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three cooked sweet potatoes on a plate topped with butter
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Super Easy Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes

A no-fuss sweet potato recipe that cooks itself! Utilize your slow cooker to prepare warm and fluffy sweet potatoes for dinner tonight. Top with butter, salt, and pepper, and enjoy!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword slow cooker sweet potatoes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 194kcal
Author Tanya

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 6-8 Sweet potatoes medium-sized
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • Butter

Instructions

  • Rinse and scrub sweet potatoes with a produce brush. 
  • Place sweet potatoes in the slow cooker insert.
  • Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours, until the sweet potatoes are tender. 
  • Serve hot and add toppings. 

Notes

  • I add the sweet potatoes into the slow cooker without drying them or poking wholes in them. 
  • I use a 6-quart slow cooker to accommodate the 6 sweet potatoes. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 194kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.002g | Sodium: 512mg | Potassium: 762mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 32063IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 1mg