember is that bacteria can grow at temperatures between 40 F and 140 F. Generally, food should not be kept off of the heat for more than 2 hours after cooking. Or, in the case of cold foods, food should not be kept out of the refrigerator for more than 2 hours — if the temperature is over 90 F, no more than 1 hour.
Notes
Recipe Variations
• Instead of water, try evaporated milk with the condensed soup.
• Omit the ham or use a vegetarian equivalent for a meat-free dish. Vegetarian bacon or "sausage" crumbles would be good in the dish.
• Rub the cut sides of a halved clove of garlic over the sides and bottom of the crockery insert of the slow cooker.
• Add diced red or green bell pepper along with the onion.
• Add chopped or sliced celery along with the onion.
• Use a cheddar jack blend of cheeses, smoked cheddar, or Colby cheese, or use part Velveeta cheese.
• Replace the ham with browned and drained sausage or about 1/2 pound of diced cooked bacon.
• Use seasoned salt or Cajun or Creole seasoning instead of salt.
• Instead of water, try evaporated milk with the condensed soup.
• Omit the ham or use a vegetarian equivalent for a meat-free dish. Vegetarian bacon or "sausage" crumbles would be good in the dish.
• Rub the cut sides of a halved clove of garlic over the sides and bottom of the crockery insert of the slow cooker.
• Add diced red or green bell pepper along with the onion.
• Add chopped or sliced celery along with the onion.
• Use a cheddar jack blend of cheeses, smoked cheddar, or Colby cheese, or use part Velveeta cheese.
• Replace the ham with browned and drained sausage or about 1/2 pound of diced cooked bacon.
• Use seasoned salt or Cajun or Creole seasoning instead of salt.