Crockpot Sweet Potatoes

🍠 What Makes This Recipe So Good

Sweet potatoes are just flat delicious, and oh-so-versatile. They’re a staple of Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, yes, but they’re great every other time of year, too, and you can do almost anything with them. We pair them with BBQ chicken, buffalo chicken, and Mexican chicken. We turn them into fries and hashbrowns and soufflé and rice. Cook them in the Instant Pot or the microwave or the air fryer or the slow cooker. Seriously, these babies are the MVPs of the root veggie world.This method is totally hands-off. It’s a slow cooker, so cooking the sweet potatoes in the Crockpot will take a little while, but you can truly “set it and forget it” because there’s absolutely nothing you need to after turning on the Crockpot. Just come back later to absolutely perfect potatoes!There’s essentially zero prepwork. A quick rinse and scrub, then a few jabs with a fork, and you’re ready to get cooking. I don’t know about you, but a holiday side dish I don’t have to spend a lot of time prepping is an instant winner in my book.

💭 Chef’s Tips

Be sure to prick the entire surface of each sweet potato with a fork. These holes help the potatoes cook evenly, but they also act as vents to allow the steam that builds up inside the potatoes to escape. Trust me, if you don’t want to have to clean up exploded sweet potatoes, you need to create those vent holes.Once you’ve cooked your sweet potatoes, you can dress them up any way you like. Visit the recipes I linked above for buffalo chicken or Mexican chicken stuffed sweet potatoes, or keep things classic and go with a little butter, cinnamon, and even a touch of brown sugar.

🥘 A Few of Our Favorite Holiday Recipes

Easy Prime Rib with Au Jus Recipe and Perfect Creamy Horseradish SauceThe Best Ever Cranberry Brie BitesSavory Southern Cornbread StuffingButternut Squash Casserole with Parmesan BreadcrumbsHam GravySweet Potato Pudding