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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 1/2 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 1/2 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
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Slow Cooker Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes
Ingredients
- ½ pound bacon
- 1 pound halved baby potatoes
- 1 large thinly sliced onion
- ½ cup sliced green onions
- 2 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 package dry ranch seasoning packet
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
Instructions
- Cook the 1 large thinly sliced onion½ pound bacon until it is cooked but not too crisp. ( I lined a cookie sheet with foil and baked it at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 16 minutes.)
- 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 non-stick cooking spray and layer half of the 1 pound halved baby potatoes along the bottom. Next layer with half of the cooked bacon, half of the 1 large thinly sliced onion, half of the ½ cup sliced green onions, half of the 1 package dry ranch seasoning packet, and top with half of the 2 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese.
- Repeat the layers and top with cheese, reserving 1/2 cup. Pour 2 tablespoons melted butter over the top of everything.
- Cover the potatoes with the 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 the reserved ½ cup of cheese and let it melt on the top.
- Garnish with fresh green onions if desired.
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Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I am Cooking your recipe for Crock Pot Cheese Baccon Ranch Potatoes for the 2nd time. We love them. I had to look up the recipe though. I forgot exactly how to layer them. Darn. I forgot to buy the Green Onions.
Thank you so much.
I am so hungry from looking at all the recipes. Thank you for sharing.
When and how are you to use the butter listed in the recipe?
this dish is good but no where in the recipe does it say how to cut the potatoes (i.e. diced, sliced, cubed, etc.)
If you use small potatoes, they are cut in half. If you use bigger potatoes then they will be cubed. Hopefully that helps!