Slow Cooker Healthy Butter Chicken
Slow Cooker Healthy Butter Chicken
No pre-cooking required – just dump into the slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken thighs cut into 3cm chunks
- 1 brown onion finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 3 cm ginger piece, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup greek yoghurt or natural yogurt
- 1/2 lime juice squeezed
- 1.5 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 cup coriander optional
Quick Paste:
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2/3 cup chicken stock
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 2 teaspoons garam masala ground
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Veggies (optional):
- 2 green zucchini cut into half moons
- 1 cup cauliflower frozen, chopped
- 2 cups spinach optional
Instructions
Method:
- For the paste: combine all ingredients and whisk together
- Add the onion, garlic and ginger to a slow cooker (I have a 5 litre). Add the chicken pieces and then the paste. Stir well to combine it all. Turn the slow cooker on to high for 4 hours.
- After 3 hours, add the zucchini & cauliflower. Stir well.
- After 4 hours, turn off & add the Greek yoghurt, lime juice, spinach (optional) and brown sugar. Stir well to combine.
- Serve on rice with toasted roti or naan bread & fresh coriander.
Notes
If you don’t have the time to make the paste (it takes minutes), you can use a butter chicken or tikka masala store bought curry paste.
With the yoghurt – you can either add it to the whole dish at the end, or hold off and just add a dollop on top of each bowl.
Nutrition
Calories: 697kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 50gFat: 46gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 248mgSodium: 969mgPotassium: 1235mgFiber: 11gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1803IUVitamin C: 29mgCalcium: 251mgIron: 7mg
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