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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
- 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 1/2 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 1/2 cup cheese and let melt on the top.
- Garnish with fresh green onions if desired.
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I doubled this recipe and cooked it on low for 7 hours. Came out perfect. I especially like this recipe because I don’t have to peel the potatoes. I omitted the butter (I actually forgot it), but it didn’t seem to make much difference.
YAY!! That is perfect! Thank you so much for sharing! XOXO
For the chesse ranch potatoes how do you slice potatoes do you leave skins on and what is the 2tablespoons of butter for?
These potatoes are cut into fourths. I left the skins on for this recipe. The 2 T is added, if wanted, on the potatoes as they cook. Thanks so much for your questions! Hope that helps! XOXO
Easier to do in the oven and quicker
Sounds delicious but I don’t like ranch. Any suggestions for substitute seasoning?
Questions: what did you do with the 2Tbs butter?
How did you prep the potatoes? Slices ? Cubes?
Thanks
Good
I can not WAIT to try these-using a slow cooker is so handy! Especially the fact I am disabled and alone. I will be able to freeze the leftovers, and pull it out anytime. And not have to be on my feet! ?
I have done this recipe many times but used Italian dressing and added red, yellow and green peppers, parsley and oregano and garlic and it turned out wonderful. I let it cook on high for 2 hours and then low for 3 hours. I don’t have a new crock pot it is about 8 yrs old and it does cook great. You may have to adjust the cooking time but I used yellow potatoes cut into eights.
What size slowcooker was used???
Thanks?
I usually use a 6 or 8 quart slow cooker. Hope that helps! XOXO
delicious.
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Thank you so much!
GREAT! Thank you so much for following along with me! XOXO
Are the potatoes diced, quartered, halved, peeled, not peeled, thinly sliced, whole?
Thanks!
These potatoes will be diced and not peeled just like is shown in the pictures.
I can’t eat potatoes so I am going to try it with cauliflower and broccoli 🙂
What size crock pot is used?
I usually use a 6 to 8 quart slow cooker for all my meals. Hope that helps! XOXO
With the slow cooker cheesy bacon potatoes, do you have to use foil or can you just fix them without it? thanks.
You can fix them without the foil. I would spray/grease the slow cooker and know when you are done there may be a bigger mess to clean up. Hope you love it! XOXO
looks good and want to make it tonight, but ads are covering up part of the receipe.