Baked Potatoes in the Crockpot
Woman in the Middle | January 19, 2015Please don’t judge me, but I was looking at people.com the other day when I came across one of those ads for other sites at the bottom of the page. It had a photo of a baked potato with the caption “surprising slowcooker recipes.” I thought the photo implied that baked potatoes could be cooked in a crock pot and I was intrigued, so I clicked on it. Guess what, according to the recipe (if you can call it that) from food.com, you can make baked potatoes in the crock pot. Seriously, this blew my mind!
I don’t know about you, but I inevitably want to cook something that requires an oven just as summer hits. Lets bake cookies, make lasagna, and bake potatoes with the air conditioner struggling to keep up. It tends to lead to comments from Hubby, like “why do you always want to start baking just as it gets hot?” So the idea that I could “bake” potatoes in my crock pot was very exciting and opened up a whole new way of making easy dinners. If the potatoes are done all I would have to do is open a can of chili, sauté up some mushrooms and onions, or even nuke a package of frozen broccoli and cheese sauce to top the potatoes, add a salad, and dinner would be done. This idea is so simple and wonderful that I am getting over excited and may need to go lie down.
The “recipe” is below.
Stab potatoes a few times with a fork and wrap each in foil. Fill crock pot with potatoes. Cover with lid and cook on high for 2 1/2 to 4 hours depending on the size of your potatoes. DO NOT add water. The person who submitted the recipe said it doesn’t hurt to leave them in for the full four hours, even if they are done sooner and that she has cooked five to six large potatoes on low for 8-10 hours and they came out perfectly.
I can’t wait to try this.
This sounds so quirky I have to try it! Thanks so much for sharing.
I’ve seen this recipe before although I’ve never tried it. I always want to do it for a summer picnic when you can even put the crockpot outside. Dumping broccoli with cheese sauce on top is a stroke of genius!
I bought a cloth bag at a craft fair that is supposed to “bake” potatoes in the microwave. Haven’t tried it yet.
My mum tired cooking some in her slow cooker but she didn’t peel them and they turned a horrible colour and didn’t look good at all but they tasted ok, I said next time she should peel them first, she was following a recipe out of her slow cooker cookbook, I look forward to hearing how yours turn out
Hum…it should be interesting! I bet, even with out adding water, it gets a bit steamy in the slow cooker. I wonder if that is what caused the funny color. I will try it soon and see!
I love using my crock pot. I put the ingredients in it in the morning then come home from work and dinner is done. It allows me to pretend that someone else has cooked dinner. You can try http://www.getcrocked.com for more recipes.