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I’m usually a crispy-hash-browns kind of guy. I like the potatoes to get that nice little crust on them. And don’t tell anyone this, I like to put butter on them instead of ketchup. Like a lot of butter. Well, this time I decided to go another route with frozen cubed hash brown potatoes. These slow cooker creamy hash brown potatoes are rich and tasty. They are the perfect breakfast side, whether breakfast is in the morning or for dinner. I’m a big fan of breakfast for dinner. I feel like I’m cheating when I have breakfast for dinner. Like I’m being bad and not getting caught. These potatoes made me feel mischievous. They’re on the decadent side for sure!
These Are Not Wimpy Potatoes
For a little kick to your slow cooker creamy hash brown potatoes add diced roasted jalapenos, or use a pepper jack cheese instead of the Colby jack. You can also substitute cayenne pepper for the paprika. It’ll still add the (needed) color and a little spiciness.
Da Cream Cheese
This recipe calls for adding chive and onion cream cheese. Sometimes our grocery store decides to not stock it. It’s as if they know I need it and just get a kick out of not putting it on the shelf. Well, that’s ok, because I can make my own in minutes!
All I have to do is soften 8 ounces of cream cheese. Then I stir in 1 teaspoon of onion powder and 1-2 heavy teaspoons of dried chives. I let the mixture sit for a few minutes before adding to my slow cooker. Boom! Instant homemade chive and onion cream cheese! I won!
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Melty Love
To get the best melty cheese, you need to shred it yourself. That store-bought bagged stuff has ‘stuff’ on it that keeps it from sticking together, but doesn’t help it melt any. Quite the opposite actually. I use my trusty countertop manual shredder for times like these. It can crank out (literally) a ton of perfectly-shredded cheese in a matter of minutes. And cleanup is a breeze. I just disassemble the unit and pop it into the dishwasher.
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Also try making hash brown potatoes using a Cuisinart Griddler. You’ll also love my slow cooker buttermilk grits.
Slow Cooker Creamy Hash Brown Potatoes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 32 ounce hash brown potatoes
- 10 ¾ ounce condensed cream of potato soup
- 2 cups Colby Jack cheese shredded
- 8 ounce sour cream
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- 7.5 ounce chive and onion cream cheese
- unsalted butter if needed (or milk)
Instructions
- Spray your slow cooker with non-stick spray.
- Place potatoes into slow cooker.
- Combine the soup, cheese, sour cream, salt, pepper and paprika.
- Pour over the potatoes.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours, stirring a few times.
- Stir in the cream cheese. Add butter or milk and stir if the mixture is too thick.
- Cover and continue cooking another 30 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
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