Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes
Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes make the perfect side dish to so many meals, but they can also be the base for a cheap and easy dinner.
The best part is that you come home to perfect potatoes, ready to eat even if you have been out and about.
Ingredients you will need
Ingredient Notes, Substitutes, & Alternatives
- Potatoes: To make good baked potatoes you need a 'floury' or 'starchy' variety of potatoes. In New Zealand I typically choose an Agria potato. Other floury varieties include: Desiree, Ilam Hardy, King Edward, Maris Piper, Yukon Gold and Russet potatoes.
Step-by-step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Throughly wash and dry the potatoes
Step two: Place in the slow cooker with the olive oil and salt. Toss the potatoes until the are well coated in the oil and salt.
Step three: Turn on your slow cooker
Cook times: High Power 4 hours.
Low Power 7-8 hours
Or until the potato flesh is tender.
Enjoy!
Tips & Tricks
Here is how you can make these Crockpot Baked Potatoes perfectly every time!
- Choose a floury variety of potatoes
- There is very little to cooking baked potatoes in your slow cooker, my only tip would be to check the timing with your slow cooker (as they all vary a bit). I would cook potatoes in your slow cooker the first time on a day you are at home, so that you will be confident they will be perfect to come home to when you are out and about.
- Make a baked potato bar: Put out your your favourite toppings, and let people build their own perfect potato: butter, sour cream, bacon, chives, grated cheese, chilli, shredded chicken
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How To Make This Recipe Suitable For Baby-Led-Weaning
- Baked potatoes can be perfect for baby led weaning.
- Skip the salt.
- Remove the skin before serving.
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Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes
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Equipment
- 1 Slow cooker
Ingredients
- 6 potatoes
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- throughly wash and dry the potatoes
- Place in the slow cooker with the olive oil and salt. Toss the potatoes until the are well coated in the oil and salt.
- Turn on your slow cooker Cook times: High Power 4 hoursLow Power 7-8 hoursOr until the potato flesh is tender.
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Notes
- To make good baked potatoes you need a 'floury' or 'starchy' variety of potatoes. In New Zealand I typically choose an Agria potato. Other floury varieties include: Desiree, Ilam Hardy, King Edward, Maris Piper, Yukon Gold and Russet potatoes.
- There is very little to cooking baked potatoes in your slow cooker, my only tip would be to check the timing with your slow cooker (as they all vary a bit). I would cook potatoes in your slow cooker the first time on a day you are at home, so that you will be confident they will be perfect to come home to when you are out and about.
- Make a baked potato bar: Put out your your favourite toppings, and let people build their own perfect potato: butter, sour cream, bacon, chives, grated cheese, chilli, shredded chicken
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