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Slow Cooker Butter Chicken (4 Hours)

4 hours 5 minutes
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By: Pamela Reed
Posted:1/27/20
Updated:11/30/23
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4 hour Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe. This crockpot dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, but made in your own kitchen! Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Crockpot Butter Chicken

Indian food is one of our favorites for takeout, but the prices (although totally worth it!) make me gasp!

This Butter Chicken is delicious, filled with flavorful spices, will make your house smell AMAZING (seriously, we could smell it cooking when we got off the elevator onto our floor!), and here’s my favorite part – it’s easy! This is a simple “throw all the ingredients into your slow cooker” and come back later for a delicious dinner waiting for you!

If you love Indian food, you need to try this crockpot butter chicken! And then you need to come back and try my Chickpea Curry too!

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

How to Make Tandoori Masala

If you can’t find tandoori masala in your spice aisle, it’s easy to make with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. I like to make this homemade version below.   The recipe only calls for 2 teaspoons of tandoori masala, so place the remaining in a small glass jar to use later on. 

  1. 1/2  teaspoon ground ginger
  2. 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  3. 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
  4. 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  5. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  6. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  7. 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Add ingredients above, mix and ta-da you have homemade tandoori masala!

How to Make Tandoori Masala

Step by Step How to Make Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

Add your bite size pieces of chicken breasts to the bottom of the slow cooker, along with butter and vegetable oil.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Chop up a medium onion and 4 cloves of garlic and add them in.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Now add in a entire can of coconut milk.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

You’re going to need lots of aromatic spices for this authentic recipe. Add curry powder, tandoori masala, garam masala, salt, chili powder, ground cardamom and curry paste.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Add in your tomato paste.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Guys! This is just gorgeous isn’t it? Look at the vibrant colors!

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Finally, add in your low-fat yogurt and give it a mix.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Now let the slow cooker do all the work and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 7 hours. Look at that delicious sauce!

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Now my favorite part – time to serve and eat! I like to serve my homemade Butter Chicken alongside basmati rice and naan.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

Now time to eat it all up! I hope you enjoy this Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe as much as we do!

Can I freeze butter chicken?

Absolutely! Not only are the leftovers amazing, but you can freeze it too!

Put butter chicken in freezer bags and then freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost in the refrigerator overnight or for a few minutes in the microwave. Heat up in the microwave or stove top.

Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.

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Easy, tasty Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe.  This authentic dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, ready in 4 hours in the crockpot!  Serve with basmati rice and naan.
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Slow Cooker Butter Chicken (4 Hours)

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4 hour Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe. This crockpot dinner tastes just like your favorite Indian restaurant, but made in your own kitchen! Serve with basmati rice and naan.
By: Pamela Reed
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours hours
Total Time 4 hours hours 5 minutes minutes
serves 6

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breasts cut up into bite size pieces
  • 1 medium yellow onion diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder
  • 2 teaspoons tandoori masala (see my post if you want to make your own)
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1 tablespoon curry paste
  • 1 6 ounce can tomato paste
  • 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
  • 1 14 ounce can coconut milk

Instructions

  • Put all of your ingredients into your slow cooker. Mix so all ingredients are completely combined and chicken is coated in the sauce.
  • Cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 7 hours.
  • Serve in bowls with basmati rice and naan.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 520kcal (26%)
Course: Main Course
Keyword: slow cooker butter chicken
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  1. Aven Tirrel says

    April 28, 2020 at 1:07 pm

    We have made this at least once a week since you shared it back in January- it’s DELICIOUS! Thank you for, yet again feeding my soul AND my tummy! 😍❤️

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  2. Carol says

    February 2, 2020 at 7:38 am

    I sure agree with your thoughts on how expensive these things are to order out! I am really happy to find this recipe and I can just smell it’s wonderfulness already. I love to try to make Indian dishes and I have had some degree of success but I have not made butter chicken so I cannot wait to give this a try.

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    • Pamela says

      February 3, 2020 at 2:06 pm

      I hope you give this recipe a shot soon Carol, it really is a family favorite and it makes our home smell soooooooooo good! 🙂 Enjoy!

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