I have a strong love for my crockpot. She’s been with me for a decade. She’s a faithful family member that makes my life easier. She taught me how to cook and I will forever be grateful. If you are not a cook and you want to start making more healthy, family friendly meals – this is a good place to start. My faithful friend the crockpot, will not let you down!
Loaded sweet potato soup for the crock-pot
Equipment
- Slow cooker
Ingredients
- 2 large or 3 small medium sweet potatoes
- 1 lb carrots or 5-6 stalks
- 1 lb celery or 1 large bunch
- 2 chicken breast
- 1 tbs salt plus a few pinches
- 1 tsp garlic powder plus a few pinches
- 1 tsp smoked paprika plus a few pinches
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 4 cup filtered water
- 1 cup full fat coconut milk
Instructions
- Gather all of your ingredients.
- Peel and chop sweet potatoes into chunks. It is important to peel them so they can naturally puree into the soup as it cooks. Add them to the crockpot.
- Rinse and chop carrots. You do not have to peel them. Add to the crockpot.
- Rinse, chop and add celery to the pot. *Make sure to chop carrots and celery into large similar sized chunks.
- Nestle the ends of the celery stalks into the veggies.
- Add 4 cups of filtered water to the crockpot.
- Add salt, garlic and smoked paprika to the top of the veggies.
- Sprinkle both sides of chicken breast with a few pinches of the seasonings and lay on top of the veggies.
- Cook on low fe 6-8 hours. 7 seems to be the sweet spot but it can vary.
- Remove chicken and celery ends.
- Add coconut milk to soup and stir well to help break up the soft bites of sweet potato.
- Chop or shred chicken and add back to soup. Stir again. The sweet potato will puree naturally as you stir the broth and the other veggies remain in tact.
- Serve
Notes
It took me some time to perfect this recipe but when I finally got it right my oldest took a bite, looked at me and said – “this is better than old mcdonald french fries.” I may never need another compliment as long as I live. To make soups more kid friendly serve the chicken, veggies and broth all separately. This is one reason I like to make sure the veggies are cut into big chunks.
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Live well friends,
Christy
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