Slow Cooker Sweet Potaotes

Sweet, buttery, velvety, slow cooker sweet potatoes cooked in a hot honey sauce and topped with crispy bacon pieces and fresh parsley.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 5

Total Time 5 10

Servings servings

Calories 266kcal

Wash, peel and cut sweet potatoes into 1-inch thick slices.
3 large slender sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch thick slices
Place sweet potato rounds in bottom of slow cooker.
Whisk together 2 Tbsp. cornstarch and water in a measuring cup. Pour over the sweet potatoes.
2-3 Tbsp. cornstarch, 1/2 cup water*
Pour honey, chili flakes, cinnamon, and salt over potatoes. Stir well to coat sweet potatoes.
1 cup honey, 1 tsp. red pepper chili flakes (optional), 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. salt
Place cubes of butter on top. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours, or high for 3-4 hours, or until potatoes are fork tender.
3 Tbsp. butter
About halfway through, stir and access the sauce. If it doesn't look like a thick glaze yet, combine 1 more Tbsp. water and 1 Tbsp. cornstarch together and whisk in to thicken sauce.
When ready to serve, spoon potatoes onto a plate and drizzle glaze over potatoes. Top with cooked bacon crumbles, fresh parsley, pecans, walnuts, etc.
6 slices cooked bacon slices, crumbled, 1/3 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped for garnish

Replace water with fresh orange juice for a little more flavor.
Chili flakes and honey = hot honey magic. If spice isn't your thing, it's OK. Leave the chili flakes out. ?
Purchase sweet potatoes more on the slender side. This way, the rounds will be small in size, instead of big giant rounds.
Cut larger sweet potato rounds into half moons if needed and cut 1-inch thick rounds.
We love these crock pot sweet potatoes with bacon and parsley, but feel free to add candied pecans or walnuts for a nice crunch or a dash of pumpkin pie spice for a festive spin.
Prep the sweet potatoes in advance: to make this recipe even easier slice the sweet potatoes a day or two ahead. Store them covered in cold water in the refrigerator until ready to place in the slow cooker.
Make sure the sweet potatoes are actually cooked before removing them from the slow cooker. Poke a fork into the middle or a round, if it goes in easily, they are done!