Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chili

This Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chili is made with a mixture of extra-lean ground turkey, sweet potato, onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, and beans. It is a perfect hearty bowl of chili for a cold day! 

For me, there’s nothing that says “winter” like a bowl of slow cooker chili. These days have been very cold and the only thing I would like to eat is warm and comforting foods like chili. So here I am again with one more chili recipe, but this time, I tried to make it even healthier by adding sweet potato. I also used extra-lean ground turkey since it has lower fat content.

I would have never thought that sweet potatoes would be good in a chili, but they are really tasty! It makes it slightly sweet and I love my chili just a bit sweet. It’s also thick and meaty, full of beans, and sweet potatoes that are simmered in a hearty tomato-based sauce in the slow cooker. This time I made a double batch and my husband and I ate it for lunch all week. But you can also freeze the extras for a busy night or for lunches.

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For this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chili recipe, I used my slow cooker that has an awesome automatic switch to warm and comes with this Little Dipper for warming dips and keeping sauces at desirable serving temperature. I totally love my slow cooker to make delicious and comforting food especially now that the weather is really cold.

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Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chili

Yield: 6 people

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

6 hrs

Total Time:

6 hrs 15 mins

This Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chili is made with a mixture of extra-lean ground turkey, sweet potato, onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, and beans. It is a perfect hearty bowl of chili for a cold day!

Print Recipe

4.18 from 29 votes

Ingredients

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• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 cup diced onions
• 2 garlic cloves — minced
• 1  lb extra-lean ground turkey
• 1 cup red bell pepper — seeded and diced
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 2 cups sweet potato — diced
• 1 can (19 oz/ 540 ml) diced tomatoes — undrained
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• Salt and pepper
• 1 can (19 oz/540 ml) red kidney beans — drained and rinsed
• Chopped green onions for garnishing

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Add onion and sauté for 3 minutes, then add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds longer.
3. Add extra-lean ground turkey and cook, breaking up the turkey with a wooden spoon, until the turkey is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
4. Pour browned ground turkey into slow cooker.
5. Add red bell pepper, celery, carrots, sweet potato, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, 1/2 cup chicken broth, red pepper flakes, cumin, paprika, coriander, salt, and pepper to taste.
6. Stir mixture, cover with a lid and cook on low heat for 5 - 6 hours.
7. Add red kidney beans and allow to heat all the way through, about 10 minutes.
8. Top with green onions.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: dinner, gluten-free, healthy

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Nutrition Information

Amount per serving (1/6) — Calories: 335, Fat: 9.4g, Saturated Fat: 0.6g, Cholesterol: 54mg, Sodium: 627mg, Carbohydrates: 38.9g, Fiber: 10.3g, Sugar: 12.2g, Protein: 27g

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