Cheesy Crockpot Potatoes are so cheesy, creamy and easy to make! The perfect potato side dish for a holiday meal, party or just an every day dinner. These potatoes are made in your slow cooker, freeing up oven space on holidays or just waiting for you at the end of a busy day.
Why You’ll Love These Crock Pot Cheesy Potatoes
Have you ever made potatoes in a slow cooker? These Cheesy Crock Pot Potatoes have changed the game for us. It’s a true dump and go crock pot recipe, there’s nothing more involved than adding everything to a slow cooker, turning it on and walking away.
- Easy To Make: All you need to do is mix frozen potatoes (no need to defrost!) together with diced onion, condensed soup, sour cream, shredded cheese and seasonings. Pour into your slow cooker and walk away.
- Cozy & Comforting: Just because this recipe is so easy doesn’t mean it’s not going to blow you away. It’s mega comforting and it’s sure to become a repeat recipe.
- Versatile: These cheesy potatoes go with just about any meal, are perfect for parties, game days or holidays. From a chicken tender dinner to a holiday ham.
Recipe Ingredients:
You only need a few basic ingredients to make these Cheesy Crock Pot Potatoes, and most of them are probably in your pantry and refrigerator!
- Frozen, Diced Potatoes: No need to thaw them out, just add them right to your crock pot.
- Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup: You can also use cream of mushroom soup too if that’s what you have on hand, but we love the flavor this chicken soup adds to these cheesy potatoes.
- Onion: Finely diced yellow onion adds tons of flavor in these potatoes. Don’t worry, they’ll cook down and be soft (no crunchy onions!) by the time the potatoes are cooked.
- Cheddar Cheese: Get creative with your cheese if you like! We stuck with cheddar because it has a sharp flavor to contrast with the creamy soup.
- Sour Cream or Cream Cheese: We use sour cream, but we tried this recipe with both sour cream and softened cream cheese. Both are delicious so if you have one or the other in your refrigerator or maybe you don’t like one or the other – you can use what you like.
How To Make Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes
Like I said before, these slow cooker potatoes are so easy to make, you’ll be making them a lot. We have a couple of step by step photos here with instructions. For the complete recipe scroll down to the recipe card.
- Start by adding a bag of frozen, diced potatoes to a large bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients (saving 1 cup of cheese for topping) to the crock pot and stir together to combine.
- Transfer to a slow cooker and cook on low for high for 3 hours or on high for 6 hours. During the last 30 minutes of cooking, add the reserved cheese to the top of the potatoes, cover and let melt during the rest of the cooking time.
Store And Reheat
Transfer any leftover cheesy potatoes to an air tight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheating the potatoes can easily be done in the microwave for individual portions.
However, if you made this entire dish ahead of time, you can add the potatoes right back to your slow cooker to warm them up again. A covered dish in a low (350 degree) oven works well too.
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Cheesy Crockpot Potatoes
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Total Time: 3 hours 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
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Pin RecipeThese cozy, Cheesy Crock Pot Potatoes couldn’t be easier to make! The perfect potato side dish for holidays, parties or every day dinners!
Ingredients
- 32 ounces frozen diced potatoes
- 1/2 cup finely diced onion
- 2 cups cheddar cheese, divided
- 1 (10.5 ounce can) cream of chicken soup
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 – 1 teaspoon black pepper depending on taste
- 1 cup sour cream or 8 ounces softened cream cheese
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients (using only 1 cup of the cheese) to a large bowl and stir together to combine. Spray the insert of a 6 quart slow cooker and add the potato mixture, spreading out in an even layer.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 6 hours. Test the potatoes to see if they are tender before continuing.
- During the last 30 minutes of cooking, add the remaining cup of cheese in an even layer to the top of the potatoes. Cover and cook for the remaining 30 minutes. You can also transfer your slow cooker to the warm setting until you’re ready to serve.
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
We updated this recipe and photos to make it even better for you! This is an older image that you may be familiar with from Pinterest. Just so that you know you’re in the right place!
Could cooked diced ham be added to this recipe?
Sure, that would be delicious!
Made for dinner tonight and it was so good! Excellent recipe that I will definitely be making again. Thank you!
Do you have to use frozen potatoes?
You don’t have to, just adjust the cooking time if using fresh potatoes. They might take a little longer to cook.
low for 3-4 or high for 6-7… is that mixed up?
That would be reversed, are you looking at a printout?
Can you use actual russet or red potatoes instead of frozen? How does that adjust crockpot cooking times/temps?
You can, just make sure that you diced them small like the ones shown in the recipe here and the cooking time should be about the same.
Omg. Thank so much! It will help with the amount I have to make. They were so good at my son’s bday party, I cant wait to have them again! And then we were just going to keep them warm in the nesco
Has anyone tried making these in the oven?? If so, what temp and how long?? I need to make 10 batches for a graduation party. So crock pot probably won’t be best option.
Yes actually I did have a reader tell me she made these in the oven and they turned out very well…let me find the message she sent me and I’ll get back to you!
Did you by chance find the message with baking time and temp?
Yes, a reader wrote me and said that she cooked them at 400 degrees for 30 minutes covered and 5 or 10 minutes uncovered. But again, this hasn’t been tested by us so I do hope it works out for you! Good luck!
What if I use thawed potatoes instead?
Just cut the cooking time way down, they’ll just need to be warmed through and the sauce to thicken.
Have you ever tried to bake instead of crock pot? I didn’t time my afternoon well lol.
No, but a friend of mine did and she said they came out perfect. I think she did in a 400 degree oven for about an hour – don’t quote me on that but she said it worked! Let me now how it turns out!
Can I use fresh diced red potatoes and cream of broccoli instead?
Give it a try!
If I double this recipe, should I increase the cooking time?
It depends on how big your slow cooker is. If you have a large say 7 or 8 quart slow cooker it will probably be done in the same amount of time. If you have a smaller slow cooker than yes, you will probably have to stir it in between and extend the cooking time.
The cook time seems backwards. Is it , low for longer hours and 3-4 hours on high?
Yes you are correct, I fixed that in the recipe card!
You are reading it wrong it says high 3 to 4 low 4 to 6
Made these today….so easy and so delicious….big hit with everyone!
Did youbuse spur cream or cream cheese??
You can use either one in the recipe.
Sounds good, just was curious if anyone had preferred one over the other. I’m making them today for my son’s bday party.
I like them made both ways but our go to is usually sour cream if that helps!
How do you know when it’s done?