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Garlic Herb Slow Cooker Potatoes. These potatoes are a game changer! A must-save for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any event where you don’t want to use your stove/oven to cook potatoes.
I’ve cracked the code on a simple fall side dish. These tender potatoes, thrown into a slow-cooker with a dash of olive oil and herbs and… that’s it. Yup. Couldn’t be easier. Especially for my friends who don’t love to cook cook, these are for you.
I admit I was a little skeptical that potatoes would taste this good in a slow-cooker. I wanted to come up with a simple side dish that would get us through the following months. A potato recipe for times where we don’t really want to cook, times when the stove and oven will be packed with other items, like Thanksgiving, and times when we want to use our slow-cooker, but not for soup.
These crockpot potatoes do double, triple duty. All of the above and customizable for whatever flavor profile you’d like. I’m partial to herbs and garlic so that’s what we are going for. These would also taste fantastic with curry powder, paprika or chili powder. If it will taste good on a potato, it will work in this dish.
I choose fingerling potatoes for this recipe, but any small potato will work. Fingerling potatoes are one of my favorite potato varieties with its delicate yellow skin and warm yellow center.
This varietal delivers a rich and authentic potato flavor – earthy with a natural nutty finish. The taste is full and sumptuous, requiring little seasoning or embellishment. Perfect for these slow cooker potatoes! They really don’t need much.
Instead of fingerling potatoes, red potatoes or gold potatoes will work.
Simple and easy to prepare, these crockpot potatoes only require a handful of ingredients.
To prevent sticking, lightly coat the inside of a slow cooker with nonstick spray. Place the potatoes, olive oil, garlic, herbs and salt/pepper into the pot. For a richer taste, you can substitute melted butter, regular or non-dairy, instead of olive oil.
Stir together, then cover and cook on low heat for 4 to 5 hours or on high heat for 2 to 3 hours, until potatoes are fork-tender.
Just before serving, add lemon juice and toss until combined. For an extra hit of umami flavor, my husband loves to sprinkle parmesan cheese on these potatoes while warm. Dairy-free parmesan cheese can also be used.
Dried herbs are move convenient and cost-effective, which is why I call for them here. However, you can substitute fresh herbs if you’d like. You can also swap in different herbs, like rosemary or Italian seasoning, if you’d like.
These potatoes are best suited for a slow cooker, but can be made on the stove top as well. Because they’ll need more moisture, you’ll need to add vegetable broth to the potatoes.
Combine all ingredients as directed along with a cup of vegetable broth. Cover and simmer over low heat until potatoes are tender, about 15-20 minutes. As needed, add more broth to prevent the potatoes from sticking to the bottom of the pain.
These herb potatoes don’t work as well in the Instant Pot as they get too mushy. For Instant Pot potatoes, I recommend my Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes instead. Ready in just 15 minutes!
Highly recommend saving this recipe for Thanksgiving or Christmas. They are the perfect holiday food because you don’t need to make extra room on the stove or in the oven for potatoes!
Save room and make these slow-cooker potatoes instead.
Almost everything pairs well with potatoes, but I especially love them with:
Chickpea Salad Sandwich
Blackened Tofu Caesar Salad
Italian Chopped Salad
Marinated White Bean Salad
Vegan Thanksgiving Meatballs
Creamy Vegan Cauliflower Soup
Healthy Vegan Creamed Spinach
Fresh Green Bean Casserole
The Best Vegan Stuffing
Roasted Cranberry and Wild Rice Salad
I can’t wait to hear what you think about these potatoes! Hard to believe they get a crispy crust in the slow-cooker, but the magic is true. Enjoy!
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This recipe was first publish in 2018 but updated in 2021.
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These potatoes were great! SOOOOOO easy and complemented the dinner well. Everyone in the family loves them and they will now become a go for me. I had some left, so the next night I reheated in the oven and the flavour was even better, plus they were a little crisp which made them extra nice. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. 🙂
Looks good!
Who’d have known potatoes this good can be made in my second-hand crockpot! I didn’t have fingerling potatoes so I just cut the larger potatoes I had in roughly the cube size volume of 1/2 fingerlings (keeping the thicker potato skin on). No need to coat with cooking spray – just put the oil in the bottom before tossing the potatoes herbs, salt (I always put less than a recipe says) and pepper in. Stir the potatoes and stuff around so all sides of the potatoes are coated. I used the high setting and it only took about 2 1/4 hrs I think.
Bf said people would be pleased if they ate these potatoes in a fine French restaurant. Nice recipe, thank you!
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Can I quadruple the recipe for a large 7 quart slow cooker? I didn’t see a size for your recipe.
I would love to know the answer to this question as well!
Yes! I don’t see why not– I’ve doubled the recipe and it should work quadrupled as long as you have a large enough cooker.
If I make this the day before and refrigerate, what do you recommend for reheating?
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Hi Evie, I would place them in a baking dish, cover with foil and reheat on warm in the oven.
I made this recipe with baby Yukon Gold potatoes to take to a friend’s house for dinner. Not only did the potatoes smell heavenly while cooking for 3 hours on high, they tasted just as heavenly when served! She wanted to keep some of the leftovers, so I knew it was a hit. Thank you for this recipe, I’ll be making this again!
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Awesome! So glad you liked it, thanks Nancy!