Here’s a simple and comforting Slow Cooker Potatoes with Butter and Onions recipe — tender, buttery, and full of flavor.
🧾 Ingredients
- 2–3 lbs potatoes, cut into chunks
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 4 tbsp butter, cut into pieces
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
- ½ tsp black pepper
- Optional: ½ tsp garlic powder or paprika
- Optional garnish: chopped parsley
🥔 Instructions
- Prepare the slow cooker
- Lightly grease the slow cooker or spray with cooking spray.
- Add the potatoes and onions
- Place potato chunks and sliced onions into the slow cooker.
- Season
- Sprinkle salt, pepper, and optional garlic powder or paprika over the potatoes.
- Add butter
- Scatter butter pieces on top.
- Cook
- Cover and cook:
- Low: 5–6 hours
- High: 3–4 hours
- Potatoes should be tender when pierced with a fork.
- Cover and cook:
- Serve
- Stir gently before serving and garnish with parsley if desired.
💡 Tips
- Add shredded cheese during the last 15 minutes for cheesy potatoes.
- A little bacon or smoked sausage makes it even heartier.
- Red potatoes or Yukon Gold work especially well because they stay tender and creamy.
If you want, I can also show you 4 different slow cooker potato recipes that only use 3 ingredients and taste amazing. 🥔