Slow Cooker Butter Chicken
This rich and velvety slow cooker butter chicken features tender chicken in a luscious tomato-cream sauce that is layered with warm Indian spices. It is even more flavorful than takeout and incredibly easy to prepare with pantry staples.
Silky and rich butter chicken with warm spices made hands-off in the slow cooker.
Nutrition per serving
Ingredients
Main
Sauce
Seasoning
Aromatics
Instructions
Season the Chicken
Toss the chicken chunks with the garam masala and a generous pinch of salt and pepper making sure every piece is well coated. For best results marinate the seasoned chicken in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before cooking.
Build the Sauce
Add the crushed tomatoes butter and grated ginger to the slow cooker and stir to combine. Add the seasoned chicken pieces and nestle them into the sauce. The chicken does not need to be fully submerged.
Slow Cook
Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours until the chicken is completely tender and easily broken apart. The butter will melt and enrich the tomato sauce creating a beautiful deep orange color.
Add Cream and Serve
Stir the heavy cream into the sauce during the final 15 minutes of cooking. This gives the sauce its signature silky texture. Serve over fluffy basmati rice with warm naan bread and fresh cilantro on top.
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