Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

Rich and creamy slow cooker butter chicken is packed with warm spices and tender chicken, making it a cozy, flavorful meal that's super easy to whip up.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Keyword butter chicken, comfort food, easy dinner, Indian cuisine, slow cooker

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 6

Total Time 6 20

Servings servings

Calories 480kcal

Author Liza A

Ingredients

2 onions diced
3 cloves garlic minced
3 tbsp 45 mL butter
2 tbsp 30 mL grated fresh ginger
2 tbsp 30 mL packed brown sugar
2 tsp 10 mL chili powder
3/4 tsp 4 mL ground coriander
3/4 tsp 4 mL ground turmeric
1/2 tsp 2 mL cinnamon
1/2 tsp 2 mL ground cumin
1/2 tsp 2 mL salt
1/2 tsp 2 mL pepper
1 can 28 oz/796 mL diced tomatoes
1 cup 250 mL sodium-reduced chicken broth
1/4 cup 60 mL almond butter or cashew butter
3 lb 1.4 kg boneless skinless chicken thighs, quartered
1 cup 250 mL sour cream
2 tbsp 30 mL chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

In slow cooker, combine onions, garlic, butter, ginger, brown sugar, chili powder, coriander, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, salt, pepper and tomatoes.
Whisk broth with almond butter; pour into slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low for 5 hours or for up to 8 hours.
With immersion blender, puree sauce until smooth. Add chicken; cook, covered, on high until juices run clear when chicken is pierced, 50 to 60 minutes.
Stir in sour cream. Serve sprinkled with cilantro.

Notes

Recipe source: canadianliving.com

Almond or cashew butter may be purchased in a jar (like peanut butter) at the natural or organic section of most grocery stores. Here in Canada, I bought mine at the natural food section of Save-on Foods.

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