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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.

Slow cooker baked potato on a dinner plate cut in half with melted butter inside and sprinkled with chives.

Ingredients you will need

Ingredients for Slow cooker baked potatoes on bench top with text overlay.

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

Raw Potatoes on a wooden chopping board with hand holding a sharp knife.

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. 

Hand holding a ceramic dish with olive oil being poured on top of raw potatoes inside slow cooker.

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.

Hand holding a a pair of tongs turning over a potato inside the slow cooker.

Enjoy!

Slow cooker baked potato on a dinner plate cut in half with melted butter inside and sprinkled with chives.


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 potato on a dinner plate cut in half with melted butter inside and sprinkled with chives.

Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

The easiest way to cook perfect baked potatoes is in the crockpot!
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: New Zealand
Keyword: slow cooker baked potatoes, crockpot baked potatoes
Servings: 6 potatoes
Calories: 205kcal
Author: Stacey

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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 hours
    Low Power 7-8 hours
    Or 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: ย 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.ย 
  • 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 chickenย 

Nutrition

Serving: 1potato | Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 400mg | Potassium: 897mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 42mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 2mg
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