Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chicken
I’ve shared before that when I create my large family meal plan that I have tons of produce on hand that I need to use up. I have a stockpile of sweet potatoes and carrots. We get a weekly produce delivery and I am just not using things up as fast as I should. I think it is time to move it to an every other week delivery or a smaller box.
All that said, I took a couple of recipes I found online and merged them together and made some modifications and create an amazing slow cooker dinner that was a huge hit. You will love this and it is pretty healthy for you.
If you’re anything like me Chicken Recipes are a certainly a life saver for a busy week night. Easy recipes like this hit the spot for me!
Ingredients:
- 6 large chicken breasts (or 8-10 chicken thighs)
- 1 onion, peeled and sliced
- 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 4 large carrots, peeled and sliced into circles
- 3 T maple syrup
- 3 T olive oil
- 6 sprigs of fresh thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
I used my 6 qt., oval slow cooker. I love that it has a timer on it and once it’s done it automatically jumps to warm and keeps our food at a safe temperature until the rest of our dinner is ready. You are going to love how quick and easy this chicken recipe is.
In the bottom of the slow cooker add the slices of onion, the diced potatoes and the carrot circles.
Pour the maple syrup over the carrot, sweet potato and onion mixture.
Place the chicken breasts on top. Drizzle with the olive oil. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper.
Lay the thyme sprigs on top of the chicken breasts.
Cook on high for 6 hours and then leave it on warm until the rest of your dinner is ready.
I served this with rice. I know… two starches.
We also made dinner rolls and you could make a salad too.
This was incredibly delicious. Everyone loved it. It’s perfect for big families!
I don’t have any photos of the plated dinner, the sun is going down too early now to get good photos at night. Just take my word for it… this stuff was awesome and perfect for fall!
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Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chicken
If you're anything like me cheap chicken recipes for a a large family are a certainly a life saver for a busy week night. Easy recipes like this hit the spot for me!
Ingredients
- 6 large chicken breasts (or 8-10 chicken thighs)
- 1 onion, peeled and sliced
- 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 4 large carrots, peeled and sliced into circles
- 3 T maple syrupÂ
- 3 T olive oilÂ
- 6 sprigs of fresh thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In the bottom of the slow cooker add the slices of onion, the diced potatoes and the carrot circles.
- Pour the maple syrup over the carrot, sweet potato and onion mixture.
- Place the chicken breasts on top. Drizzle with the olive oil. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper.
- Lay the thyme sprigs on top of the chicken breasts.
- Cook on high for 6 hours and then leave it on warm until the rest of your dinner is ready.
- I served this with rice. I know... two starches.
- We also made dinner rolls and you could make a salad too.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 371Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 102mgSodium: 185mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 4gSugar: 13gProtein: 39g
I love sweet potatoes and this recipe sounds delish! Thanks so much for sharing it at Share The Wealth Sunday!
xoxo
Lisa
It is seriously simple and AMAZING!
So simple! Have to try this recipe someday. I pinned at the Pinterest board. Thank you for your participation at Tasty Tuesday Creative K Kids.
This sounds simple and delish! What a great recipe and thanks for sharing on Throwback Thursday!
This sounded really good, but the sweet potatoes ended up very mushy and the chicken was dry, even though I cooked it as the recipe said. Needless to say there was a lot left over the next day. Not wanting to toss it out, I needed to reconstruct this dish. I mashed the sweet potatoes, carrots and onions and added frozen sweet corn; chopped up the chicken and stirred it into the mashed mixture and put it all in a greased casserole dish. Made some stove top stuffing and spread it on top and baked at 350 for 40 minutes. It was delicious and everyone had seconds!
Your variation sounds awesome. What size slow cooker did you use?
6 quart oval crackpot
Crazy! That is what I used. Ours turned out seriously PERFECT. If your slow cooker is 1/2 full or more this should really eliminate the overcooking which is what dries out chicken. Two thoughts; maybe yours cooks faster than mine does (different brands might be different) next time drizzle a little olive oil over the chicken breasts OR try dark meat.
Thank you so much for the quick responses! I think I will try thigh meat next time and slightly shorten the cooking time. The simple delicious flavors of this dish are worth a repeat attempt!
I am happy to help. Do try shortening the cook time. Let me know if you try chicken thighs. I bet that will be amazing!!
We loved the flavors too. Just so, so good. I love sweet and savory.
Can this be left to cook on low for 10-12 hours?
I would try it when you’re at home so you can check on it. Then if you know 10 hours on low did not overcook it, you know it is safe. You just want to be able to keep an eye on it.
Or, buy a programmable slow cooker that will automatically move to warm once the cooking time of 6 hours is over, for example.
Hi! Are you sure your instructions should be 6 hours on HIGH in the slow cooker? I ask because most chicken recipes are 6-8 hours on LOW for chicken and ~3 on HIGH.
After 3 hours on HIGH this recipe was fully cooked for me. I used both sweet potato and white potato – it was good. 🙂
I cooked mine for 6 hours. You know your slow cooker best, though. Different brands can cook differently. When the chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are done it’s time to eat! (Or, you can move it to warm.)
great recipe, trying tonight. But wondering if frozen chicken on top on the s.p. would work??
Your recipe looks yummy! Question, what size did you “dice” your sweet potatoes?
About 1/2 inch to 1 inch big.
Thank you! 🙂
What a flavorful recipe! I love using my slow cooker!
Love this easy one-pot dinner idea! Thank you!
This is a great, easy recipe for weekdays, especially since I almost always have all of these ingredients on hand. Love the little bit of maple syrup for the sweetness!