Slow-cooker butter chicken

Name: Slow-cooker butter chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 tablespoon(s) Low Fat Spread; 1 medium Onion finely chopped; 5 clove(s) Garlic finely chopped; 1 tablespoon(s) Root Ginger finely chopped; 1 tablespoon(s), level Garam Masala; 1 teaspoon(s), level Ground Cumin; 0.5 teaspoon(s), level Ground coriander; 0.5 teaspoon(s) Turmeric; 2 tablespoon(s), level Tomato Purèe; 1 can(s), large Tinned Tomatoes; 400 g Chicken breast, skinless, raw diced; 120 ml Reduced fat coconut milk, tinned (9% Fat); 480 g Brown rice, boiled; 1 tablespoon(s) Coriander, fresh chopped

Points® value

Total Time

1 hr 40 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

1 hr 30 min

Serves

Difficulty

Easy

Our secret to this takeaway favourite? Slow cooking! The slow cooker makes the chicken incredibly tender and infuses the curry with a blend of Indian spices.

Ingredients

Low Fat Spread

1½ tablespoon(s)

Onion

1 medium, finely chopped

Garlic

5 clove(s), finely chopped

Root Ginger

1 tablespoon(s), finely chopped

Garam Masala

1 tablespoon(s), level

Ground Cumin

1 teaspoon(s), level

Ground coriander

½ teaspoon(s), level

Turmeric

½ teaspoon(s)

Tomato Purèe

2 tablespoon(s), level

Tinned Tomatoes

1 can(s), large

Chicken breast, skinless, raw

400 g, diced

Reduced fat coconut milk, tinned (9% Fat)

120 ml

Brown rice, boiled

480 g

Coriander, fresh

1 tablespoon(s), chopped

Instructions

Melt the spread in a frying pan, add the onions, garlic and ginger and cook for 5 minutes, until fragrant, add the herbs and spices and cook for 1 minute, then add the tomato purée and cook for a further minute.
Transfer the mixture to the slow cooker, add the tinned tomatoes and the diced chicken and stir together. Place the slow cooker on High and cook for 1 hour 30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
Once the curry has finished cooking, add the coconut milk and stir to combine.
Divide the cooked rice among 4 plates, top with the curry and the chopped coriander.

Notes

To make this dairy free, use coconut oil in place of the low-fat spread. Just remember to adjust the Points.

Slow-cooker butter chicken

Ingredients

Instructions

Notes

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