Looking for the perfect easy potato side dish? This Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes recipe is our family's favorite. Not only is this cheesy slow cooker potatoes recipe my go-to holiday side dish recipe, but I also make this crock pot cheesy potatoes recipe several times a year as a side dish for grilled meat.
The Best Cheesy Potatoes Slow Cooker Recipe
At our house, every holiday meal gathering includes a potato side dish recipe on the table. Potato recipes pair well with ham or turkey, and even beef briskets are a great match for a potato side dish.
Can you make this cheesy Crockpot Potatoes recipe in the oven?
Recently I shared my Cheesy Potatoes Bake Side Dish and people went nuts over it! That's no surprise though, as it is really fantastic.
I had several people ask though, both on social media and on the blog if they could make this dish in the crock pot and the answer is YES! You sure can.
And, the best part about this Cheesy Potatoes Crock Pot recipe is that your oven is free for whatever else you need it for.
Since it takes a little while longer to bake in the crock pot, you can run errands, go to church, play outside with the kids … whatever you need to do while they're baking. I love crock pot recipes for this very reason!
This crockpot cheesey potatoes recipe is basically the same recipe, but I wanted to be sure to have a post ready for it so that you could pin it for the next big meal you make.
Ingredients for my Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes:
30 oz. bag of frozen shredded hashbrowns, thawed
2 cans cream of chicken soup**
8 oz. sour cream
4 T butter, melted
1½ cups cheese – shredded cheddar divided (I prefer sharp cheddar, any will do)
1 cup milk
½ cup diced yellow onion
Here's how I go about making our favorite cheesy potatoes in the crock pot:
In a separate bowl, or right inside your crock pot, combine your frozen potatoes (thawed in the fridge for 2-6 hours is the way I prefer), diced onions, sour cream, 1 cup of cheese and cream of chicken soup and stir.
You can also add 1 cup of milk (I left this out in the video I made, but I prefer it in – it's totally a personal preference.)
The photo at the top of this pot in the Ninja Crock Pot has milk. The photos in the white crock pot do not have milk, if that helps you gauge what it will look like when finished.
When you're finished mixing everything, top the crockpot cheese potatoes with pads of butter and cook on high for 2 hours. You could also melt the butter and add it into the cheesy potatoes crock pot recipe as you're adding everything else, that's a personal preference. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese until melted and enjoy.
That's really it! I can't even pretend that this crockpot potato casserole is hard.
** I do want to say though that the second can of soup is key to this recipe being amazing. I have seen several people mention that their slow cooker cheesy potatoes recipe calls for only one can of soup. The recipe that I used to use called for only one can as well. But, the difference between one can of soup and two cans of soup is monumental.
It's worth mentioning, too that you can make your own cream of chicken soup rather than using the Campbell's cream of soups. I don't because at this time in my life, the ease of using the canned cream of soups is worth it, but I might in the future when I have more time to do fun things like that.
Cheesy Potatoes Crock Pot Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 bag of frozen shredded hashbrowns thawed in fridge for 2-6 hours
- 2 cans cream of chicken soup
- 8 oz. sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups cheese - shredded cheddar divided colby jack, sharp cheddar, mild cheddar - any will do
- 1 cup milk I left this out in the video I made, but I prefer it in
- 1/2 cup diced yellow onion
- 5 tabs butter
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients minus the butter in the crock pot.
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Top with tabs of butter
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Cook on high for 2 hours
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Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese until melted and enjoy
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Enjoy!
If you like this easy crock pot cheesy potatoes recipe you might also like these recipes:
Baked Cheesy Potatoes
Cheesy Ranch Potatoes
Pork Chop and Hash Brown Potato Bake
I have been making a similar recipe for years, only I use the cubed hash browns and add green onions to the mix. I melt butter and pour on top. Refrigerate over night and bake at 350 for 1 hr and 15 min. Will try your recipe for Easter-thanks!
Yum, I’ve never added green onions but that sounds good, too!
Thanks for sharing and stopping by, Linda!
Kate
Linda do you cover this?.. I was thinking about using the frozen potatoes O brains (not sure about the spelling on that one) for this with the onion and pepper already in
Hi MZ,
I hope I’m not getting back to you too late. I also have a Cheesy Potatoes recipe that I make in the oven. You can find that post here. I don’t cover it if that helps.
recipe here –>> https://couponcravings.com/cheesy-potatoes-potato-bake-side-dish/
Kate
i used cubed hash browns and added mushrooms and peppers(yellow and green) and some Velveeta cheese as well as shredded and the family loved it
How big of a bag of hash browns do you use for this recipe? I want to do a trial run of this to see the timing on it as I need to make a few crocks full of this for a graduation party.
Thanks!
We don’t have frozen shredded potato in Australia so I was wondering if you thought freshly grated potato would work and how much by weight would you need? Thanks
What other kind of cream soup can be used if you don’t want to use cream of chicken?
cream of celery is also good
Can a different cream soup be used if you don’t want to cream of chicken?