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Some recipes don’t require elaborate ingredient lists. They can often be the simplest of dishes that come with just two instructions.
These Slow Cooker Jacket Potatoes are just that. An UNBELIEVABLY convenient way to make baked spuds with delicious results!
Don’t you just love the slow cooker? Honestly, there are times when I marvel at its simplicity but wonder what I would do without it in my life.
It can even make a jacket potato more convenient to make! So I thought I’d share this revelation, in case you didn’t already know. I give you… Slow Cooker Jacket Potatoes.
It’s an ideal way to cook them if you are cooking for guests and need oven room and want a side dish that takes care of itself. OR simply on a busy day when you don’t need to leave them to do their thing for a few hours.
Come back to them piping hot, cooked evenly, soft and delicious in the middle and ready to enjoy!
Why you’ll love this Slow Cooker Baked Potato recipe
⭐️ Perfect for a party side dish or easy lunch
⭐️ Best jacket potatoes for flavour
⭐️ Simple but SO satisfying
Why make jacket potatoes in the slow cooker?
Because you can throw them in hours before they need to be ready, you don’t need to keep an eye on them or use up energy on drawn-out oven baking. And they honestly taste sooooo good!
They taste richer somehow than oven-baked potatoes. A kind of nutty flavour that is surprisingly delicious. I assume this is because the sugars in the potatoes have cooked slower for longer. Frankly, I could eat them all day 🤩
Because baking potatoes notoriously takes AGES, often we’re forced to use both microwave and oven just to get them anywhere near cooked through.
This means two appliances using up electricity for one potato. Alternatively, slow cookers use about the same amount of electricity as a standard light bulb, according to the Energy Saving Trust.
More favourite potatoes recipes
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⭐️ Parmentier Potatoes ⭐️
⭐️ Make-Ahead Roasties ⭐️
⭐️ Sweet Potato Stew ⭐️
⭐️ Homemade Chips ⭐️
⭐️ Colcannon ⭐️
Ingredients
- Baking potatoes
- Oil – Olive oil or sunflower
- Salt
How to make jacket potatoes in the slow cooker
- Prick them, rub them with oil and salt, then wrap completely in tin foil.
- Cook them for 8 hours on low, or 5 hours on high.
Leftovers
In the fridge You can keep this recipe in the fridge for 3 days. Reheat fully by before serving.
In the freezer You can freeze cooked jacket potatoes, and what’s best is you can reheat them from frozen too!
Wait until they’re totally cold and then put into a freezer proof container and freeze for up to 3 months.
Top tips
Wrap in foil
I would recommend wrapping them in foil for the best results. I have tried slow cooking them both with and without foil, and while they’re fine without, I just found they didn’t cook as evenly and the potatoes did tend to stick together a little.
How to make them crispy
Unfortunately this is the one downside of slow cooker potatoes. They don’t get crispy. BUT if you really want that crispy skin you could finish them off in the oven for 10 minutes at 220C.
Serving suggestions
There are infinite choices here, but here are a few recommendations:
FAQs
I can fit 4 big potatoes in my 3.5l slow cooker. Make sure you don’t overcrowd the pan too much. If there are more in there, make sure you turn them regularly.
The Morphy Richards Sear & Stew Slow Cooker is my all-time favourite because you can use it for initial browning on the hob and it’s really light. For induction hobs, I recommend the Lakeland Digital 6.5l Slow Cooker instead.
Let me know how you got on and what you thought of these recipes. Please rate the recipe using the ⭐️ below.
Also I’d LOVE to see your cooking creations. If you’d like to share yours with me, you can tag me on Instagram (@tamingtwins).
Slow Cooker Jacket Potatoes {Easiest Ever Recipe!}
Ingredients
- 4 Large baking potatoes
- 2 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Take each potato and prick well with a fork. Rub with oil and salt and wrap completely in tin foil.
- 8 hours on LOW or HIGH for 5 hours.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Thank-you so much for this 🥰
I’ve just arrived home to a beautifully soft, hot spud. As someone that doesn’t use a microwave this is so helpful x
These were perfect however I made the mistake cooking them the night before. When we ate them the following evening they went a little hard and wet. But I shall definitely be making them again but just not the night before!
Hi Sarah, we just bought the slow cooker you have recommended and it’s total game changer for us! Our previous one is massive heavy and awkward but this new one is fantastic. Thank you so much for all your amazing work as we use it a lot! We would be lost without you know! Loads of love from Liverpool xxx
Great way to do baked potatoes, so easy. Am an avid fan of using my slow cooker… more recipes please Sarah! Thanks.
Wow 😮 didn’t know this and I’ve had a slow cooker since the late 70’s!! Now have a ninja foodie (which I love) and I love doing oven jacket potatoes in it but often, when I get home, it’s late & I throw a potato in the microwave cause I can’t wait to eat but now…I’m so going to do this instead! Thank you for sharing. Just made your flapjack recipe so going to comment on that when it’s cooked 😊
Brilliant
Love the jacket potatoes
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Do you think this would work with sweet potatoes too?
This has just made my day!! I love potatoes and knowing you can do this simple way of cooking has simply blown my mind 😂 xxxxx