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Crockpot Thanksgiving Dinner – Boneless turkey breast slow cooks with sweet potatoes, carrots, celery and cornbread stuffing. The perfect, EASY way to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with your family!
Can you believe how easy that looks?! It totally is!! I’m so ready for Thanksgiving and I can’t wait to make this Crockpot Thanksgiving Dinner for my family this year.
WOW does it feel like November today, woohoo!
For the past two days I’ve been contemplating turning the air conditioner on in our house. Between the weird, humid, mid-70 degree weather, and a newborn constantly sleeping on me, it was HOT in this house! Reuben was loving it though, this baby needs to be snuggled and cuddly warm to fall deep asleep.
I’m honestly on the hunt for a few more fleece footed pajamas for him for when the weather starts getting really cold!
I know every phase lasts for a small time, but he’s really turning out to be a great sleeper already. I’m knocking on wood at the moment, can you tell?! In all honesty, both Silas and Wesley were fantastic sleepers from very early on, so we really can’t complain about that. Silas was sleeping through the night at 7 weeks old, and Wesley was sleeping 10 hours straight, only waking up once in the middle of the night to eat. Reuben already, at 5 weeks old, is sleeping 3-4 hours at a time!
…so can someone explain to me why in the heck I’m still SO tired all the time?!
Crockpot Thanksgiving Dinner … so easy!
Despite how exhausted I am these days, this Crockpot Thanksgiving Dinner is getting me all excited to spend the upcoming holidays with these three crazy kids. This is the perfect turkey dinner for a small Thanksgiving celebration at your house – the bird, stuffing, and veggies all cook together! Plus your oven is completely freed up to bake pies for dessert. My favorite part!
Crockpot Thanksgiving Dinner
A whole Crockpot Thanksgiving Dinner!Boneless turkey breast slow cooks with sweet potatoes, carrots, celery and cornbread stuffing. The perfect, EASY way to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with your family!
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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Crockpot Thanksgiving Dinner
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours hours
Total Time: 4 hours hours 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 448kcal
Author: Kelly Miller
Ingredients
- 3 lb boneless turkey breast
- 3 stalks celery diced
- 3 carrots peeled and diced
- 2 sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
- 1 cup onion diced
- 2 6 oz boxes cornbread stuffing mix dry
- 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
Instructions
Place thawed turkey breast in bottom of slow cooker (mine came with a netting holding it together that I removed, but you can leave the netting on - it keeps the turkey together while cooking).
Add in the vegetables, top with dry stuffing mixes, and pour chicken broth over all ingredients.
Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours or on high 4-5 hours or until turkey is cooked through.
Remove stuffing & veggies to a serving bowl. Remove turkey to a platter, straining the juices into the slow cooker.
Allow turkey to rest 5 minutes before slicing. Use reserved juices to moisten stuffing and turkey slices as needed.
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Nutrition
Calories: 448kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 76g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 183mg | Sodium: 1338mg | Potassium: 1442mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 17065IU | Vitamin C: 18.4mg | Calcium: 112mg | Iron: 2.8mg
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Paul Miller saysUtterly delicious; that’s what I remember about this.
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- Michael says
Simple and easy to throw together. Quite delicious. Happy Thanksgiving
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- Michael says
Easy and simple to throw together. Was quite delicious. Happy Thanksgiving
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- nola says
would this be good in an insta pot?
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- Regina farmer says
Can you use a turkey tender in place of breast ?
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- Kelly Miller says
You probably could use a tenderloin instead, though I’ve never tried that. Let me know how it turns out, Regina!
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- Barbie Green says
oh no my husband got a pre cooked 3 pd turkey breast now what do I do?
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- rer says
can i use homemade stuffing instead of boxed?
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- Kelly Miller says
No I wouldn’t – the stuffing would either be overcooked or extremely soggy.
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- Anneie says
Can you use baked pot8instead of sweet potatoes?? Thanks
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- Kelly Miller says
You could, but the flavor would be a bit different. Let me know how it turns out if you try it that way!
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- LaRae Lusby says
Looking forward to trying your recipes
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- eric goldberg says
Making this tomorrow and the turkey breast I have is Bone-in (4-5 lb) Do you think will be a problem ? Thanks .
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- Kelly Miller says
I would give it the full 8-10 hours to make sure it’s done since bone-in meat takes longer than boneless. I would just make sure it fits fully in the Crockpot, though!
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- Cristin G. says
Hi Kelly! I was so excited to do a Thanksgiving 2020 part 2 for my fiancé and I using your recipe! Because we did this right after thanksgiving, there were no more 3lb whole turkeys to be found in store so we used 2 bone-in Turkey thighs which clocked in at about 3 lbs together. We laid these into the bottom of our 4.5qt crock pot (tight fit but it worked) and followed the rest of the recipe as normal! We cooked on high for about 6 hours and WOW – it’s delicious! The meat fell right off the bone and, while the stuffing was still crunchy on the top (probably because we used a smaller crockpot), a few stirs in the juices left them with a perfect consistency!
We are storing it in our crockpot in the fridge and reheating in the oven as we work through it for dinner this week – if you have any good storage or reheating suggestions, let me know!Thanks for this awesome recipe! Can’t wait to make again!
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- Kelly Miller says
Cristin, I’m SO glad you and your fiance loved this recipe!! I’m glad to hear the 2 bone in turkey thighs worked out well! As far as reheating, you could reheat it in the oven though if the Crockpot is chilled with it, it might take quite a bit to warm it up. I’d probably store it in a tupperware container in the fridge and then transfer it to an oven-safe dish, or even microwave heating a serving at a time would work as well. I hope you continue to enjoy it! Have a wonderful season!
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- Wayne Mattis says
Hi. Can I use stove top stuffing mix instead of cornbread?
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- Wayne Mattis says
Hi Kelly, Can I use stove top stuffing mix instead of the cornbread?
Cant wait to try this on Christmas. Thanks, WayneReply
- Kelly Miller says
Yes you can use any flavor Stove Top stuffing mix in this recipe, I just prefer using the cornbread variety. Any variety will work the same, though. I hope you enjoy it, Wayne!
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- Kristina says
I found this post just this year and wondering if you have any additional comments using a small bone in turkey breast. I had already purchased one before i found your recipe.
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- Kelly Miller says
That would probably work fine, as long as it fits along with all the other ingredients in your Crockpot. I would definitely test with a meat thermometer to make sure it’s cooked though, bone in meat usually takes longer to cook. I hope that helps!
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- Eva says
We just got a 3 lb turkey breast that says “no thaw — freezer to oven.” I assume I should still thaw before doing this crockpot recipe, though. Would 48 hours in the fridge be sufficient to thaw, do you think?
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- Kelly Miller says
Yes, I would thaw anything before putting it in the Crockpot and I think 48 hours would be plenty of time to thaw. I hope you enjoy it!
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- Jasmine says
I was alone for Thanksgiving this year so rather than dirty every dish in the house I opted for this. It actually came out really well, My only suggestion would be to add less liquid, and maybe cook the stuffing on the side as it was a bit soggy. Otherwise this is a great and easy turkey dinner for any time of year.
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