This Slow Cooker Butter Chicken is an put-everything-and-forget-about-it kind of Indian crock pot dish for busy people, who love to eat good food. Soft and buttery chicken breasts cooked in slow cooker for 6 hours for perfection. Serve it by itself, or do what I did, and serve it with naan bread and white rice.
3poundsskinless and boneless chicken breastpat dried and cut into 1-inch small cubes
For The Butter Chicken Sauce & Garnish:
2tablespoonscorn starch
2tablespoonslime juicefreshly squeezed
2tablespoonsfresh cilantroroughly chopped
2tablespoonssliced almonds
To Serve with (Optional)
Naan bread
Cooked White rice
Instructions
Place coconut milk, Greek yogurt, tomato paste, red curry paste, onion, garlic, jalapeno pepper, ginger, garam marsala, paprika, turmeric, butter, salt and pepper into your slow cooker. Give it a mix.
Add the chicken and stir to coat.
Cook in low-heat setting for 6-7 hours* or in high setting for 3-4 hours. If you can, feel free to stir it a few times during the cooking. However, it is okay if you can’t.
After it is cooked, if you prefer the dish to be thicker, you can thicken the sauce by mixing the corn starch in a bowl with 1/4 cup of the liquid from the butter chicken until it dissolves. Then pour it into the slow cooker. Give it a stir and let it rest for 5 minutes.
Right before serving, stir in the lime juice.
Serve with naan bread and white rice and garnish with cilantro and almonds.
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Notes
The nutrition values below do not include the calories coming from the bread and rice.
Mine was cooked at the end of 6 hours.
If you are short on time you can cook this in high-heat setting for 3-4 hours.