Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

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.

Indian food is one of our favorites for takeout, but the prices make me cringe. Here in NYC it’s not uncommon for takeout for 2 people to cost in the $40-$50 range, and that’s just not something we can afford regularly (if ever!), so I set out to my own authentic Butter Chicken!

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!

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Ingredients

butter
vegetable oil
skinless boneless chicken breasts
diced onion
minced garlic
curry powder
tandoori masala (see below if you want to make your own)
garam masala
salt
chili powder
ground cardamom
curry paste
tomato paste
low-fat yogurt
coconut milk

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.

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Add ingredients above, mix and ta-da you have homemade 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.

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

Now add in a entire can of coconut milk.

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.

Add in your tomato paste.

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

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

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!

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

Tip!

My family loves this meals for leftovers too, so I always try to make extra rice and naan so my husband can take some along with the butter chicken to work for the next couple days!

This Butter Chicken also freezes great, just make sure to freeze in an airtight container (I LOVE these bags). Defrost in the refrigerator overnight and then heat up in the microwave or stove top.

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