Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato Dinner

December 05, 2015

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This Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato Dinner was so flavorful! This is my first time making sweet potatoes without adding brown sugar and cinnamon, I didn’t miss it. This recipe has simple ingredients, but somehow it produces the juiciest chicken and sweet potatoes that don’t need added sugar. I think the chicken thighs are the key to this dish, while they cook all their juices flavor up those sweet potatoes perfectly.

•1.5 lbs. red garnet sweet potatoes

•1 white onion
•2.5 lbs. Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 5 thighs)
•½ tsp. sea salt
•¼ tsp. pepper
•cooking oil for browning chicken
•1 tsp. dried thyme

1.Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into large pieces, I cut mine into 1 inch pieces. Cut the onion the same way and separate the pieces so they aren\\\'t stuck together. Spray a 6-quart slow cooker with...
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Nutritions

Calories
2403

Sodium
3293mg
137% DV

Fat
133g
205% DV

Protein
231g
463% DV

Carbs
52g
17% DV

Fiber
18g
74% DV

PER SERVING ^*

% DAILY VALUE^*

Fat

Saturated Fat 49g 247%

Polysaturated Fat 25g 159%

Monosaturated Fat 58g 367%

Cholesterol 721mg 242%

Sodium 3293mg 137%

Potassium 3480mg 99%

Protein 231g 463%

% DAILY VALUE^*

Total Carbohydrate

Fiber 18g 74%

Sugar 15g 31%

Vitamin A 3642IU 72%

Vitamin B6 8mg 434%

Vitamin C 26mg 44%

Calcium 481mg 48%

Iron 8mg 49%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.