Slow-Cooker Sausage, Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili
Updated Oct 7, 2022
Get ready for your new favorite pork sausage chili recipe! Sweet potatoes and black beans add a Southwestern flair to this bold and hearty sausage chili made in the slow cooker. Prep time is just 15 minutes, and then you can sit back and relax or go about your day and return to a house that smells amazing. Don't forget to bake up some perfectly flaky Pillsbury™ Crescent Rolls for the perfect complement to this sweet potato sausage chili!
Slow-Cooker Sausage, Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 5 hr 15 min
- Ingredients 10
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground Italian pork sausage
- 3 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 cups Progresso™ beef flavored broth (from 32-oz carton)
- 1 can (28 oz) Muir Glen™ organic fire roasted crushed tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (14.5 oz) Muir Glen™ organic diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (15 oz) Progresso™ black beans, drained, rinsed
- 2 medium dark-orange sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 4 cups)
- 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend (4 oz)
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count), if desired
Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1In 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook sausage over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is thoroughly cooked; drain.
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Step2Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, mix sausage and remaining ingredients except cheese and rolls
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Step3Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours. Meanwhile, bake crescent rolls as directed on can. Stir chili well before serving. Top each serving with cheese. Serve with rolls.
Nutrition
330
Calories
12g
Total Fat
16g
Protein
40g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 19%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 26%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 35mg
- 12%
- Sodium
- 950mg
- 40%
- Potassium
- 670mg
- 19%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 40g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 10g
- 39%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 16g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 210%
- 210%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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