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Wendy’s slow-cooker butter chicken

1 - 5
PersonalPoints™ per serving
Total Time
6 hr 20 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
6 hr 10 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Recipe by our WW Ambassador Wendy. Follow her on Instagram @cooksisternz.

Ingredients

Onion

1 medium, finely chopped

Skinless chicken breast

800 g, cut into 3cm cubes

Garlic

4 clove(s), crushed

Fresh ginger

2 tsp, grated

Garam masala

2 tsp

Cumin seeds

1 tsp

Ground turmeric

1 tsp

Curry powder

1½ tsp

Cardamom

4 whole, pods

Cinnamon quill

1 whole

Ground cayenne pepper

1 tsp

Canned diced tomatoes

1 400g can, (1 x 400g can)

Tomato paste

½ cup(s), (130g)

99% fat-free plain yoghurt

200 g

Fresh coriander

½ cup(s), chopped

Oil spray

1 x 3 second spray(s)

Instructions

  1. Preheat a 4.5 litre (18-cup) slow cooker for 6 minutes (see tip). Lightly spray slow cooker with oil. Add onion and chicken, cook, stirring occasionally for 7 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, garam masala, cumin seeds, turmeric, curry powder, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick and cayenne pepper. Cook, stirring for 2 minutes. Season with salt.
  2. Add tomatoes, tomato paste and 300ml warm water. Cook, covered on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours. Remove cardamom pods and cinnamon stick.
  3. Stir in yoghurt and heat through. Serve sprinkled with coriander. If your setting has been on low, turn setting to high once you have stirred in the yoghurt.

Notes

If your slow cooker can not fry use a large non-stick frying pan in Step 1. Transfer mixture to slow cooker. Continue with Step 2.

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