This Crock Pot Beefy Potato Taco Casserole is a delicious way to switch up what you are having for taco night at your house or would be great at a potluck!
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How to Make Beefy Potato Taco Casserole in a Slow Cooker
Aunt Lou here.
This casserole is meat and potatoes meets taco night. The combination is absolutely delicious! I shared some with our neighbors to rave reviews! If you wanted to make this super simple to throw together, do your prep work ahead of time. Peel and slice your potatoes, then put your slices in a bowl and cover with water. Brown and drain your ground beef ahead of time too, and you can throw this one together in a hurry! It is so good! You are going to love it!
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Crock Pot Beefy Potato Taco Casserole Recipe
Crock Pot Beefy Potato Taco Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 oz packet taco seasoning
- 10.5 oz cheddar cheese soup
- 4 cups potatoes sliced
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup beef broth
Instructions
- Brown your ground beef with garlic and drain
- Place your potato slices in the bottom of a slightly greased 6-quart crock pot
- Spread your ground beef evenly on top of your potatoes
- Sprinkle your taco seasoning on top of everything
- Spoon your soup evenly on top
- Sprinkle your cheese evenly across the top of the everything
- Gently pour your beef broth evenly around your crock pot
- Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or high for 2-2.5 hours
- If desired and using a oven safe crock, place in broiler on high for approximately 90 seconds to brown cheese on top
- Let it cool for 10-15 minutes before serving
Notes
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- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
Nutrition
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This is a weekly item i make in our house. My husband and i both love it! add some veggies as a side dish, and yum!
Yay! I’m so glad to hear it! Thanks for letting us know. It really makes our day to hear readers enjoy a recipe we posted!
Recipe says pour beef broth???? But it’s not in the list of ingredients. Making right now please advise thanks.
Hi Deb!
It is the last ingredient on the list, under the shredded cheddar cheese. The measurement is one cup. Enjoy!
Aunt Lou
Can I used mashed potatoes instead of sliced
Interesting idea! I haven’t tried this with mashed potatoes instead, but like the concept! If I gave it a try, I would either omit the beef broth completely or reduce it quite a bit so that it isn’t runny since the beef broth is mainly to help the potato slices cook. If you give it try, let me know how it goes!
how long is this good in the fridge?
According to food safety experts, “Leftovers can be kept for three to four days in the refrigerator. Be sure to eat them within that time. After that, the risk of food poisoning increases.” Enjoy!
So this failed epically for me! I have never had a problem with my crock pot but literally never had an issue with my crockpot until I made this recipe. Was super excited to try it now have to wait hours and hours before I can. Super disappointed.
I’m so sorry this didn’t work out for you. How thick did you slice your potatoes? If your unit hasn’t given you any trouble before, the only thing I can think of is that the potatoes slices might have been too thick. With the liquid in the recipe and cooking for 4 hours on low or 2 hours on high, everything should have cooked up nicely. Hope you find a recipe you love out of our over 1,000 recipes!
Yummy! So simple, but so good. Made it for supper today.Definitely a keeper!
So glad you enjoyed this Billie! Thank you for taking the time to let us know you liked this recipe. We love hearing when our readers enjoy a recipe we have posted!
Has anyone had trouble getting the potato’s to cook in the crockpot? I’ve has it cooking for 8 hours on high and they still aren’t very soft. Not sure what I did wrong or if a way to salvage it.
Have you had any trouble with things cooking in this crock pot before? With the potatoes being cooked on high for 8 hours, they should definitely be soft. So, I worry the unit isn’t heating up like it should.
I made this recipe, it sounded so delicious! I feel it was way too salty and the seasoning was too much. Next time I would use 1/2 of the taco seasoning, stir it all together before cooking, because the layer of melted cheese was kinda slimy, and I would add a can of drained red beans also. I will try it again with thses. modifications
This recipe sounds lovely but I would like to cook it in my instant pot instead to shorten the cooking time. Has anyone tried this? Or have any suggestions on how long/what settings to use??
Thanks!!
Hi Brooke!
I have not tried making this in an instant pot, however, I think it could work. When we post an instant pot recipe, we have usually made it at least a couple times and tweaked it through trial and error so that our readers have the best chance at success. I say this to explain why I do not want to make a recommendation without trying to make it myself first. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
Aunt Lou
Did you add the shredded cheese on top? Sometimes mine looks watery when I take off the lid but I stir it up real well and make sure it’s blended and the cheese thickens it up real nice. I’ve made it when I didn’t have any shredded cheese on hand it it wasn’t the same thickness.
So, I made this for dinner this evening. I doubled the recipe for leftovers. It turned out really watery. What did I do wrong? It did thicken if I left it sit on a plate. The flavor was delicious but I was disappointed about the amount of liquid in the casserole.
I haven’t tried doubling this recipe. My guess would be that it would need a little longer cooling time since it is a larger amount. Next time, try giving it about a half hour of cooling to let the sauce thicken up. If you give that a try, let me know if it helps.
After it sat with the crockpot off, it thickened perfectly. So, yes, you are correct! You must also double the cooling time! 😊
I can only find condensed soup. Is that what I use? Do I dilute it like the can says?
Angie,
I use condensed soups. If you need to dilute them, we will tell you in the directions. If you don’t see it in the directions, then you will use them in their condensed form. Hope this helps!
Aunt Lou
Great slow cooker recipe and sop easy. Thank you for sharing.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Joyce! Thank you for taking the time to come back and leave such a kind comment!
I’m making this with ragu double cheddar sauce with a little milk added to it. Hope it works out because I don’t have cheddar soup!
How did it turn out Lauren? This would be a great help to other readers who might not have cheddar soup on hand!
Turned out GREAT.
Hot Damn, this is delicious!
I followed the recipe pretty much exactly except I had an extra layer of potatoes so I salted them lightly just in case.
So good!
What can u have with this as a side.
Hi Sharon!
We usually pair it with corn and/or green beans. Enjoy!
Aunt Lou
OMG! This is one of the best things I have ever tasted! I’ve made it several times and my husband loves it too. I double everything so it makes plenty of leftovers. Thanks for the wonderful recipes!
That’s awesome Carolyn! Thank you so much for taking the time to come on here and speak life into us with such kind words! It really makes my day!
~Aunt Lou
I made it last night and it was delicious! I may try to do this the same but do it with big noodles instead of potatoes.
I’m so glad to hear it Dana! Let me know what you think of it with noodles. That sounds yummy!
~Aunt Lou
What kind of potatoes did you use?
Hi Hannah!
I used russet potatoes. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
~Aunt Lou
Hi, Hannah. If it helps, I used peeled white potatoes and they came out great. They held their shape very well.
I made this today and it was really good!! Went right by the recipe but maybe next time I’ll add some green chilies as we like green chilies on just about everything! Thank you for a good and easy recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Nicolee! Thank you for taking the time to leave such a nice comment!
~Aunt Lou
Looks easy and everything goes well together.
Hi!! I am looking at Beefy potato taco salad? I am guessing I can use any soup but not a fan of can cheese soup. Wondering how a cheese broccoli soup would do instead. Broccoli is chopped very fine. Whats your thought on this??
Hi Loriann!
I haven’t tried making this with that soup, but think it might work. And if that is your preference, it might be the perfect adjustment to this recipe. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
~Aunt Lou
I love food….99.9%. This recipe was AWFUL. Threw all of it away. No way will I ever make this again. Love all the ingredients but not in this dish.
Hi Mrs. B.!
I’m sorry you didn’t like this recipe. However, we understand that every recipe won’t be everyone’s cup of tea! I hope you can find a recipe you love in our over 1000 recipes!
Aunt Lou
YUM…Looks DELICIOUS!
I hope you love it as much as we do Kim!
My son doesn’t eat cheese so I would have to put the cheese on the plates as I served them. Would I have enough liquid/sauce without the cheese soup in it?
Hi Carolyn!
I haven’t tried this without the soup. I would be afraid it wouldn’t have enough liquid without it for the potatoes. You might try using a cream soup in place of the cheddar soup. It will change the flavor, but might be a way for you to still make it. If you give it a try, let me know how it turns out.
Aunt Lou
You might try cream of chicken soup. It won’t be as cheesy but it will still have flavor and liquidity to cook the potatoes.