Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoe Recipe

Cooking sweet potatoes in a slow cooker is like inviting sunshine right into your kitchen. This recipe brings heaps of joy, sure to leave you beaming with a big grin!

Sometimes I feel like when I cook, my sweet potatoes in the microwave don’t quite get soft, but cooking the sweet potatoes in the slow cooker is incredibly easy, and it turns out perfect and makes the potatoes softer.

We love slow cooker sweet potatoes that are very tasty and versatile, and they can cook in various ways.

But the slow cooker is the most preferred and perfect method.

Make your life easy and awesome with this incredibly easy and yummy with this slow cooker sweet potato dish.

After work, we love this dish to eat at dinner.

Keep in mind when you are making this dish in your slow cooker, choose the big size cooker because if your slow cooker is smaller, then it will not adjust the number of potatoes.

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So are you ready to prepare the sweet potatoes in the slow cooker?

Let’s get started and look at the ingredients and steps.

How to make the sweet potatoes in your slow cooker?

Due to being loaded with nutrients, the slow cooker sweet potatoes recipe fulfills all your dinner requirements.

Let’s discuss the ingredients and instructions step by step.

Timing

Servings: 4

Preparation time: 2 minutes

Cooking time: 4 hours

Total time: 4 hours 2 minutes

Ingredients

4 medium sweet potatoes

Instructions

1. Firstly wash your sweet potatoes, and those little buggers can be quite dirty; clean them properly and scrub them to make them clean.
2. After that, leave them wet, and this moisture would help in the cooking procedure.
3. Utilizing a fork and knife, punctured the clean sweet potatoes multiple times. 
4. Arrange your sweet potatoes in the slow cooker in a single layer and cook it for free for 3 to 4 hours and on low heat for 6 to 7 hours.
5. You will know they are completed when you can easily puncture the skin of the potato with the help of a fork.
6. Now your sweet potato is ready to serve.
7. Enjoy.

Notes

If your slow cooker is small, you can have to adjust how many potatoes you utilize based on your cooker size.

Wash all the equipment and your sweet potatoes well.

If you prefer to cook on high heat, then 3 to 4 hours are perfect, but on low heat, you will be required to wait for 6 to 7 hours.

Nutritious facts

Per serving

• Calories: 194 kcal
• Carbs: 45 g
• Fat: 1 gram 
• protein: 4 gram 
• saturated fat: 1 gram
• Potassium: 762 mg
• Sodium: 124 mg
• Fiber: 7 gram
• Vitamin A: 3206 iu
• Vitamin C: 5 mg
• Sugar: 9 gram
• Calcium: 68 mg
• Iron: 1 mg

What makes a slow cooker sweet potatoes more healthy?

There is an abundance of health advantages of eating sweet potatoes, such as below.

Reduce the risk of cancer

The slow cooker sweet potatoes are very helpful to reduce the risk factors for cancer because of the antioxidant properties present in potatoes.

So it helps to save the body against harm by free radicals and helps to make your body disease-free.

In addition to this, carotenoids present in sweet potatoes help to decrease cancer or colorectal cancer.

Good for eyes health

Sweet potatoes are rich in beta carotene, which is very good for your eye health.

It helps to maintain the health of the eye and improve your vision.

So eat sweet potatoes three to four times per week if you want strong eyes.

Support digestive health

Sweet potatoes are higher in fiber, which helps to promote your healthy digestive system.

The higher amount of phytosterols in the sweet potatoes help to prevent and manage gastric ulcers too.

If you make your digestive system stronger, then you should consume sweet potatoes.

Control blood sugar and reduce heart disease

There are strong compounds in sweet potatoes that help to manage the blood sugar, and when you boil sweet potatoes, they have a low glycemic index, which means they would not raise your blood sugar.

In addition to this, there are many types of research that show that sweet potatoes reduce LDL or bad cholesterol, which helps to reduce heart disorders.

Macular degeneration and obesity

A large amount of Vitamin A and Beta carotene in sweet potatoes helps to reduce the eye disorders that control your vision.

Moreover, sweet potato is also very helpful to reduce the inflammation in your body and control your weight.

It is very helpful to reduce your weight and keep away the fatty cells from growing.

What are the best side dishes to serve with sweet potatoes?

There is an abundance of side dishes to go well with sweet potatoes such as mushroom, broccoli, collard greens, brussels sprout, zucchini, carrot, cauliflower, and bell peppers, and green beans are the great choices.

Moreover, you can also serve this sweet potato dish with fresh and leafy green salad.

Interestingly, the baked beans and Black Beans also go very well or pair well with sweet potatoes.

So it is your choice you can serve this dish with any type of side dish that you love the most.

All the dishes are perfectly well to pair with slow cooker sweet potatoes. 

Frequently asked questions

Does soaking potatoes in water remove the nutrients?

Yes, when you soak sweet potatoes, it will reduce the nutrient level.

The larger time soaks sweet potatoes, the more the loss of nutrients.

Potatoes are a good source of vitamin C, potassium, and vitamin B, so you should save all the nutrients without soaking them for a long time.

Why are your sweet potatoes not crispy?

When you slice the sweet potatoes into the fries, ensure that they are roughly similar in thickness and size; thus, cook it evenly.

For the most excellent results, I suggest you slice the sweet potatoes into the fries that are almost 1/4″ wide, and any thickness and fries would not get as crispy.

How do I keep my sweet potato fries from burning?

You can add salt before cooking the sweet potato fries; however, wait to include any spices until after cooking.

Otherwise, the spices will burn, and the flavor will be lost.

I like to stabilize the sweetness of the sweet potato fries with garlic powder and cayenne pepper, and some black pepper.

Do I wash my sweet potatoes after peeling or not?

Yes, you can always wash your sweet potatoes after they peel; you should wash the skin before cooking and cutting.

Remove all the dirt from your sweet potatoes before cooking; it helps to make the dish fresh and fantastic.

Why are your sweet potato wedges soggy?

You have soaked the sweet potato wedges; it is important to eliminate the moisture.

Because the excess moisture on the sweet potato wedges will turn soggier.

Just dry them with a clean tea towel to prevent the sweet potato veggies from getting soggier.

What is the most excellent method to keep potatoes from turning Brown?

The most popular and excellent method to keep cut sweet potatoes from turning brown is to completely submerge them in the water bowl.

Store it in the fridge until you have prepared to use them up to one day in advance, so it is very helpful to make the dish delectable.

May I soak the sweet potatoes in salty water or not?

You have to combine water with salt in the large bowl and mix it properly until the salt is dissolved.

Place your sweet potatoes in the water and let them soak for almost 2 to 8 hours.

Then remove the potatoes from the brine and dry them properly with the help of paper towels.

Final words

It can conclude that preparing the sweet potatoes in the slow cooker is one of the most suitable methods as compared to cooking in the microwave and oven.

You just have to follow all the instructions step by step and use fresh sweet potatoes to make the dish more delectable.

No matter if it is summer or winter, sweet potatoes are the most effective and tasty dish that you can prepare at any time for family and guests.

If you are suffering from heart diseases and eye disorders, you should try slow cooker sweet potatoes to prevent all the diseases from your body.

Follow the recipe accurately and note the timings.

Just note that avoid overcooking and soaking your for a long time your sweet potatoes in water; just follow the time properly; when your family sits together at the dining table for dinner after the work, a sweet potato dish helps to reduce their tiredness and makes them more happy and healthy.

That is why it is known as a family-friendly dish that I love so much.

So you should try this dish, and I hope you love this recipe.

Enjoy your slow cooker sweet potatoes.

Have nice and safe cooking!

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