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Four cooked potatoes in a slow cooker coated in olive oil, salt and pepper
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Slow Cooker Jacket Potatoes (Baked Potato)

Slow cooker jacket potatoes are a great side dish or main course.
Follow our easy recipe, and you'll have delicious, tender fluffy baked potatoes in a few hours.
The slow cooker does all the work and is also a more economical way to make them compared to the oven, so why not give it a try?
You can cook multiple baking potatoes at once and they can be stored in the fridge for up to four days or frozen for up to three months. Reheat in the microwave or oven when you are ready to eat them.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 5 minutes
Course: Lunch, Side Dish, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Cuisine: British, European
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Yield: 4 People
Calories: 182kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 4 Jacket Potato about 230g
  • ½ tablespoon Olive Oil
  • Salt

Instructions

  • Wash and prick 4 Jacket Potato all over with a fork about four times.
    Most slow cookers will fit at least 4 large potatoes, you can cook more, as many as will fit in a single layer in the slow cooker.
    Pricking holes into four potatoes on a wooden chopping board with a fork
  • Pour ½ tbsp Olive Oil into the bottom of the slow cooker and roll all sides of the potato skins into it.
    Or use spray oil instead.
    ½ tbsp Olive Oil
    Placing four jacket potatoes into a slow cooker and rolling them in olive oil by hand
  • Sprinkle with Salt on both sides.
    Salt
    Putting black pepper over four potatoes in an slow cooker
  • For best results use a tea towel over the slow cooker pot before placing the lid on. This helps create crispy skin by preventing condensation from the lid dripping onto the potatoes.
    Placing a green towel over the top of a slow cooker with four potatoes in the bottom of the cooker
  • Place lid on top, cook in the slow cooker
    High - 4 hours *Prefered method for crispy skin*
    Low - 8 hours
    (if the potatoes are larger than 260 grams each you may need extra time?)
    Placing the lid on top of the towel and slow cooker
  • Remove the lid, check soft throughout with a knife.
    Four cooked jacket potatoes in a slow cooker
  • Serve with your favourite toppings.
    Slow Cooker Jacket Potato served with tuna mayo and sweetcorn and a salad on the side

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Nutrition

Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 897mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 42mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 2mg