Easy French Onion & Bacon Potato Bake

Never dumb to ask what you aren’t sure of Joanne
No lining needed 🙂

This is probably a really dumb question but I have to ask because I don’t know lol.. Do you line the slow cooker with baking paper for this recipe or just pop it all in?

Yes you still layer potato 🙂

I presume u don’t have to layer the potato like in the oven

Making this for tonight’s dinner. So I hope it’s tasty like people are saying

been making this for years i like to add capsicum to mine

Just dry mix Cehu 🙂

New to slow cooker, and this recipe looks delicious, but do you put fo mix in dry, or make up as instructions on packet? Thanks.

So long as it was still a dry soup powder mix you could definitely change them up no worries 🙂

Any tried cream of chicken soup mix instead of French onion mix ?

Omg my whole family loves this I make it heaps it’s that yummy

Here is mine
I’ve been making this recipe for many yrs
No bacon use diced ham instead
No onion use shallots or leeks
No pkt French onion soup switch to spring veggie soup one

I wouldn’t double the french onion soup due to saltiness risk. Also increase the time but another 2hrs at least I think but that may vary in your cooker so just keep an eye on it 🙂

How would I double this?

Made this today for a work lunch. Super easy and everyone loved it !!

You can do either, a pan or a searing slow cooker

Do you fry at the slow cooker or in a different pan?

I would except not double the FO soup due to salt level 🙂

Can you double this recipe an the result still be okay?

You can make your own here >> FRENCH ONION SOUP MIX

I am in the UK and can never find the French onion soup mix. Anyone know where or an alternative? Thanks

Does anyone know if low as opposed to high makes a difference?
I did this recipe ( it’s my usual conventional oven one) in the slow cooker with cream not sour cream and cooked for about 7 hours on low and it was like it was just sitting in 3 inches of grease
Tried and true in the conventional oven though

This looks wonderful, I make a potato bake in the oven using cream of chicken soup. However am going to have a go in the slow cooker now but still using cream of chicken instead of the french onion (not really a fan of this flavour). Hope it looks as good.

If you can fit triple into one cooker then sure you could … but it would definitely need a longer cooking time

I’m having a big BBQ and was going to make a few potato bakes for the oven before seeing this which looks much easier and yum! Would I be able to triple the batch and do you think it would still cook the same?

Hi is there anyway this can be made WITHOUT any form of cream please..I love cream on its own or in desserts but don’t like in mains/sides etc.

Can u get sour cream in a liquid form

I am so lazy I don’t even scallop the potatoes & I use bacon bits from Coles/Woolies. I cut the potatoes into chunks. I also often use some chicken diced into the mix…still tastes great

I don’t use a tea towel when I make this but that was how the recipe was submitted by it’s creator 🙂

Maybe the teatowel soaks up the extra condensation so that the drips don’t land on the cheese??

I use cooking cream 🙂

Can I use cooking cream instead of sour cream

Yes tea towel under the lid why?

I used to make potato bake in the oven and it would always be such a process that put me off from making it that often. I am never making it in the oven again.
I just switched off my slowcoker and couldn’t wait to comment how easy it is to make it in the slowcooker, EVERY SINGLE TIME!

My take on this recipe is that I don’t put in the bacon but add garlic to it – Divine! And the tea towel trick – genious!

The Tea Towel Trick

What is the idea of the tea towel under the lid? I’m new at Slow Cooking!