Slow-Cooker Beef and Scalloped Potatoes Casserole

Prep 25 min
Total 2 hr 25 min
Servings 8

Here’s your next favorite comfort food! Simple to make in the slow cooker with scalloped potatoes and ground beef, this casserole is fully loaded with toppings for a dinner everyone will love. MORE+ LESS-

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated April 5, 2018

Ingredients

Beef and Potatoes

lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef

cup diced yellow onions

package (8 oz) cream cheese, cubed

3 1/2

cups water

boxes (4.7 oz each) Betty Crocker™ scalloped potatoes

Topping

cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (4 oz)

1/2

cup chopped cooked bacon (6 slices)

tablespoons thinly sliced green onions

Sour cream, if desired

Steps

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1

Spray 4 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
2

In 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook beef and onions over medium-high heat 7 to 9 minutes, stirring occasionally, until brown; drain. Return beef mixture to skillet, and place over low heat; stir in cream cheese. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until cream cheese melts.
3

In slow cooker, mix water and sauce mixes (from scalloped potatoes boxes), then stir in potatoes (from scalloped potatoes boxes). Spread beef mixture over potatoes.
4

Cover; cook on Low heat setting 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until potatoes are tender and liquid is absorbed.
5

Stir mixture. Top with Cheddar cheese; cover, and cook on Low heat setting 3 to 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Top with bacon and green onions. Serve with sour cream.

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Expert Tips

To test potatoes’ tenderness without releasing too much heat from the slow cooker, slightly lift lid, and slide bamboo skewer into center of mixture. Potatoes should be very tender.
To ensure even cooking of potatoes, make sure to fully cover potatoes with beef mixture.