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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

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 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.


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.

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.

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!

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

More Thanksgiving Sides
- Vegan Gravy 1 Pot without mushrooms GF SF Option
- Easy Vegan Mashed Potatoes in Instant Pot or Saucepan GF SF
- Potato Sweet Potato Latkes Fritters GF OPTION
- Vegan Spinach Pinwheels with Cream Cheese SF
- Chickpea Spinach Pie with Berbere Spice SF
- Cornbread Stuffing SF
- Sweet Potato Rolls

Vegan Scalloped Potatoes without Nutritional Yeast

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










So good, I didnt have any lemon zest so used 1/4 tsp lemon juice, it was delicious. Next time I will try it with the nutritional yeast
Thank you
awesome!
So good, I didnt have any lemon zest so used 1/4 tsp lemon juice, it was delicious
Yum! The sauce is SO tasty. I used dill as my herb.
great!
Hello,
What else can I make with this dish and will go really well together?
its mentioned on the post, nut loaf, roasted veggies, lentil loaf with gravy, burgers,
Oh Richa, you have done it again!
My whole family loved this. I made a double batch and it was totally eaten up and people wanted more. So I am making it again tomorrow night! 😂
yay!
Hello 🌸
What should I use to make grain free
use 2 cup of thick cashew milk and skip the flour roasting step.
This came out GREAT !! With the GF version .
awesome
Can I omit the lemon zest?
yes
The sauce was easy to make and tasty, next time I’ll make more for the dish. I used red potatoes packed a bit too tightly. I made it as the center of our Thanksgiving dinner table.
awesome! yes make more sauce as needed.Mine was plenty, prob the size of the potatoes. But the good thing is you can always make more sauce and add it before baking!
Hi there. The ingredients say lemon zest but the directions say lime. I went with lemon. Also, just to confirm, bake uncovered. Thank you for helping us plan out first home cooked vegan Thanksgiving!
its lemon :). yes uncovered.