Slow Cooker Greek Potatoes
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Buttery crisp-tender potatoes with olive oil, garlic, lemon and oregano. Made so easily in the crockpot – less than 5 min prep!
You can never have too many potato recipes. I have one with plenty of cheese, another one deep fried into mashed potato balls and another one pancake style among a few others. No wait, like probably a dozen.
And now I can add these Greek-style potatoes in my carboholics anonymous arsenal.
Smothered in olive oil, melted butter, oregano, freshly squeezed lemon juice and a whole mess of garlic, I will be keeping this entire crockpot full of potatoes for myself.
Why bother with a main dish?
Slow Cooker Greek Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 pounds fingerling potatoes, halved
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Lightly coat the inside of a 6-qt slow cooker with nonstick spray.
- Place potatoes, olive oil, butter, lemon juice, garlic, oregano and paprika into the slow cooker; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and cook on low heat for 4-5 hours or high heat for 2-3 hours, or until tender.*
- Serve immediately, garnished with lemon zest and parsley, if desired.
Notes
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So easy and tasty!
Lovely dish. I made these potatoes many times now, and they always taste extremely good. However, prep time is definitely not under five minutes.
Scrubbing and cutting the potatoes easily takes fifteen minutes. I’m not complaining about the time it takes, but I think it’s a bit misleading to say prep time is under five minutes.
Can you add in some chicken sausage chunks into this and if yes, should they be pre-cooked?
What a great idea! But unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
The picture looks like they are crispy. Are you broiling after the crockpot to achieve that? I wouldn’t think they would crisp up in a slow cooker.
You can pop these in the broiler for 1-3 minutes to help them get super crispy!
Thank you. Making these today for Easter Dinner to free up my oven for my lamb.
These were fantastic! I followed the recipe except I used Yukon gold potatoes, quartered, and omitted the salt for medical reasons. The potatoes that were in contact with the sides of the slow cooker got crispy, and the ones in the middle were soft. Both were amazing and delicious! I’m making this a second time right now!
Can you make these ahead? If yes, what’s your advice for reheating? Thank you!
Yes, absolutely. You can throw them in the oven to reheat.
Should I melt the butter before putting it in the slow cooker? Also, how much lemon juice should one lemon yield? I know some are juicier than others and just wanted an estimate. Thanks!!
The butter does not have to be melted. It will melt on its own as it cooks.
On average, one lemon contains 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
Hope that helps!
These are absolutely gorgeous. Doing Greek dinner for my family for husbands 72nd birthday. Definitely a winner on trial dinner, very tasty, couldn’t source fingelngs in U.K. so used standard potatoes, lovely.
Can’t get over how easy and snell in kitchen amazing. Lovely, lovely lovely,
Could I make this recipe using all the ingredients you listed MINUS the oil and butter?
Thank you in advance for your help! 🙂
It might be a bit dry so I would not recommend omitting. But as always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
I made oil free (ish) by spraying the slow cooker with non-stick spray. I substituted some broth for the butter and oil. Extremely moist and tasty without oils.
I am testing this to make for my in laws 50th anniversary party. My FIL is Greek and we are trying to pull off lots of Greek food. How do you get them crispy in the crock pot? Long enough cooking time?
You can pop these in the broiler for 1-3 minutes to help them get super crispy!
Hi! I followed the recipe exactly about four times now and it never comes out crispy!!! I’m still wondering how yours come out crispy in the crock pot!!
Now I think they are still super delicious and very Mediterranean served soft and hot!!!!
I’m going to try in an electric roaster. Was wondering how to get them to come out crispy in a crock pot.
Made these loved them my son went crazy on them will make on regular basis mine didn’t come out crispy but I think I should have dried potates but it doesn’t matter they were still the bomb to die for
If I double the recipe do I need to increase the time in the slow cooker? Making them for a crowd!
Yes, cooking time will have to be increased as needed.
I have made these potatoes over and over! They are our summer favourites as we use them for Family BBQ’s. I also use the left overs for Potato salad, It makes the best potato salad ever! I use 5 pounds of mini potatoes from Costco so there are always leftovers!
These are not vegan. I scour the internet for recipes that I can make for my severely dairy-allergic 2 year old and the butter in these makes them not vegan. However it could be substituted with earth balance dairy free “butter” perhaps and be worth a try.
These came out really well. I was afraid they might burn, but I was pleasantly surprised when they came out just like roasted potatoes. There are a few changes I am going to make next time, just to suit our tastes. I’m going to press the garlic instead of mincing it, to get more garlic flavor, and use a little bit more Oregano. All in all, this recipe came out wonderful, and I love how convenient the slow cooker makes this wonderful side dish. Picky Hubby very much approved. Oh, and if you can’t find fingerling potatoes (like me), I found that the baby dutch potatoes worked just as well, just cut in half as you would the fingerling potatoes.
Can I substitute another 2 tablespoons of oil for the butter to make this dairy free?
Yes!
butter does not make this truly vegan for my guest …
Use all oil.
Could I add chicken to the crock pot with the potatoes
Yes, absolutely, but cooking time may have to be adjusted accordingly.
Do you need to stir these throughout the cook time?
Nope, no stirring needed here! 🙂
If I’m cooking it in the oven, should it be covered?
Nope – no cover needed.