This easy 3 ingredient potato bake uses potatoes, cream, and French onion soup mix. No cheese, budget-friendly, creamy and perfect as a simple side dish.

This recipe came from you guys.
You told me to make this 3 ingredient potato bake for ages… and I ignored you for far too long.

A potato bake with no cheese just sounded like it was going to be disappointing. Surely cheese was doing all the heavy lifting in a good potato bake, right?

Wrong.

This French onion potato bake is creamy, comforting, ridiculously easy, and now firmly on high rotation in our house. Just three ingredients, no fuss, and everyone actually eats it.

If you’re after a simple, budget-friendly side dish that delivers way more than expected, this one’s for you.

Why you’ll love this simple potato bake recipe

Just 3 ingredients
No cheese needed (and you won’t miss it)
Budget-friendly and pantry-based
Perfect side dish for roasts, BBQs, or weeknight dinners
Easy to prep ahead
Creamy, comforting, and very crowd-pleasing

It’s the kind of recipe that feels like something your mum or nan would have made, in the best way.

Ingredients

1.5kg potatoes, peeled and par-boiled
600ml cream
1 packet French Onion Soup Mix

How to make 3 ingredient potato bake

Preheat the oven
Preheat your oven to 180ºC.
Prepare the potatoes
Peel and par-boil the potatoes until tender but not falling apart. Drain well.
Assemble the bake
Place the potatoes into a baking dish.
In a jug, mix the cream and French onion soup mix, then pour evenly over the potatoes.
Bake
Bake for 30–35 minutes, until bubbling and lightly golden on top.
Serve
Serve hot as a side dish alongside your favourite mains.