Slow Cooker Butter Chicken with spices you already have in your cabinet with all the creamy deep flavors you'd expect from your favorite restaurant. Brown the chicken quickly on a high heat before cutting into chunks (don't worry about it cooking through, that is the slow cooker's job). Important Notes about this Slow Cooker Butter Chicken: This dish is just my take on a classic food and the version I serve to my family and in no way is it truly authentic.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

  1. You need 750 g of chicken thigh or breast fillets.
  2. Prepare 2 Tbsp. of butter.
  3. It's 1 of medium onion, diced.
  4. It's 2 cloves of garlic, crushed.
  5. It's 2 tsp of curry powder.
  6. You need 1 tsp of Garam Masala.
  7. You need 1 can of diced tomatoes, drained.
  8. Prepare 1 can of crushed tomatoes, drained.
  9. It's 1 tbsp. of brown sugar.
  10. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
  11. Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground black pepper.
  12. Prepare 1/3 cup of plain yoghurt.

Slow Cooker Butter Chicken step by step

  1. Add all the ingredients except yoghurt into the slow cooker.
  2. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
  3. Scoop out the chicken and shred it with two forks, then return the shredded chicken to the pot.
  4. Stir in the yoghurt.
  5. Serve over hot basamati rice and naan bread.

In a slow cooker, throw in all the ingredients and mix to combine. Serve with rice and fresh coriander. Indian butter chicken—or, murgh makhani—is a recipe that is far from set in stone. Supposedly it was created in a restaurant in Delhi by a cook in search for a use for leftover tandoori chicken. I've always been sceptical of slow cookers ut this slow cooked butter chicken recipe is INCREDIBLE!

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