Thanksgiving may be over but you can still enjoy this slow cooker turkey made flavorful with candied carrots and gravy. Start cooking now!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4pcsturkey thighs
- ½tspkosher saltdivided
- ½tspblack pepperdivided
- 2lbssweet potatoes
- 6tbspbrown sugardivided
- 2tbspcanola oil
- 2tbspunsalted butter
- 2tbspflour
- 12ozfrozen peas
Instructions
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Add ¼ teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon of pepper to the bottom of the slow cooker.
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Add in turkey pieces, skin side up.
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Top with remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
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Cook on Low for 7 hours.
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Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.
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Add salt, pepper, canola oil, and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar to sweet potatoes and combine.
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Spread sweet potatoes on a baking pan and roast in oven for 30 minutes.
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Remove turkey from the slow cooker.
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Pour the liquid left behind in the slow cooker into a measuring cup and remove as much of the fat as you can.
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Melt the butter into a saucepan on medium-high heat and combine with flour.
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Whisk and let cook on medium for one minute to cook out the raw flour taste.
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Add in the rest of the turkey liquid and let it cook until thickened for approximately 3 to 5 minutes.
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Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Remove sweet potatoes and top with additional 3 tablespoons brown sugar.
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Steam the green peas.
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Serve turkey, covered with gravy, sweet potatoes covered with brown sugar, and steamed peas on the side.
Nutrition
- Calories: 440.10kcal
- Fat: 13.26g
- Saturated Fat: 4.27g
- Trans Fat: 0.26g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.96g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.39g
- Carbohydrates: 73.77g
- Fiber: 10.83g
- Sugar: 26.94g
- Protein: 8.52g
- Cholesterol: 15.26mg
- Sodium: 456.50mg
- Calcium: 102.07mg
- Potassium: 923.26mg
- Iron: 2.87mg
- Vitamin A: 1744.25µg
- Vitamin C: 20.75mg
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