How to make Crockpot Sweet Potatoes
Slow cookers. Is there anything they can’t do? I mean, we all know they’re great for delicious soups and stews. And some more ambitious crockpot cooks may have delved into slightly more exotic territory, like meatballs, candied pecans or pumpkin spice latte. But how many people would ever think of using one to bake sweet potatoes?
Well, you can.
I’ve already written about making regular baked potatoes in the crockpot, and sweet potatoes are even easier. You don’t even need to wrap them in foil. Just scrub them and pop them in the crock, with nothing on them except the water you rinsed them with. Then let the crockpot do all the work,and presto: perfect sweet potatoes, ready when you are.
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The wonderful thing about these is that they’re so versatile.Some of our favorite toppers are butter, brown sugar, chili, and shredded bbq chicken, but that’s really just the tip of the iceberg (er, sweet potato). You could go for black beans and peppers…mushroom ragout…heck, even peanut butter if you like them that way. (Trust me, I know it sounds crazy-weird, but PB & sweet potatoes are deeeelish!)
There are no limits!
How to make Crockpot Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients:
4-5 Large sweet potatoes
optional toppings
- Scrub sweet potatoes and rinse ( do not dry off, this is all the moisture the potatoes will need in the crockpot)
- Place rinsed potatoes into the crockpot. Cover and cook on on LOW for 6-7 hours or HIGH for 3.5-4 hours. Potatoes are done when a fork have easily be inserted into the potato.
BOOM! Perfect potatoes every time! What will you be topping your sweet potatoes with?
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How to make Crockpot Sweet Potatoes
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Ingredients
- 4 Large sweet potatoes
- optional toppings
Instructions
- Scrub sweet potatoes and rinse ( do not dry off, this is all the moisture the potatoes will need in the crockpot)
- Place rinsed potatoes into the crockpot. Cover and cook on on LOW for 6-7 hours or HIGH for 3.5-4 hours. Potatoes are done when a fork have easily be inserted into the potato.
Nutrition
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Post updated September 2020
This wa wonderful! I was wondering how we were going to cook our sweet potatoes for thanksgiving as the turkey was in the oven and looked up cooking them in the crockpot and found this. Yay! They turned out Great! Thanks for posting!
Every Monday night in our ER we have a collective buffet of food based on a theme, such as taco night, or Italian night, etc. We’re having a baked potato bar and salad night this coming Monday. I thought some sweet potatoes would change things up a bit. So far the response on our communication page there is much interest. Monday night are notorious for being wild, over run, extremely busy nights in our ED so we get to eat healthy meals around 2-3am. This will cook just right in time.
Do you poke holes in the potatoes?
Cooked mine from 4am to 1130am and they were still hard…wonder what I did wrong 🙁 they are in the oven now
That is strange. Did you use low or high setting?
I’m hoping to hear the temperature they used as I’m planning on making them tomorrow for Thanksgiving. Can you set them on high? And at the risk of being stoned, I’ll need to stack sweet potatoes on top of each other in 2 layers. So should I rotate them top to bottom 1/2 way through? I know it’s a sin to take the lid off?
Can I cook these as wedges