This is one of our favorite simple suppers during the summer – Crock Pot Baked Potatoes! Did you know you can make slow cooker baked potatoes? Same great taste as an oven baked potato without the hot kitchen!
Cooking potatoes in the crock pot is so convenient – no need to heat up the oven and make the kitchen hot! Just wrap in foil, throw potatoes in the crockpot, and make sides on the grill! If you like this recipe, you’ll also love our hearty crockpot mac and cheese!
I hate to use the oven in the summer. This is something I can throw in the crock-pot in the morning and have dinner ready in the evening. This great idea really is an easy baked potato recipe,.
How To Make Crock Pot Baked Potatoes
Wash and dry large potatoes. Give each potato a prick with a fork. Cover each potato in aluminum foil.
Now simply place potatoes in the slow cooker or crock-pot. Just as good as oven baked without using the oven.
Cook on low for about eight hours, or cook on high four hours. Easy to prep, and cleanup is a snap. Save the recipe card below for perfect, fork tender potatoes every time.
Crock Pot Baked Potatoes
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 4 - 6 russet baking potatoes I have done 8
- 2 - 3 teaspoons olive oil optional 1/2 teaspoon per potato (I typically omit oil and salt)
- 1 - 11/2 teaspoons salt about 1/4 teaspoon per potato(optional)
- Aluminum foil
- Your choice of toppings: Grated cheese, cooked broccoli, crumbled bacon, chives, chili, sour cream etc.
Instructions
- Scrub the potatoes and dry completely.
- Prick each potato several times with a fork.
- Rub potatoes with a tiny bit of oil and then rub with salt. This step can be omitted.
- Wrap each potato tightly in aluminum foil. Be sure potato is completely covered.
- Place potatoes in slow cooker
- Cook the potatoes on high for 4 to 5 hours or low for 8 to 10 hours, or until soft. Do not overcook or potatoes will become soggy. I cook mine about 8 hours.
- Carefully unwrap the potatoes.
- Cut potatoes open and top with desired toppings.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is calculated without the toppings.
Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes
Now that you’ve got a pile of perfectly baked potatoes, let’s eat!
Load them up with your favorite toppings, serve with a big salad and dinner is served. Potatoes also go great with grilled meat, corn on the cob, and all kinds of other summer sides.
What are your favorite baked potato toppings? We like to make ours “loaded” by laying out a bunch of toppings. We have butter, sour cream, salt and pepper, cheddar cheese, bacon bits and green chives or onions handy.
In fact, a potato bar is a perfect set-up for a party. Just lay out all your toppings and let guests grab their potatoes and top them off with all the fixins!
Tips for Perfect Crock Pot Baked Potatoes
- After you wash your potatoes, make sure you dry them completely.
- Rub each potato with olive oil and rub with salt, if desired.
- Pierce the potatoes in several places with a fork. Technically, you are steaming the potatoes, and that steam needs somewhere to get out!
- Wrap the foil tightly around each potato. You don’t want it loose or open.
- If the potato is exposed, it can discolor. Darkened potato is still totally edible, though!
- Don’t overcook, or the potatoes will get soggy. You want fluffy!
- For a healthy topping, try plain nonfat Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. It adds protein and still delivers the tangy, creamy flavor you want.
- You can also smoother one of these delicious baked potatoes with Slow Cooker Chili. I think of this as comfort food add some cheese and sour cream on top – YUM!
Got any potato tips? Have you tried the crockpot baked potatoes method? I’m slightly obsessed with all things crockpot, so leave your comments and let us know how yours turned out!
For another easy dinner try our favorite crockpot mac and cheese! And for another super easy crowd-pleaser, be sure to check out our slow cooker lasagna recipe! These are perfect for busy nights or potluck get-togethers.
we’ve always done our baked potatoes in the microwave. However, that can be time consuming and they’re done at random intervals.
This would be fantastic for long evenings out or long days at school!
We love topping them with bbq chicken, pulled pork, green onions, sour cream, chili, fritos, black beans, bacon, cheese, jalapenos and every conceivable combination of the aforementioned 😉
I like this idea. I’ve tried cooking potatoes in the microwave, YUCK. This I would like to try.
We LOVE to do this, especially during football season when we get home from the park at 8:30 at night. I put these on right after school and they are perfect by the time we get home. Our favorite toppings are ham, cheese and ranch dressing.
I saw this post last week and tried it over the weekend! They were so wonderful! I threw them in the crock pot in the morning and went about my day, no fuss no heat! Then we loaded them up for dinner, we paired it with some grilled chicken. These were definitely major easy and I am all about easy and heat-free these days! thanks for sharing this!
What a great idea. I have never heard of this before….but will definitely be trying it out!!
This is fabulous! I can have baked potatoes without heating up my house in the summer.
I’ve wanted to try this! Did you have to pierce the potatoes?
What a great idea!
I made these yesterday and they turned out terrific! It was fantastic to not have to heat up the whole kitchen with a hot oven.
Thank you for another wonderful tip!
I never thought of doing that before. Thanks for the tip!
This is silly. Why leave the crock-pot on for 8 hours – giving off heat and using electricity? I love my crock-pot just as much as the next gal, but I’ve made baked potatoes my entire life in the microwave. Five minutes or so and they’re done. Easy peasy.
BTW, I like mine with broccoli, cheese, and sour cream. Or just plain with butter.
Oh my husband would SO appreciate those potatoes!
I left potatoes in the Crock Pot on my way out of town so my family would have dinner that night. My husband said the potatoes without the foil didn’t cook well —- he said he cooked them another day (YIKES) and even added water to the Crock-Pot and he said the consistency of the potato was chunky. I wasn’t there but I am assuming the foil serves a purpose 😉
Thanks for this! I did some searching and it looks like you can do this without the foil too. I think we’ll try it!
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