Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Dinner
This Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Dinner includes a seasoned turkey thigh cooked slowly alongside buttered Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, and a stuffing blend of bread, sausage, apple, and celery. The ingredients are prepared separately in foil sections within the slow cooker, allowing each to cook evenly over 4 to 8 hours, resulting in tender, flavorful components with minimal hands-on effort.
Ingredients
TURKEY
- 1 turkey thigh , (largest one you can find)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper crushed
- 1 tablespoon butter , melted
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
- 1 pound Brussels sprouts , washed and cut in half through the stem (trim the bottom off the stem a little but not all the way)
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
SWEET POTATOES
- 1 pound sweet potato peeled and cut into 1” chunks
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
STUFFING
- 6 lices bread , day old (cubed)
- 2 breakfast sausage links cooked and chopped
- 1/2 green apple , diced
- 1/4 cup celery chopped
- 1/2 egg large
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
Instructions
- Put the turkey thigh skin side up in the cooker and sprinkle on salt and pepper.
- Pour over the 1 tablespoon of butter over the turkey.
- Using the same bowl: Toss the brussels sprouts in ingredients and put into foil section.
- Using the same bowl: Toss the sweet potatoes in ingredients and put into foil section.
- Using the same bowl: Toss the stuffing with ingredients and put into foil section.
- Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 814
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 814kcal | 41% |
| Carbohydrates | 125g | 42% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 29g | 45% |
| Saturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 101mg | 34% |
| Sodium | 2244mg | 94% |
| Potassium | 1897mg | 40% |
| Fiber | 20g | 80% |
| Sugar | 36g | 72% |
| Vitamin A | 34733IU | 695% |
| Vitamin C | 201mg | 223% |
| Calcium | 306mg | 31% |
| Iron | 8mg | 44% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.