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Crock Pot Butter Chicken

Crock Pot Butter Chicken

This Crock Pot Butter Chicken is an easy meal, where the slow cooker does all of the hard work.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 20 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine Asian, British-Indian, Indian
Servings 6 servings
Calories 311 kcal

Equipment

  • Crock Pot

Ingredients
  

Butter and Oil

  • 3 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Chicken and Onion

  • 1 large onion peeled and diced
  • 700 g chicken breast approx. 4 large chicken breasts, diced

Spices

  • 4 cloves garlic peeled and minced
  • 1 teaspoon minced ginger
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1.5 tablespoon garam masala
  • 1 tablespoon curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Liquids

  • 240 ml chicken stock water plus a stock cube or bouillon for gluten free is fine
  • 2 x 400ml (2 x 14 oz) tins of chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoon tomato puree for US
  • 2 teaspoon sugar

Cardamom and Cream

  • 6 pods cardamom sew them together with a piece of string so you can easily fish them out later
  • 125 ml double/heavy cream

To Serve

  • handful chopped coriander to serve

Instructions
 

Cooking Steps

  • Preheat your slow cooker to high.
  • Heat the butter and oil in a large pan, add in the onion and chicken, and cook for 5-6 minutes until the onions are softened and the chicken is sealed.
  • Add in the garlic, ginger, salt, garam masala, curry powder, paprika and cinnamon. Stir and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add in the stock, tinned tomatoes, tomato puree, sugar and cardamom. Stir then pour into your slow cooker and cook for 4-5 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low.
  • Remove the cardamom then stir in the cream and allow to heat through.
  • Serve over rice sprinkled with some coriander.

Notes

You could use a spicier curry powder like madras curry powder or you could add half a teaspoon of chilli powder when you add the rest of the spices.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 311kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 27gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 113mgSodium: 620mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3g
Keyword Any Time Of the year, autumn, Fall, slow cooker, winter
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