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You have to try My Creamy Vegan Scalloped Potatoes Recipe! No Dairy, No Nuts, No nutritional Yeast! in this Potato Gratin. Can be gluten-free and Soy-free. Oil-free option Jump to Recipe

Vegan Scalloped Potatoes in a cast iron skillet on wood board

Lets make these Classic Scalloped Potatoes to add to the Thanksgiving menu!

These Scalloped potatoes are Easy, use just a few ingredients, don’t need nutritional yeast for the cheesyness, have no nuts and are creamy, cheesy and all things delicious. Use herbs of choice for variation. Use a combination of veggies such as cauliflower with the potato. Top with a breadcrumb topping. Many options!

Ingredients for scalloped potatoes in bowls

Ingredients for Vegan Scalloped Potatoes

  • oil to saute. To make without oil, saute the onion in broth. Dry toast the flour for a few mins before using in the sauce.
  • Flavor ingredients: onion, garlic, salt, pepper, onion powder, herbs, zest of half a lemon, miso, mustard
  • flour – all purpose. Use a mix of rice flour and tapioca starch for gluten-free
  • unsweetened non dairy milk to make the creamy sauce. Use light coconut milk, unsweetened almond milk, cashew milk, oat milk or soy milk
  • thinly sliced peeled yukon gold potatoes.

How to make Vegan Scalloped Potatoes with Step Pictures

Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and let it heat up. Add onion and garlic and cook for 2 mins. Add the flour and herbs, 1/4 tsp black pepper and salt and mix in. Cook for half a minute, add in the lime zest, miso and mustard and mix in and cook for another few seconds.

onion and garlic in a black saucepan

onion and flour in a clack saucepan

Add in half cup of the milk and mix in, add in the another half cup and mix in so that there are no lumps. add in the rest of the non dairy milk and mix in and bring to a boil. Cook for 3 mins then take off heat. Carefully taste and adjust salt and flavor. Mixture will be just slightly thick but will continue to thicken on cooling.

Scalloped potato creamy sauce mixture in a saucepan

Peel and slice the potatoes. I do this while or after cooking the cream sauce, so the potatoes don’t brown.

Grease a baking dish or cast iron pan and arrange the slices in an overlapping fashion. You can also place layer of non overlapping potatoes and repeat until finished. You want less than 3 layers for even cooking and crispy topping.

Pour all of the sauce over the potatoes. It will look like a lot.

sliced potatoes in a cast iron skillet

Bake for 1 hour at 350 deg F . Broil for a minute to brown.

Garnish with the remaining black pepper and some fresh herbs such as chives. If you are like me you would also sprinkle some reed pepper flakes and maldon sea salt. done!

sliced potatoes drizzled with creamy cheesy sauce in a cast iron skillet

Can I make this Gluten-free?

To make this gluten-free use 1.5 tbsp rice flour and 1.5 tbsp starch such as tapioca starch and a thicker non dairy milk such as soy milk or cashew milk or thick oat milk

Can I make this without Oil

Dry toast the flour on a skillet over medium heat for 4 to 5 mins, stirring occasionally and set aside.

Saute the onion and garlic in 2 tbsp broth in step 1 until translucent and proceed. Add the flour after mixing in the herbs, miso and mustard. Add half cup non dairy milk and proceed with the rest of the recipe

Scalloped potatotes in a Cast iron skillet ready to bake

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Vegan Scalloped Potatoes in a cast iron skillet on wood board

Vegan Scalloped Potatoes without Nutritional Yeast

4.92 from 25 votes
By: Vegan Richa
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 1 hour 2 minutes
Total: 1 hour 12 minutes
Servings: 4 side servings
Course: Side
Cuisine: American
You have to try My Creamy Vegan Scalloped Potatoes Recipe! No Dairy, No Nuts, No nutritional Yeast! in this Potato Gratin. Can be gluten-free, soy-free, Oil-free . Makes a 8 in pan

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Ingredients 
 

  • 2-3 tsp olive oil, (see note for oil-free)
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
  • 3 cloves of garlic, , finely chopped,
  • 3 tbsp flour, (all purpose), See note for gluten-free
  • 1/2 to 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper, ,divided
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder
  • zest of 1/4 or 1/2 a lemon, (depends on size of lemon and your preference of flavor)
  • 1 tsp dried herbs, (I use rosemary and thyme)
  • 1/2 tsp miso, (use chickpea miso for soyfree), optional
  • 1 tsp stoneground mustard, or 1/2 tsp ground mustard
  • 2 cups non dairy milk at room temp, , such as light coconut milk, unsweetened almond milk, cashew milk(1/4 cup cashews blended with 2 cups water), oat milk or soy milk
  • 2 large or 3 medium yukon gold potaoes

Instructions 

  • Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and let it heat up a bit. Add onion and garlic and cook for 2 mins. Add the flour and herbs, 1/4 tsp black pepper and salt and mix in. Cook for half a minute, add in the lemon zest, miso and mustard and mix in and cook for another few seconds.
  • Add in half cup of the milk and mix in, add in the another half cup and mix in so that there are no lumps. Add in the rest of the non dairy milk and mix in and bring to a boil. Cook for 3 mins then take off heat. Carefully taste and adjust salt and flavor. This Bechamel sauce will be not be very thick but will continue to thicken as it cools.
  • Peel and slice the potatoes into an 1/8th inch thick slices. I do this while or after cooking the cream sauce, so the potatoes don't brown. (If slicing before hand, then store in a bowl of cold water until ready to bake. Then drain, lightly pat with a paper towel and move to the next step.)
  • Grease a baking dish or cast iron pan and arrange the slices in an overlapping fashion. You can also place a layer of non-overlapping potatoes, then place over this layer and repeat until finished. You want less than 3 layers for even cooking and crispy topping.
  • Pour all of the sauce over the potatoes. It will look like a lot.
  • Bake for 1 hour at 350 deg F (176 C) . Check in the center with a toothpick, there should not be any resistance. Continue to bake longer if needed. Broil for a minute to brown the top if needed.
  • Garnish with the remaining black pepper and some fresh herbs such as chives. If you are like me you would also sprinkle some red pepper flakes and maldon sea salt and serve.

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Notes

Gluten-free: Use 1.5 tbsp rice flour and 1.5 tbsp starch such as tapioca starch and a thicker non dairy milk such as soy milk or cashew milk or thick oat milk
Oil-free: Dry toast the flour on a skillet over medium heat for 4 to 5 mins, stirring occasionally and set aside. Saute the onion and garlic in 2 tbsp broth in step 1 until translucent and proceed. Add the flour after mixing in the herbs, miso and mustard. Add half cup non dairy milk and proceed with the rest of the recipe(step 2 onwards)
For a Cheesy Gratin: Top the sauced Potatoes with vegan cheese shreds or cheese shreds + breadcrumbs + herbs and bake. 
Variations: Recipe is easily doubled. Or add other layers in between. Check with a toothpick in the center and continue baking as needed. Add some nutritional yeast to the sauce if you like for extra cheesy flavor. 
Nutrition is for 1 serve

Nutrition

Calories: 128.85kcal, Carbohydrates: 20.41g, Protein: 4.4g, Fat: 3.81g, Saturated Fat: 0.34g, Sodium: 382.2mg, Potassium: 463.47mg, Fiber: 3.52g, Sugar: 0.66g, Vitamin C: 13.58mg, Calcium: 190.75mg, Iron: 4.02mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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About Richa

Hi, I'm Richa! I create flavorful plant based recipes that are inspired by my Indian upbringing, including many gluten-free, soy-free, and oil-free options.

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97 Comments

  1. Mrs Lyn Gant says:

    Can I freeze recipe. Should I cook first or prepare then freeze and cook on the day ? The

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      Yes, you can freeze it. Cook it first, cool, then freeze. Let it defrost then bake when needed. Alternatively, you can assemble and store unbaked in the fridge. Make sure all potatoes are covered so they don’t dry out or brown because of air exposure. Then bake when needed.

  2. Rachel says:

    5 stars
    These potatoes were so good! I love that they aren’t relying on tons of vegan butter to be delicious. Just minimal olive oil and can be made without. Highly recommend using Yukon gold potatoes. They so were creamy, melt in your mouth delicious! I’ll be making these for the holidays.

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      yay! 🙂

  3. Katie says:

    5 stars
    Delicious, and straight forward. Popular with all ages in my home.

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      woohoo! we love when the family enjoys as well

  4. Rebecca says:

    Looks amazing! I have a question before I get one going in the oven 😉 If using the gluten free version of the recipe… would I still toast the ‘flour’ or is that unnecessary now? I was not sure how the rice and/or tapioca flour would do being toasted in that way. Thanks for any info you can provide!

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      yes you can still toast the flour

  5. Rishi says:

    What’s the best way to prep this early. Can I plate everything and keep in the fridge and bake the morning of the lunch.

    Thanks
    Rishi

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      Assemble and store unbaked in the fridge. Make sure all potatoes are covered so they don’t dry out or brown because of air exposure. Then bake when needed.

  6. Nikki says:

    4 stars
    My sauce was crazy thick, like paste, I added 1/2c water but the end result was still very dry. I only had 1.5lbs of potatoes and it was hardly enough sauce. I’d like to make it again, if it’s too thick do I just keep adding liquid? Less flour?

    1. Richa says:

      That’s odd. What flour did you use? And what liquid? Use a tbsp less flour and see if that works. The thickened sauce obviously is less volume hence won’t cover all potatoes. Thinner sauce is more volume for spreading

  7. Sherie Rodrigues says:

    5 stars
    I am so happy to be plant based eating when there are fabulous people like yourself sharing yummy recipes such as this one. Mine is in the oven as we speak, the taste test was 6 out of 5. Thank you so much. New fan.

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      aww, thank you so much 😊

  8. Brendan Young says:

    5 stars
    Made this tonight! Gluten free version with buckwheat flour 👌🏼 I added Sheese grater cheese which melts like real cheese. Was deeeelicious! Looking forward to lunch tomorrow 🤤

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      sheese 🧀 delish