Slow Cooker Butter Chicken
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4.5
Slow Cooker Butter Chicken
Description
This Slow Cooker Butter Chicken starts by cooking onions, garlic, and ginger with turmeric, garam masala, cumin, chili powder, cinnamon, and optional cayenne to build a fragrant spice base. Chicken breast is added along with coconut milk, tomato sauce, cinnamon stick, and lemon juice, then cooked slowly for several hours. Green beans can be incorporated toward the end of cooking to retain texture.
The mixture produces tender chicken pieces immersed in a spiced, creamy sauce with balanced savory and subtly sweet elements from coconut milk and tomato base. Slow cooking deepens the spice flavors and softens the chicken, while fresh cilantro and lemon provide brightness at serving.
The dish pairs well with rice alternatives like cauliflower rice. For thicker sauce, cornstarch or arrowroot can be mixed with water and added during cooking. This preparation suits leisurely cooking with minimal active time.
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 large yellow onion chopped
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 inch knob of ginger chopped, fresh
- 2 teaspoons Turmeric ground
- 1 Tablespoon garam masala
- 1 Tablespoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt sea salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper ground
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 lbs chicken breast chopped into chunks, boneless, skinless
- 1 oz can coconut milk full fat
- 1 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice fresh
- 2 cups Green bean optional, thawed, frozen or fresh
- ¼ cup cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Add oil to a large skillet or saucepan and cook onion and garlic until soft and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
- Add fresh ginger, turmeric, garam masala, cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, cinnamon and cayenne and toss to combine. Cook for another 1-2 minutes. This step can be done in the base of your slow cooker if it allows.
- Transfer onion and garlic mixture into your slow cooker. Add chicken, coconut milk, tomato sauce, lemon juice and cinnamon stick to the slow cooker as well.
- Cover and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours. Add green beans when there's about 1 hour left in the cooking process.
- Serve butter chicken over cauliflower rice (or regular rice) with fresh cilantro and a wedge of lemon for squeezing.
Notes
- To thicken sauce, mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch or arrowroot with 2 tablespoons water and add before green beans.
- Add green beans about one hour before the end of slow cooking to keep their texture.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 360 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1/6 of recipe | |
| Calories | 360kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 35g | 70% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 761mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 197mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.5
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