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Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans and Bacon

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By Sarah Olson

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Jun 07, 2020Updated Jan 16, 2024

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Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans and Bacon is an easy and flavorful side dish that will surprise your guests.

You can also make a version of this recipe without sweet potatoes, try my Slow Cooker Green Beans and Bacon, or my Slow Cooker Green Beans and Potatoes.

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• Can I use russet potatoes instead of sweet potatoes?
• Other great Slow Cooker recipes with Sweet Potatoes:
• Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans and Bacon Recipe

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You are going to love this side dish. Sweet Potatoes, green beans, onions, and bacon cook together to become a perfect side dish for almost anything.

I made grilled chicken this weekend and made this beautiful side dish to go with. I’m trying to cut potatoes out of my diet for most of the week, and sweet potatoes are a great switch in recipes.

Below is a photo of this side dish before I cooked it, very colorful.  I use red garnet sweet potatoes for this recipe.

Even after I cooked this side dish, the colors are still amazing. We are going camping this month and I was thinking that this would be perfect along with side steak or even a burger.

Can I use russet potatoes instead of sweet potatoes?

Yes! That will work great, though the cooking time will need 3.5-4 hours for the potatoes to soften for russet potatoes take longer than sweet potatoes.

Other great Slow Cooker recipes with Sweet Potatoes:

• Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes
• Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
• Slow Cooker Baked Sweet Potatoes
• Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato Dinner
• Slow Cooker Ham and Sweet Potatoes

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Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans and Bacon

5 from 5 votes

Prep Time: 15 minutes mins

Cook Time: 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Total Time: 2 hours hrs 45 minutes mins

Servings: 6

By: Sarah Olson

A wonderful side dish of sweet potatoes, green beans and bacon cooked in the slow cooker.

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Equipment

• Slow Cooker – 4 quart or larger (I own and use this one from Crock-Pot)

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 4 cups peeled and diced sweet potatoes, I use red garnet
• ▢ 4 cup fresh green beans, snipped and cut in half
• ▢ 1 cup diced onion, cut in large pieces
• ▢ 10 slices bacon, cut and cooked (reserve some grease, see item below)
• ▢ 2 Tbsp. bacon grease
• ▢ 2 Tbsp. water
• ▢ 1/2 tsp. salt
• ▢ 1/4 tsp. pepper
• ▢ 1/4 tsp onion powder
• ▢ 1/8 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions 

• Add the veggies, bacon, bacon grease and water.
• In a small bowl stir together the salt, pepper, onion powder and cinnamon, stir. Sprinkle this over the veggies in the slow cooker.
• Stir until the seasoning cover the veggies.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 2.5 hours, without opening the lid during the cooking time.
• Serve and enjoy!

Sarah’s Notes

Can I use russet potatoes instead of sweet potatoes?

Yes! That will work great, though the cooking time will need 3.5-4 hours for the potatoes to soften for russet potatoes take longer than sweet potatoes.

Nutrition

Calories: 308kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 464mg | Potassium: 565mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 13100IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 1.5mg

Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.

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