How long to cook potatoes in slow cooker?

When you use the simple method of cooking “baked” potatoes in a crock pot instead of an oven, you’ll wonder why you never tried it before.

We serve these potatoes with steaks or pork tenderloin, but you can use them in any recipe that calls for cooked or mashed potatoes. These crockpot baked potatoes are the ideal solution when you want baked potatoes but don’t want to heat up the house by turning on the oven.

Place the potatoes in the slow cooker while you run errands, and when you’re ready to make your recipe, the potatoes are cooked and ready for dicing or mashing, even though they aren’t technically “baked” in an oven. I love these to serve as a baked potato alongside Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin, but they’re also great to use in recipes that need Mashed Potatoes as a base.

These slow cooker baked potatoes make it simple to make the potatoes for the following recipes, which call for pre-cooked potatoes.

How long do potatoes take in a slow cooker?

As I mentioned in the previous response, two things really determine this:

The size of your potatoes

How powerful your slow cooker is

Obviously, a larger potato will require more time to cook. Large baked potatoes, which will obviously take a lot longer to cook, are something I like to make in the slow cooker. It’ll take much less time to prepare smaller baby potatoes or potatoes that have already been chopped up for mash.

The amount of power in your slow cooker will also affect the amount of time. The power of your slow cooker and the number of heat settings it has will determine whether you should cook on a high or low heat, as I discuss in this article.

The Hamilton Beach Slow Cooker Crock with Touch Pad is the slow cooker I’m currently utilizing. This has a touch screen display, three heat settings, and automatically switches to warm mode when the timer expires to keep your food at the perfect temperature. You can see some other popular slow cookers here.

Even though I adored baked potatoes, waiting for them to cook after work is a pain. I wanted to make the most of my slow cooker by learning how to make baked potatoes the best way while I’m away from home.

After several attempts, I’ve discovered that my recommendation to cook these for 4 to 5 hours on high heat and 8 to 10 hours on low heat is sound. Hear is exactly how I have been doing this:

Before placing your potatoes in the slow cooker, you need to wash them and dry with a paper towel.

Next you will want to prick the potatoes with a fork. This is an essential step to allow the steam to be released as they slowly cook.

To give your potato skins that nice crisp texture you will want to cover them with oil. I usually just use a simple olive oil.

Just before placing my potatoes in the slow cooker you should wrap them individually in tin foil. I find this really aids the cooking process.

Now you are ready to cook your potatoes. Simply place them in the slow cooker and make sure the lid is firmly on. Cook for 4 to 5 hours on a high heat, or 8 to 10 hours on a low heat.

Your potatoes should now be ready to eat. Unwrap them and cut them open.

Serve your delicious slow-cooker made baked potatoes with anything you like!

Serve

Pro Tip: Using an Instant Pot instead of a crockpot is another great option – especially if you want to turn this recipe into a quick baked potato soup!

Every time we make this recipe, we add different seasonings because we like experimenting with new combinations. Overall, depending on your taste preferences and spice supply in your cabinet, we advise switching, adding, or omitting spices from this recipe!

Garlic salt

Onion powder

Rosemary

Thyme

Italian seasoning

Basil

Dry ranch seasoning

Consider adding any or all of these toppings to the side dish to complete the flavor that goes beyond the seasonings. Add right before serving to elevate this recipe even more!.

For 3–4 days, keep in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Avoid freezing because the potatoes’ thawed texture won’t be tasty.

Reheat in a microwave in 20-second bursts or in a skillet over medium heat until hot.

There are so many options available today that it can be overwhelming to choose an olive oil when you’re in the cooking oil section of the grocery store. Here are some helpful hints for choosing a bottle, though: Select a darker bottle as a dark container will block light, which can degrade the oil’s quality; select a glass bottle as a glass protects the oil from oxygen, which can reduce the health benefits; and select a bottle from a lower shelf as oil kept on the bottom shelf will probably be exposed to less light.

Cook for 4-6 hours on low or 2-4 hours on high. As a reminder, the potatoes will become more tender the longer they are cooked.

Step 2: Place in Crock Pot

Put potatoes in the bottom of your crock pot before covering it with the lid. Seriously, that’s it.

Because they would fit on the bottom of our slow cooker, you can see that we cooked 4 large russet potatoes at once. Your slow cooker’s capacity and the size of your potatoes will determine how many potatoes you can cook at once.

Your potatoes are most likely turning black because you peeled or cut them, which is why they’re doing so in the slow cooker. The flesh of a potato can turn brown when it comes into contact with the air.

How to Cook Potatoes in Your Crockpot or Slow Cooker! An Easy, Healthy Recipe!