The holiday season is upon us so I’m dreaming of all things potatoes; like these cheesy scalloped potatoes, Instant Pot mashed potatoes, and smashed potatoes. But the holiday table isn’t complete without some sort of sweet potato side dish, right?! These sweet potatoes are honey glazed and cooked with a little butter and cinnamon. We also love adding in red pepper chili flakes to make an amazing hot honey, but that is always optional. (Err, highly recommended). And quite arguably the best part is topping them with bits of crispy bacon. I’m talking tender, sweet, velvety, deliciously easy honey glazed sweet potatoes studded with thick cut bacon. Is.there.anything.better?! Asking for a friend. If you’re a big fan of slow cooker recipes and want to make something different than a sweet potato casserole or mashed sweet potatoes, this recipe is the perfect place to start! Thanksgiving and Christmas will thank you later!
Sweet Potatoes: Choose a Garnet or Beauregard sweet potato (these are the most popular sweet potato varieties with dark orange or pale red skin). The flesh of these sweet potatoes are sweet and moist, they are available year-round but peak season is in the winter months. Honey: This recipe uses quite a bit of honey. 1 cup! You could always use half honey and half dark brown sugar too. Bacon: The bacon doesn’t get cooked in the slow cooker. Cook it separately (my favorite method below) and chop it up to garnish on sweet potatoes prior to serving. Chili flakes: Obsessed with the honey and chili flake combination to make a hot honey. Hot honey is the perfect way to amp up these sweet potatoes and brings the heat and sweetness in every bite. Cornstarch: The cornstarch helps thicken everything up to create a nice glaze to spoon over the sweet potato rounds. Butter: Unsalted or salted is perfectly fine! Other ingredients needed: cinnamon, salt and water.
