Your favorite side dish, with the ease of your favorite small appliance.

The best part about this recipe is that it is also easy to adapt to your tastes.

Ingredients

Cooking spray

3Tbsp.unsalted butter

1cupchoppedyellow onion

1(10.5 oz.

Southern Living Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes in bowls ready to serve

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Grease a 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.

Heat butter in a medium skillet over medium-high.

Add onion and cook 5-6 minutes, until softened.

Southern Living Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes ingredients

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Stir in potatoes, cooked onion, and 1 1/2 cups cheese.

Cover and cook on LOW 6 hours or until potatoes are tender.

During last 15 minutes of cook time, stir potatoes and sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese.

Southern Living Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes spraying the slow cooker with cooking spray

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Cover and cook until melted.

Sprinkle with chives before serving.

Southern Living Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes cooking the onions

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Southern Living Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes whisking together the sauce for the potatoes

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Southern Living Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes stirring the potatoes, shredded cheese, and onion into the sauce

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Southern Living Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes potatoes after cooking

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Southern Living Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes adding the rest of the cheese and the chives

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