Community Pick
French Potatoes
"This is a no-fuss microwave potato dish that really makes a hit. I serve it for special occasions, as well as any old time. It's from the book MICROWAVE COOKING by Beverley Piper."
photo by Derf2440
- Ready In:
- 24mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
directions
- Put the potato slices to soak in cold water.
- Put the onion rings into a bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap, and pierce.
- Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute.
- Grease a five cup casserole dish with a little of the butter.
- Layer the drained potatoes and onions in the dish, starting and finishing with the potatoes.
- Season each layer with salt and pepper.
- Pour the milk over the potatoes and dot with the rest of the butter.
- Sprinkle the top with paprika.
- Cover with plastic wrap, and pierce.
- Microwave on HIGH for 13 minutes.
- Rotate half-way through cooking time.
- Allow to stand, covered, for 5 minutes before serving.
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Reviews
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I couldnt believe how wonderful these were. I am not one too cook in the microwave and they sounded too simple to be so good but they were excellent! The potatoes had a really great flavour and they hardly had any fat in them. I would serve them as a side dish for company any day. If anyone wonders I weighed the poatoes and it took 6 medium size. -
Ditto Tara's comments. PaulaT, you're under-rating this recipe by calling it tastey. It's absolutlely scrumptuous! Wish I had company right now so I could show off. Oh well, more for me! Thanks PaulaT. Oh yeah. I did substitute evaporated skim milk just because I had an open can in the fridge -
"These potatoes are great!!!" was the response I recieved after my husband at his first bite. Its almost embarrasing how easy these potatoes are to make. This is a definite keeper. -
This is an excellent & easy side dish! I used Nature's Seasonings by Morton in place of the salt & pepper (but it's basically salt & pepper with a little garlic powder). Otherwise, I changed nothing. This one goes into my "keeper" binder! -
These were very easy and quick to prepare and left the stove top and oven free for other dishes I was preparing. However, I did think that they were missing something; I'm so used to eating this type of dish in a cream sauce that my taste buds felt a little cheated.I think next time I'll add some garlic and a little cheese. This potato dish is one that I'll use many times over though.
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Tweaks
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i have to admit, I was a little skeptical - could a microwaved dish really be this good...? The answer is YES! We LOVED these potatoes! I halved the recipe and lowered the "cook" time to 10 minutes. The only change I made was to use seasoned salt instead of regular salt and I omitted the paprika. These were great! Thank you! UPDATE: When I made these again last night, I topped the potatoes with reduced fat real bacon crumbles and low fat cheddar cheese and put it under the broiler for a few minutes...WOW! Would highly recommend! UPDATE #2: This recipe made it into my Book #235514 cookbook! I just LOVE it!Thanks, again, for sharing!
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This is a great recipe to use when you cant use your oven. I was roasting two big chickens and was looking to make something different than the regular mashed potatoes. I found these easy to put together although it took a liitle more effort (probably because I just used my knife instead of a fancy gadget.) I doubled the recipe but used two different dishes becuase I didn't know how long to cook them for if I put them all in one. I made one exactly like the recipe and the other I used seasoning salt and cream instead of milk. The seasoning salt definitely helped with the blandness. All in all I would definitely make these again. Thanks for a great recipe! -
These were simple and good. I think I might try cooking the onions a little longer, they were kind of crispy. I highly suggest using a metal grater to slice the potatoes and onions. next time I might try adding whipping cream instead of milk.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Recipewrestler
Mobile, AL
I'm an educational specialist with my own assistive technology company. That means that we specialize in computer and technology products for those who are low vision, blind, physically challenged or learning impaired. I'm retired from teaching special education in the public schools (LD). My husband is blind so we often cook together. We search for good recipes on the Internet. I love reading recipes and going to neat recipe sites like Recipezaar. My background is Midwest Dutch-American. I actually grew up in Western Michigan but settled in the South after college. Besides cooking together, my husband and I enjoy traveling, reading the latest fiction and using computers. We're cat-people. We have twenty-two inside.
We have no children.
