Healthy Slow Cooker Butter Chicken is your new weeknight hero! Chuck chicken thighs (or breasts) in the cooker with pantry staples and sweetheart, come 6p.m you’re going to be the happiest mumma, because dinner is DONE!

Here’s how I make my famous Slow Cooker Butter Chicken...

I’ve been making butter chicken this way for years—slow cooking really takes the flavour to the next level! It’s a total time-saver because I just throw everything in, and dinner’s sorted by 8.am, giving me that rockstar feeling all day!

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You can absolutely brown your onion and garlic, but I don’t, I just chuck it all in! If you want to thicken up the sauce, pop the lid off for the last hour of cooking.

Give it a stir and pop the lid on to cook. High, low or even in the pressure cooker you choose!

I stir some greens through for the last 30 mins of cooking. Broccoli, green beans, spinach, you choose!

It’s perfect with my naan and rice!

Healthy Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

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Stace’s famous Slow Cooker Butter Chicken recipe is SUCH a winner with my family. I love that I can make these into freezer dump bags, or prep the morning of for an easy dinner. 
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Ingredients

• Into The Cooker:1 kg chicken thighs or breasts (3cm chunks1 x 400g tin chickpeas, drained1 onion, finely sliced5 garlic cloves, crushed5 cm ginger, grated3 tspn garam masala2 tspn sweet paprika1 tspn ground cardamom2 tspn ground coriander2 tbsp ground cumin2 tbsp ground turmeric1/2 tspn cinnamon2 tspn salt1 tspn pepper210g tomato paste1 x 400g tin coconut cream1 large lemon, juicesServe With:1 head of broccoli, chopped into chunks1 cup rice, cooked)

Instructions

1. STEP 1: Sauté your onions and garlic if you’ve got time, but if you’re in a hurry like me, just toss them straight into the cooker.
2. STEP 2: Add all the other ingredients, stir well, and pop the lid on. Cook on High for 3 hours, Low for 5 hours, or Pressure Cook for 18 minutes.
3. STEP 3: In the last hour, take the lid off to let the sauce thicken (totally optional!) and add your chopped veg.
4. STEP 4: Get your spoon in their mumma and check. You can adjust the seasoning—maybe a touch more lemon or salt? I like mine REALLY zesty, so if my lemon isn’t juicy, I often add more. Serve with rice and naan for dipping all that yummy sauce in.

• Author: Stacey Clare