Kenny Rogers version:
One of the Kenny Rogers side dishes that I absolutely love is their Cheese and Garlic Potato. I love the tangy taste of the garlic and the right amount of creamy cheese to complement it. Ahhh… just writing about it makes my mouth water.
Mai also found it very yummy that she decided to recreate this side dish for us at home. Here’s how she made them.
Cheese and Garlic Potato Side Dish Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
- Baby Potatoes
(For our recipe, Mai used about 20 small baby potatoes) - Butter  – 1/2 stick, 100 grams
- Evaporated Milk (keep cold) – 2 cups
- Flour – about 4 tablespoons
- Cheddar Cheese – 3 cups, grated
We got feedback that parmesan cheese is what Kenny Rogers uses in their side dish, so use about 1 to 2 cups of it. It’s saltier so you need less of it. - Parsley
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Garlic Powder
PREPARATION:
- Boil potatoes for five (5) minutes or ’til they’re half-cooked.
- Melt butter on a separate pan.
- Add flour to the butter and stir for one (1) minute.
- Add cold milk to the mixture. Add one (1) cup at a time.
Make sure the milk is cold to avoid lumps. - Stir in low heat until completely mixed, then, add parsley.
- Add garlic powder. Stir for two (2) minutes.
The amount will depend on how much garlic flavor you can take.
Add about 1 teaspoon first and from there, you can add more if you prefer it to be more garlicky.
Make sure you don’t put too much garlic powder. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a very bitter sauce. - Remove sauce from heat, then, add 1 cup of cheese. Mix until the cheese melts.
Add cheese and wait for it to melt again before adding the last cup. - Cut boiled potatoes in half. Then, add to garlic cheese sauce.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
The amount will depend on how salty you want the sauce to be. - You can serve Cheese and Garlic Potato as a warm or cold side dish.|
The end product is very close to Kenny Rogers’ Cheese and Garlic Potato. The difference was really all about the cheese we used. As soon as we find out exactly what cheese will be perfect to bridge that gap, we’ll update this recipe. But, it’s so yummy and cheesy already so I know you’d enjoy it!
The Cheese and Garlic Potato Mai made was creamy and a bit garlicky, that’s why I absolutely love it! If you try this at home, let us know how it goes.
this looks yummy! ill have to try this one day =)
Thanks, chikay! Let me know when you’ve already tried it, okay? 🙂
Great post!
@Mark Vice, thank you! 🙂
Thanks, Mark! 🙂
My girlfriend and I really loves “Cheese and Garlic Potato” from Kenny Rogers so we’re hoping we could find it’t recipe online. And there comes your post answering our prayers 🙂 , I can’t wait to cook it for my GF and if I can copy the same exact taste, then we will cook this food more often.
Thanks a lot blankPixels 🙂
Aww. We’re glad to help! I also love, love, love Kenny Rogers Cheese and Garlic potato.
Let us know how it goes. 🙂
Thanks God i found this recipe! i can’t wait to try this… =)
Hey… i tried this recipe just yesterday and brought the finish product in the office. My husband and officemates love it! I used the ordinary Magnolia Cheddar cheese. =) Thank you!
i searched for dis recipe tnx much!
thanks so much for this recipe.. i have been looking this one up for the longest time.. this is one of my fave dishes so i will definitely try this… God bless
I cooked this recipe on my birthday and everyone at the office loved it! They’re requesting me to do it again today! 😀 BTW, I used Cheezwiz cheese spread instead of a cheese block. No need to grate, and it easily blends in the sauce. Yummy! Thanks for this recipe!
my boyfriend love this dish from kenny rogers, thanks for the post i will surely try this :))
Currently cooking this dish 😀 will update on how it tastes 😉 thanks for uploading the recipe!
How was it, Bober?
Thanks for the recipe 🙂
You’re welcome. Let us know how it goes. 🙂
sure. I’ll be cooking this on my bf’s birthday I hope everyone would enjoy it… 🙂
I tasted this at Kenny last weekend and I’m pretty sure they use parmesan and olive oil. You guys could try that..
i just made this recipe, but it looks like i missed something coz the sauce bcame sticky instead of creamy liquid sauce. but still tastes good. might retry this recipe sometime again.
thanks for sharing this recipe. I have baby potatoes in the fridge but don’t have an exact recipe for the cheese sauce…
Anytime! Let us know how it went. 🙂
hi, i tried this recipe but sad that the sauce lumped 🙁 the evap milk was cold tough as advised in the recipe. what might be the cause of it? i will surely try this recipe again hoping i’ll get the desired result 🙂
Have you tried stirring the sauce while slowly adding the milk?
hi, can i use cheese sauce (Ragu) instead of grated cheddar cheese? in this case do i need to omit the milk? TYI 🙂
Thanks for this wonderful recipe, i tried this and it was perfect, tho i used up alot of flour made it a bit thick. I also used delmonte all in one cheese sauce.
Thanks for this recipe but 4 tbsp of flour made my sauce thick made me use most of my 2 cans of evap but the good thing is that i have a lot of sauce w/c I think I’ll make it again and share it w/ mah friends. 🙂
Thanks for letting us know. We usually add the flour (or cornstarch) gradually to see how well the sauce will thicken first before we add more. Glad you found a way to make use of the excess sauce. 🙂
what kind of butter should i use? unsalted?
Thanks 4 sharing ur recipe.. i tried it and it’s sooo yummy..