Oh yes! Crockpot cheesy potatoes and sausage is pure comfort food in one pot 🥔🧀🌭—cheesy, hearty, and effortless.
🥔🧀 Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes & Sausage
⏱️ Time
- Prep: 10–15 min
- Cook: 4–5 hours (low) or 2–3 hours (high)
🛒 Ingredients
- 4–5 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 lb smoked sausage or kielbasa, sliced
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 can (10.5 oz) cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup milk
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Optional: 1 tsp garlic powder or smoked paprika
- Optional garnish: green onions or parsley
🔥 Instructions
- Prepare ingredients: Dice potatoes, slice sausage, chop onion.
- Mix sauce: In a bowl, combine soup, sour cream, milk, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Layer in crockpot:
- Bottom: diced potatoes
- Middle: sausage and onions
- Pour sauce over the top
- Cook: Cover and cook:
- Low: 4–5 hours
- High: 2–3 hours
Until potatoes are tender.
- Add cheese: Sprinkle shredded cheddar on top 15–20 minutes before serving; cover to melt.
- Garnish: Top with chopped green onions or parsley. Serve hot.
🌟 Tips & Variations
- Extra cheesy: Stir half the cheese into the sauce for a gooier texture.
- Smoky twist: Use smoked sausage and add smoked paprika or a dash of hot sauce.
- Veggie boost: Add diced bell peppers, mushrooms, or broccoli.
- Make-ahead freezer version: Layer ingredients in a freezer-safe bag (except cheese), freeze, and dump into crockpot when ready.
This is set-it-and-forget-it comfort food—perfect for busy nights or game-day meals 😋
I can also give a faster stove-top skillet version that gets crispy edges on the potatoes while staying cheesy and creamy. Do you want that?
