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Perfectly tender and packed with flavor Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes. All of the flavors combined with cheese and bacon to create these perfectly tender and delicious potatoes.
Potatoes are a favorite year round side dish! Try these Parmesan Garlic Roasted Potatoes, Crispy Potatoes with Pesto and Parmesan or Parmesan Garlic Potato Foil Packets for more delicious ways to enjoy potatoes.
Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes
This was my first time cooking potatoes in a slow cooker. They reminded me of tin foil dinner potatoes. Perfectly tender and packed with flavor. I can’t even describe how amazing these turned out! A delicious side for any meal! Easy clean up and tender delicious potatoes that are packed with flavor.
All of the flavors combined with cheese and bacon to create these delicious potatoes. While cooking in the slow cooker, they create the best aroma in your house all day. And when it is time for dinner, you just scoop them up and they really make the perfect side!
Cheesy Potato Ingredients
These cheesy bacon ranch potatoes are always a hit. Slow cooked all day to be the most delicious and flavorful potatoes that you will want to have as side to every meal!
- Potatoes: Red or yellow small potatoes work the best.
- Onion: Thinly sliced to cook quickly.
- Bacon: The more the better but I do recommend around 1 pound of bacon.
- Cheddar Cheese: Shredded and ready to add over top of the raw potatoes.
- Dry Ranch Seasoning Packet: A simple packet is perfect for sprinkling over top.
- Butter: Melt the butter to get a crispy outside with a buttery flavor.
- Green Onions: Garnish over top when ready to serve.
How to Make Slow Cooker Potatoes
Let the slow cooker do the work! Make this into a complete meal with Creamy Garlic Steak Bites with Mushrooms or Juicy Grilled Garlic Turkey Burgers.
- Sauté Bacon: Cook the bacon until it is just done but not too crisp. I lined a cookie sheet with foil and baked it at 350 degrees for 16 minutes while I was prepping everything.
- Prepare Slow Cooker: Line your slow cooker with aluminum foil. Leave enough to over hang so that you can wrap the potatoes on the top once in the slow cooker.
- Layer Potatoes: Spray the inside of the foil with cooking spray and layer half of the potatoes along the bottom. Next layer with half of the bacon, green onions, onion, ranch packet and top with cheese. Repeat the layers and top with cheese reserving ½ cup.
- Cook on Low: Cover the potatoes with remaining foil. This helps them to steam and cook perfectly. Cook on low for 4-6 hours in your slow cooker. Once finished, top with remaining ½ cup cheese and let melt on the top.
Tips to Making the Best Slow Cooker Ranch Potatoes
These potatoes are spot on and so simple to make! It is a quick and easy side dish that takes little effort for big flavor.
- Bacon: Cook the bacon in a skillet on medium-high heat before adding them into the slow cooker. This will give them a crispy and tender flavor. Add in butter or oil for more flavoring.
- Foil: It is best to use foil in and around the slow cooker. This will help for easy clean up but also for cooking the potatoes evenly.
- Spray: Make sure to spray the foil before layering the bacon ranch potatoes and cheese. This will prevent the cheese from sticking to the edges.
- Cutting: When cutting and slicing the potatoes, onions and bacon, cut them evenly and the same size to ensure they all cook at the same level.
More Quick and Easy Potato Recipes
- Slow Cooker Creamy Ranch Potatoes
- Best Ever Baked Parmesan Garlic Potato Wedges
- Creamy Parmesan Scallop Potatoes
- Crispy Potato Skins
- Dad’s Famous Mashed Potatoes
Slow Cooker Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 Medium sized potatoes or 6-8 small red or yellow potatoes
- 1 large onion thinly sliced
- 1/2 pound bacon 1 pound makes it that much better
- 2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 package dry ranch seasoning packet
- 2 Tablespoon butter melted
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions
Instructions
- Cook the bacon until it is just done but not too crisp. I lined a cookie sheet with foil and baked it at 350 degrees for 16 minutes while I was prepping everything.
- Line your slow cooker with aluminum foil. Leave enough to over hang so that you can wrap the potatoes on the top once in the slow cooker.
- Spray the inside of the foil with cooking spray and layer half of the potatoes along the bottom. Next layer with half of the bacon, green onions, onion, ranch packet and top with cheese. Repeat the layers and top with cheese reserving ½ cup. Pour melted butter over top.
- Cover the potatoes with remaining foil. This helps them to steam and cook perfectly. Cook on low for 4-6 hours in your slow cooker. Once finished, top with remaining ½ cup cheese and let melt on the top.
- Garnish with fresh green onions if desired.
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Nutrition
Serves: 8
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.
Is this something, like a cook book that you could email me or post somewhere where I could print it out for myself? A lot of these recipes are my speed. I don’t cook much because of a disability so I can’t stand long. But I love my crockpot and am always looking for recipes. With my husband helping to prep we can usually guarantee a good meal.
Thanks for your help.
Olivia Edgil
If you scroll to the bottom of the post, the recipe card has a “print” button. This will print out all of the ingredients and instructions for you!
Can you add cooked or uncooked chicken to it?
Sure! That sounds delicious!
The potatoes were nice and tender, but the ranch taste was overwhelming. Some bites had way too much seasoning.
We are going camping and this sounds like a perfect recipe except I won’t have a crock-pot. Can I do this in the oven? If so how long at what temp?
Yes, cooking in the oven will work. Cook at 375 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes or until cooked through.
Can I use a cheese other than cheddar, specifically white-colored cheese? My son has an allergy to the ingredient used to make it yellow in color.
Thanks
Yes, that will work great! Choose his favorite kind and he will love these cheesy ranch potatoes!
It’s look so tasty and healthy. I’m very tempted to try making them. Thanks Alyssa.
Can I assemble this the day before?
Yes, this is great to make ahead of time.
These look so tasty and healthy. I’m very tempted to try making them. Perfect for Christmas! Thanks, Alyssa, you did such a good job.
this looks delicious 😋 I am going to try it next week 🙂But for tonight I will be using the cheesy bread recipe with French bread. Thats how I stumbled upon here haha. Your recipes look very 👍
Can these be made in my insta pot?
I have not used the insta pot for these potatoes yet. Let me know if you do!
This is incredibly useful, thanks so much!
Had an amazing time reading this recipe.
Thanks for sharing quite an interesting recipe.
Can i use ranch dip seasoning mix instead…i dont drive and its all i have at the house!
Yes, that will be delicious too!
This recipe looks amazing I stay in irvine Scotland uk is there another name for ranch seasoning so I can look out for it thanks.
On Slow cooker cheesy bacon ranch potatoes when do you use the butter.
At the very end you will put it over the potatoes to melt the cheese.
Hi! I just made this today. Super simplified it by using frozen red skin potatoes already diced, frozen diced onions and real bacon crumbles. It took like 2 minutes to throw in the crockpot and it was so good! Thanks for the recipe!
Does this freeze well
It does! Hope you enjoy!