Slow cooker loaded potatoes. Line a slow cooker with foil and spray with cooking spray. Line a slow cooker with foil and spray with cooking spray. With slow cooker recipes like this, I get the chance to actually sit outside and enjoy myself instead of slaving away on side dishes inside.

Slice small red potatoes in half. (If potatoes are a larger size cut into quarters.) Place half of the cut potatoes, skin side down, into the slow cooker. Sprinkle potatoes with half of the garlic, paprika, salt and pepper. These Loaded Slow Cooker Potatoes are one of the instances. You can cook Slow cooker loaded potatoes using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Slow cooker loaded potatoes

1. It's of Cooking spray.
2. You need 2 lb. of baby potatoes, halved and quartered if large.
3. You need 3 c. of shredded Cheddar.
4. It's 2 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced.
5. You need 8 slices of bacon, cooked.
6. It's 1/4 c. of sliced green onions, plus more for garnish.
7. You need 1 tbsp. of paprika.
8. Prepare of kosher salt.
9. It's of Freshly ground black pepper.
10. It's of Sour cream, drizzling.

Place potatoes in a Dutch oven, adding water to cover. Stir in chicken stock, onion, garlic, thyme, butter and bacon until well combined. Using a potato masher, mash potatoes until desired consistency is reached. This slow cooker potato soup has the same ingredients as loaded baked potatoes--russet potatoes, bacon, Cheddar cheese, sour cream, and scallions--but is delivered in soup form!

Slow cooker loaded potatoes instructions

1. Line a slow cooker with foil and spray with cooking spray. Add half the potatoes, 1 1/4 cups cheese, half the garlic, 1/3 of the cooked bacon, half the green onions, and half the paprika. Season with salt and pepper. Repeat..
2. Cover and cook on high until potatoes are tender, 5 to 6 hours. (The bigger your potatoes, the longer they'll need.) About 20 to 30 minutes before serving, top with remaining cheese and bacon (this is your moment to make the potatoes look pretty!)..
3. Garnish with more green onions, drizzle with sour cream, and serve.

Every year my Mom made cream cheese mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving. I tailored the recipe to my family's taste and carried on the tradition. I make them a day ahead and use my slow cooker to free up oven space for other dishes. —Ann Nolte, Tampa, Florida. Line a slow cooker with aluminum foil, leaving enough to overhang to wrap the potatoes on top, and coat with nonstick spray. Place a layer of potatoes evenly into the slow cooker.