Name: Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 105 min
Ingredients: 4 lbs gold potatoes (peeled); 4 Tbsp unsalted butter; 1 small yellow onion (small diced); 3 cloves garlic (minced); 4 Tbsp all-purpose flour; 2 cups whole milk; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 tsp kosher salt; 1/2 tsp pepper; 3 cups freshly shredded cheddar cheese (divided); 16 oz cooked ham (small diced); Fresh chopped parsley for garnish (optional)

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A deliciously traditional dish that is full of cheese, ham and tons of flavor this Scalloped Potatoes and Ham is one recipe you’ll want too keep in your recipe box.

I love Scalloped Potatoes, they are one of the ones that I’ve loved since a kid, but when you add ham and cheese to it, it pushes it over the top.

This has been the way that we have been serving this dish for years and will never go back to just plain old Scalloped Potatoes, you absolutely need it with ham.

Thats just my opinion at least, if you’re not a ham person it is really good without it, yes we have tried it, but I absolutely love the saltiness of the ham in this recipe.

This is great for any get together especially holidays, it has become one of our Easter favorites, but we make it whenever it is requested for multiple occasions.

It also graces our dinner table a lot of the time because my kids love anything that also contains potatoes, cheese and meat. They absolutely love this recipe, so I will call that a win.

If you know anything about teenage boys they can either be picky or just garbage cans, I have picky eaters, so I am blessed that a lot of my recipes I make they love, including this Scalloped Potatoes and Ham Recipe.

Some of our other favorite potato recipes that we have on our site include Smoked Sausage Cheesy Potatoes, Mashed Potato Casserole and my fave Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

With layers of potatoes, ham and sauce you never get a plain bite.
You can use leftover ham pieces from a baked ham or used pre-cooked ham and dice it.
Yellow potatoes are used but you can also use russet if you prefer them.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):

Potatoes
Butter
Onion
Garlic
All-purpose flour
Milk
Heavy cream
Salt
Pepper
Cheese
Ham
Parsley

HOW TO MAKE SCALLOPED POTATOES AND HAM, STEP BY STEP:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray, set aside.
Slice the potatoes 1/8th of an inch thick and place them into a large bowl with cold water, set aside.
In a large skillet over medium-low heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and cook until softened, stirring occasionally, 5-8 minutes. Next add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant, stirring constantly.
Add the flour to the pan, stir it in to combine, it will form a paste. Cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly. Slowly stream in the milk and heavy cream while stirring constantly to make sure there are no lumps. Add salt and pepper, cook until thickened, 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Take off the heat and stir in half of the cheese until melted, set aside.
Layer half of the sliced potatoes into the bottom of the baking dish. Add half of the cooked ham on top. Ladle half of the cheese sauce on top. Repeat. Cover with foil and bake for 60 minutes.
Remove the foil, bake for an additional 15 minutes. Top with the remaining cheese and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender all the way through. Let sit for about 15 minutes before serving. Serve with a garnish of fresh chopped parsley, optional.

This Scalloped Potatoes and Ham Recipes really is super simple and just requires layering of the sauce, ham and potatoes which I mean anyone can do!

DO I NEED TO USE A MANDOLIN?

I absolutely recommend a mandolin for this recipe, it makes the cutting of the potatoes so much easier and that way you will have even potatoes all the way around.

Trust me I have hand cut these potatoes many of times before I owned a mandolin and it was not the most fun thing in the world and they just did not turn out the same if I were to use one.

You can get the relatively cheap, this is the mandolin I use. We love it and we use it for a variety of different potato dishes and other things that require a smaller even cut, so it’s great for many dishes.

WHAT ARE SCALLOPED POTATOES?

Scalloped Potatoes are technically just thinly sliced potatoes layered in a casserole dish and baked with heavy cream or milk. In this instance we use ham and cheese as well.

There are various ways to make Scalloped Potatoes such as These Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, regular Scalloped Potatoes with the cream sauce and cheese, or just plain with sauce.

We absolutely prefer it with a little more depth and flavor so we love to serve ours with ham and cheese and that is the way our family prefers and thats how we’ve been making them for years.

You can absolutely just make this with the sauce without the cheese as well or the ham and follow the steps just leaving out those ingredients and you will still have a great dish.

HOW TO STORE:

Stored in an airtight container or casserole dish covered with foil and this Scalloped Potatoes and Ham Recipe will last refrigerated for up to 4 days.

To reheat place in oven safe dish and heat at 325 loosely covered in foil for about 20-3o minutes until heated through.

These can also be frozen, to do this you will want to assemble and bake just a little bit less than the cooking time so they are not cooked fully through.

At this point you will want to place in the refrigerator to stop the cooking process and quickly cool them down. You will then wrap in plastic wrap and tin foil and place in the freezer where they will keep for up to 2-3 weeks.

To reheat these you can let defrost in the refrigerator and bake as instructed or you can put the frozen potatoes in the oven and bake about 10-15 minutes longer.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

We like to use gold potatoes for this recipe but you can use russet as well.
If you hav leftover ham you can use that, but we use 16 oz of cooked ham that has been diced.
This can be frozen, see my tips above on how to do that.
You can make this without the cheese and ham and just the sauce if you’d like, just follow the directions without those ingredients.
You will want to use a mandolin for this recipe so you can have even sliced potatoes, I linked to the one I use above.

If you want a delicious potato dish that is full of meat and cheese then you have to try my Scalloped Potatoes and Ham ASAP! You’ll fall in love.

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