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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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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can you use the bottle of ranch?
You can use a bottle of ranch but it will come out moist rather than crispy. It is a preference and a great idea too to add that extra flavor. If you try it let me know how it turns out!
Hi. I love your recipes . Can this one be out into a slow cooker bag in stead of the alum foil?
Yes, that will work too. Let me know how it turns out for you! XOXO
Is there a way to cut the grease? I’ve made this twice exactly to the recipe except the butter and it still comes out extremely greasy and just wet. It didn’t look like the picture. Maybe is it the cheese I’m using?
Yes, the cheese can add a lot of grease.
What/when do you use the 2T butter in the slow cooker cheesy bacon ranch potatoes? I’ve read through the recipe several times and only see it mentioned in the ingredients list.
Top with the cheese and butter. I will edit that part of the recipe. Thank you for letting me know! XOXO
Hello,
I’m excited to try this recipe. I am making it on thursday. I am wondering if I should boil the potatoes before cutting them? I bought yellow potato’s today. But sometimes if you don’t boil them first they are difficult to cut. So my question is would boiling them first be okay? Or does that over cook them when you crockpot it?
If you double the recipe do you have to cook it for a longer period of time ?
Yes, I would add an extra hour and checking on it. Let me know how it turns out! XOXO
Looks yummy.
Can u substitute onion powder instead of the onion and how much
You can but it will not give the right taste and texture. I would not recommend it.
Recipe for slow cooker bacon ranch potatoes calls for 2T butter, but butter isn’t mentioned in the ingredients. Just wondering when to add it.
Thank you for letting me know! You will add the butter on top with the remainder of the cheese. Enjoy! XOXO
If I leave out the onions, will I need to add liquid?
No, you should be great! Thanks for asking and following along with me! XOXO
where can we get calories for these meals
I like to use skinnytaste.com or myfitnesspal.com for any nutritional questions that I may have. Hope you too, can find what you are looking for! XOXO
Did you half or quarter the potatoes, or find some fingerling size to use?
I quartered all of the potatoes. Hope you enjoy it! XOXO
Am new to this site….will be making this today!!!! Sounds OHHHH so good!!!
Can you substitute the ranch seasoning in the cheesy bacon potatoes? Or can you taste the ranch?
You can taste the ranch but it is a slight hint and so good!
Added cut up chicken and cooked for 7 hours on high was really good and it can also be done in the instant pot at 45 minuets
What do you do with the 2 T butter? I cant find it in the directions
You will add the butter at the ended if needed.
I absolutely LOVE this ! It is so simple (not to mention pretty cheap) ! My 7 and 3 year old helped make it, and had so much fun ! Thank you for sharing !!