These crock pot baked potatoes are seasoned Russet potatoes that cook all day in the slow cooker to become perfectly tender and fluffy. A super easy side dish that pairs perfectly with seafood, chicken and beef.
You can never go wrong with potatoes to accompany a nice steak or juicy pork chop. Some of my favorite options include hearty oven roasted potatoes, decadent cream cheese mashed potatoes, and these crock pot baked potatoes.
I’m always searching for easy side dishes to go along with our dinners, and I often turn to these crock pot baked potatoes. It takes just 5 minutes to prep them in the morning, and in the evening you have perfectly cooked potatoes with minimal effort!
Recipe Ingredients
All you need to make this recipe is potatoes, olive oil, salt and pepper. You’ll also want to assemble whatever toppings you plan to serve on your potatoes.
How do you make crock pot baked potatoes?
This recipe is so simple! Wash your potatoes well, then prick them with a fork. Rub a little olive oil over the potatoes, and season generously with salt and pepper. Wrap each potato in foil, then place them into the crock pot. Cover and cook until the potatoes are tender. Unwrap the potatoes, then cut them open. Add your favorite toppings and then you’ll be ready to eat!
Tips for the perfect dish
- Choose potatoes that are similar in size so that they cook at the same rate.
- This recipe assumes you’re using potatoes that are about 6-8 ounces each. If your potatoes are significantly larger or smaller, the cook time can vary.
- While Russet potatoes are the most popular choice for a classic baked potato, you can also use red potatoes or Yukon Gold potatoes.
- Leftover potatoes will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. You can reheat the potatoes in their foil jackets in the oven, or remove the foil and heat them in the microwave.
- Serving a crowd? You can double the recipe, just make sure you have a large enough crock pot so that the potatoes fit in with plenty of room for the hot air to circulate.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can cook all different types of raw potatoes in a slow cooker. You will just want to watch the cook time carefully to make sure the finished potatoes are not too hard or overly soft.
A medium sized potato will cook for 4 hours on high heat, or 8 hours on low heat. If your potatoes are smaller, in the 4-6 ounce range, it will take 3 hours on high or 6 hours on low. If the potatoes are over 8 ounces each, you’ll want to cook them for 5 hours on high or 9 hours on low.
Toppings for slow cooker baked potatoes
There are so many different ways to top your potatoes!
- Protein: Turn your potato into a main course by adding some meat to the mix! Some good options include bacon, ham, Italian sausage, shredded BBQ pork or chicken, or even ground beef.
- Cheese: Add some shredded cheese to add extra flavor to your spuds. My favorites are cheddar, colby jack, mozzarella and pepper jack.
- Veggies: Top your potatoes with cooked broccoli, sauteed mushrooms, diced fresh tomatoes, sliced green onions or grilled bell peppers.
- Sauces: Get saucy with some nacho cheese sauce, sour cream, salsa, herb butter, guacamole or even BBQ sauce.
- Chili: Use canned chili or homemade chili such as beef chili or vegetarian chili to top your tater.
These crock pot baked potatoes are part of our regular dinner rotation because they’re simple but satisfying, and a total hit with both kids and adults!
More potato recipes you’ll enjoy
- Potato Pancakes
- Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
- Smashed Potatoes with Garlic and Herbs
- Mashed Red Potatoes
- Cheesy Potatoes
Crock Pot Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 6 Russet potatoes 6-8 ounces each
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- toppings of your choice such as butter, cheese, bacon and sour cream
Instructions
- Scrub the potatoes, then use a fork to prick holes in each one.
- Rub the olive oil over the potatoes, then season them with the salt and pepper.
- Wrap each potato in foil.
- Place the potatoes in a crock pot.
- Cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.
- Carefully unwrap the potatoes and cut them down the center. Serve with toppings of your choice.
Notes
- Choose potatoes that are similar in size so that they cook at the same rate.
- This recipe assumes you’re using potatoes that are about 6-8 ounces each. If your potatoes are significantly larger or smaller, the cook time can vary.
- While Russet potatoes are the most popular choice for a classic baked potato, you can also use red potatoes or Yukon Gold potatoes.
This was such a delicious set-and-forget meal for my family! Love that I could make perfect baked potatoes in the crock pot – and we put out a toppings bar so everyone could just pile on their favorites! It was great!
I love that I can put these in the crockpot and walk away then come back to perfectly cooked potatoes. Yummmm!
What a delish way to make these potatoes, I’ve never thought about using the slow cooker – it’s genius!
This is my favorite way to make baked potatoes. I’ve used this method several times now!
I live in a climate that is generally always warm so I love this recipe as it doesn’t require me to heat up my oven, and therefore my house, to make a delicious meal! Perfect!
Simple to prepare and they come out perfect. Bonus that you don’t have to heat up the whole kitchen.
They came out perfectly tender! Will make again!
My favorite way to make baked potatoes for a crowd! We are doing a baked potato bar and I just borrowed a friends crockpot so I could have two of them going so we would have enough potatoes.
Never thought to put these ingredients into a crock pot but they did not disappoint and my family loved this recipe!
thanks for this crock pot baked potatoes – it came out like you said. tender and fluffy!
Never thought to do baked-style potatoes in a crock pot before and wow, what a success! We all loved these!