Name: Crock pot baked potatoes without foil
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 480 min
Ingredients: 5-6 Potatoes (depends on the size); 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; salt & pepper to taste

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Easy way to bake potatoes in your crock pot (and no need for the foil). Just add your potatoes to your crock pot, switch on and 6-8 hrs you have your baked potatoes.

Perfect for sorting out your dinner in the morning! These crock pot baked potatoes are also perfect for freezing, so you can always make more than you need and stock up your freezer.

Potatoes are really good source of vitamins and fibre. What’s more important, is that most of the that fibre is in the potato skin. This is why, it’s a great idea to bake the potatoes whole and eat them too!

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Toppings for baked potatoes

Once your baked potatoes are ready, you can add any topping you like, whether it’s meat based or vegetarian.

Make sure that your topping is already cooked through (like a chicken) or can be eaten fresh (like salads).

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Side or main dishes to serve with your baked potatoes

Normally, I would just add few toppings to my baked potato and tuck in. But if you want to have a slightly large meal, you can add extra side dishes to serve with your baked potatoes.

Equally you can make the baked potatoes as the side dish, cut it up a little and then serve with with your main meal.

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Ingredients

5-6 Potatoes depends on the size
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt & pepper to taste

What potatoes are best for baking ?

Whilst in theory, you can bake any type of potato, some potatoes are particularly good for baking.

Ideally you want large potatoes (so that they don’t dry out & get too brown too quickly), that are not too starchy (so that they don’t fall apart or taste too floury).

In the UK you can easily pick up large potatoes that are labeled as baking potatoes. You can also ask for Russet potatoes, Maris Piper or Kind Edwards, which are all great choice for baked potatoes.

How to make crock pot baked potatoes without foil

Wash the potatoes carefully, but leave the skin on.

Lay the potatoes in your crock pot (use as many as you have the space for, but keep them about the same size)

Close the lid, switch on and bake/cook on very low setting for 8 hours – overnight or during the day.

Season with salt and pepper and serve with butter and your choice of toppings.

Can you freeze crock pot baked potatoes?

Yes, you can freeze baked potatoes for up to 6 months. When you defrost them, they will loose their crisp potato skin.

To make the potato skin crisp again, bake the defrosted potatoes for 10-15 minutes (maximum) on 220 C or 400 F.

To defrost your baked potato, remove them from the freezer the night before you need them and defrost in the fridge.

If you are short of time, you can also defrost frozen baked potato in the microwave. Use either low microwave setting or specific defrost setting, if your microwave has that.