Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes Recipe

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Published: February 24, 2021Updated: July 19, 2021Author: Camille Beckstrand
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This is the best crock pot recipe you will find! These slow cooker bacon cheese potatoes have everything we love in every bite.
Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes Recipe

Our slow cooker bacon cheese potatoes recipe is easily becoming a favorite family recipe! It is a crowd-pleaser for sure. I will be bringing these delicious cheese potatoes to our next get-together. 

Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes plated

If you are looking for a way to spice up your dinner this bacon potato recipe is just the easy slow cooker recipe you need. I never have to barter with my kids to get them to eat these potatoes because they have bacon and cheese. 

This is a great dish that goes wonderfully with our  Marinated Mountain Dew Grilled Chicken, Marinated Grilled Chicken Sandwich Recipe, or our Marinated Root Beer Grilled Chicken Recipe. Basically, all the chicken recipes will be amazing with these potatoes!

Ingredients for Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes

Ingredients Needed For Our Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes:

  • Diced bacon strips
  • Onion
  • Medium Potatoes
  • Shredded cheddar cheese
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Butter 
  • Green onion

How To Make Our Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes:

To begin, get out your slow cooker and line it with aluminum foil. 

NOTE: Be sure that when you do this to have excess that you can pull over the top of the potatoes once they are put in the slow cooker. This will help the potatoes to keep from sticking to the slow cooker and provide some added steam!

Then, take half of the chopped up bacon, diced onions, cubed potatoes, and shredded cheese and layer each thing on top of each other.

 Make sure to spread it along the whole bottom of the slow cooker. 

Next, season the first layer with salt, and pepper the way you’ll like it. 

Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes in Slow Cooker

Now, cut one of the tablespoons of butter into small pieces and spread it evenly over top of the first layer of ingredients.

After you are done with the butter, repeat the layers of chopped bacon, diced onion, cubed potatoes, and shredded cheese.

Then, chop up the remaining butter and spread it over top.

Now, fold over the remaining aluminum foil to cover the potato mixture, and place the lid on top of the slow cooker and cook it all on low for 6-8 hours.

When it is done cooking, sprinkle the sliced green onion and serve it up!

Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes in foil

To Make This Easy Slow Cooker Recipe You Will Need:

  1. Slow cooker (THIS is a great one!)
  2. Aluminum Foil 
  3. Knife
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Turn These Bacon Cheese Potatoes Into a Full Meal

Do you want to turn this into a full meal? Throw in some of your favorite protein into the layers. 

I would suggest either some cubed chicken or sausage would be great!

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Serves: 6

Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes

This is the best crock pot recipe you will find! These slow cooker bacon cheese potatoes have everything we love in every bite.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 6 hrs
Total Time 6 hrs 10 mins
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Ingredients

  • 8 strips of bacon diced
  • 1 onion thinly sliced
  • 4 medium potatoes (cut into large cubes)
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 2 green onions sliced

Instructions

  • Line slow cooker with foil, leaving enough foil to cover potatoes when finished (this will help the potatoes not to stick to the edges and to help them steam. It will also keep them from getting mushy.)
  • Layer half each of the bacon, onions, potatoes and cheese in the slow cooker. Season to taste and dot with 1 Tablespoon of butter.
  • Repeat layers of bacon, onions, potatoes and cheese. Dot with 1 Tablespoon of butter.
  • Overlap with remaining foil. Place lid on slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours. Sprinkle with green onions and serve.

Notes

  • Be sure that when you do this to have excess that you can pull over the top of the potatoes once they are put in the slow cooker. This will help the potatoes to keep from sticking to the slow cooker and provide some added steam!

Nutrition

Calories: 426 kcal · Carbohydrates: 28 g · Protein: 16 g · Fat: 28 g · Saturated Fat: 14 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 69 mg · Sodium: 471 mg · Potassium: 732 mg · Fiber: 4 g · Sugar: 2 g · Vitamin A: 548 IU · Vitamin C: 30 mg · Calcium: 298 mg · Iron: 2 mg

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Knife

Recipe Details

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American

Recipe adapted from CDKitchen.

Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes

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  1. Nantucket Daffodil says:
    September 30, 2012

    This is a great idea for a family brunch!
    Reply
  2. Kim says:
    September 30, 2012
    Oh my gosh, yum! My favorite potatoes ever are a very similar version of these but made in a camping dutch oven. Can't wait to try these! I do have a question though, I've always been under the impression that you shouldn't add dairy products (like the cheese in this recipe) to the slow cooker until the last hour of cooking. Is there any truth to that? Thanks!
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    • Camille says:
      September 30, 2012
      Hi Kim! I know that in most slow cooker recipes that call for sour cream, cream cheese, or yogurt that you usually don't add them until the last hour because they tend to curdle. However, I have never had a problem with cheese (like shredded cheese). In this recipe, it really just melts the cheesy and makes it nice and gooey. :) Hope that helps!
      Reply
  3. Karen says:
    September 30, 2012
    I cant wait to try this! My hubby is a bacon junkie!!! Just this morning I asked him if he needed to add anything to the Costco list ~ his response was batteries and bacon. Lol
    Reply
    • Camille says:
      September 30, 2012
      Ha ha ha! I love it! I never thought about buying bacon in bulk like that!!! My husband would love me forever if I did! :)
      Reply
  4. Sheila Lynn says:
    September 30, 2012
    I am going to try this tonight! Thanks for sharing : )
    Sheila Lynn xo

    http://livelaughlovemrsrj.blogspot.ca/
    Reply
  5. Allyssa says:
    September 30, 2012
    I can't wait to make this! Thanks for sharing!
    Reply
  6. Erin says:
    September 30, 2012
    I am definitely going to have to try this! I think it will be a great recipe for a trip we are doing with some friends in a couple of weeks. There will be several families so a single recipe probably isn't enough. Have you ever tried to double or triple it? If so, any suggestions?
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    • Camille says:
      September 30, 2012
      I think that this recipe will double just fine! However, you are going to need a huge slow cooker! :) I used a 5 quart slow cooker and it was pretty much filled to the brim.
      Reply
  7. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says:
    September 30, 2012
    Oh yum. Totally pinned. I want these now!
    Reply
  8. Kristi says:
    September 30, 2012
    Okay, so I feel like a culinary reject, but what does it me to "dot" the butter?
    Reply
    • About Me says:
      September 30, 2012
      to dot simply means to cut the chunk of butter into smaller pieces and kinda sprinkle the pieces over your dish... hope that makes sense! :)
      Reply
    • About Me says:
      September 30, 2012
      This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
      Reply
  9. Michelle D says:
    October 1, 2012
    Looks delicious. My husband recently informed me he had heard on the news there might be a shortage of bacon in upcoming months due to the drought everywhere. So enjoy the bacon goodness while you can I say :)
    Reply
  10. Lisa says:
    December 31, 2012
    I made these to bring to Sunday dinner, and they were a hit! I knew I would need more than 4 potatoes, but I didn't have room to double the recipe...so I made about 1 2/3 of the recipe. I did precook the bacon (and drain it) because I wanted to cut down on the grease, and that seemed to work just fine. I also plugged the crockpot in in the garage, because I can't stand the onion smell in my house for 3 days afterwards :) I cooked it for about 5 hours on high, and they were perfect. Thanks for the tip about the foil, that worked great and created much less of a mess than usual! Will definitely be making again soon!
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  11. Stacy Ferguson says:
    September 23, 2013
    Hello! My brother lives in Kaysville---we love it there. I'm a 17 summers survivor of Tucson! How about warming any leftovers of these potatoes the next morning in a skillet and then just adding beaten eggs over the top & scramble it? Mmmmm.
    Reply
  12. Carol says:
    May 5, 2014
    I just made something similar in foil packets baked in the oven. The main difference was that it used Lipton Onion soup mix as a seasoning. With the butter, it gave it a nice sauce. I think without the soup mix, it will be better with breakfast. I will try it without and see how that does. :)
    Reply
  13. Davina Stuart says:
    May 6, 2014
    just had this recipe pop up somewhere (a link on facebook, i think..) am so going to be making this later this week.. am thinking of adding in a little browned ground beef to make this a one pot dinner for one of our busy days.. just gotta get to the store and get more manchego :) (I can't have cow dairy, but goat and sheep are fine for me, so manchego it is!)
    Reply
  14. Angie says:
    May 10, 2014
    We love bacon around my house!! Try any low sodium bacon sprayed with Bragg's Liquid Aminos. I found it in the health food section of our grocery store. It's a vegetable protein seasoning containing 16 amino acids. It really does make the bland low sodium stuff taste like the real thing!
    Reply
  15. Randi says:
    May 10, 2014
    Tried these....but my potatoes had blackspots...????What did I do wrong
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  16. Randi says:
    May 10, 2014
    Tried these and my potatoes turned black...? What did I do wrong?
    Reply
    • Cyd says:
      May 12, 2014
      We have never had that happen. Were your potatoes in bad shape to begin with. We use 4 nice looking potatoes, and have never had black spots.
      Reply
  17. Jan says:
    June 24, 2014
    Thank you for sharing - looks delicious! Can you tell me about how many people this might serve? Thanks in advance.
    Reply
    • Cyd says:
      June 24, 2014
      Just click on the MAGIC button on any of our recipes and it will give you the servings and all the nutritional info for that recipe. This serves about 6.
      Reply
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