Well Plated· by Erin Clarke★ 4.8 (403)

Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

Name: Slow Cooker Butter Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 300 min
Total time: 310 min
Yield: 6, 6 servings
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 4 medium breasts); 1 tablespoon coconut oil; 1 small yellow onion (diced (about 1 cup)); 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger; 4 cloves minced garlic (about 4 teaspoons); 1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder; 1 tablespoon garam masala; 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder; 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 (6-ounce) can no salt added tomato paste; 1 small cauliflower (or 1/2 large head, cut into florets (about 4 1/2 cups)); 1 (14-ounce) can tomato sauce; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (cut into small pieces (use coconut oil to make dairy free)); 1/2 cup half-and-half or full-fat coconut milk (do not use light coconut milk, as it will water down the sauce); 1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt (or non-dairy yogurt to make dairy free); Prepared brown rice; Quinoa; Homemade Naan; Chopped fresh cilantro

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 6 · 5h 10m total

Servings

Calories

29% of a 2,000 cal day

578KCAL

Protein

48g96% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat16g

21%

Saturated7g

37%

Unsaturated9g

—

Total Carbs62g

22%

Fiber9g

33%

Total Sugars10g

—

incl. Added Sugars1g

Starch43g

—

Sodium999mg

43%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

This rich, creamy Slow Cooker Butter Chicken has the taste of authentic Indian butter chicken, made easy and healthy with everyday ingredients and veggies!

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

2 lbboneless, skinless chicken breasts — medium, 4
1 tbspcoconut oil
1small yellow onion — diced, 1 cup
1 tbspminced fresh ginger
4minced garlic — 4 tsp
1½ tbspcurry powder
1 tbspgaram masala
1½ tspchili powder
¾ tspkosher salt
6 ozno salt added tomato paste — canned, 1 can
1small cauliflower — cut into florets, 4½ cup, or large cauliflower head
14 oztomato sauce — canned, 1 can
2 tbspunsalted butter — or coconut oil
½ cuphalf-and-half — or full-fat coconut milk
½ cupplain nonfat Greek yogurt — or non-dairy yogurt
Prepared brown rice
Quinoa
Homemade Naan
fresh cilantro — chopped

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Method

5h 10m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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