Last week, I posted some pictures of our Sunday night crock pot dinner on Instagram and had more requests for the recipes (for both the butter chicken and the naan) than I was expecting. I found the recipe on Pinterest (isn’t that where all good recipes hang out?) and followed it to Half Baked Harvest.
Because I wasn’t able to find one of the ingredients listed in her recipe at the store and in order to adjust it to our taste and family size, I changed the recipe slightly to what you see below. It really was one of my most popular everyone-liked-it recipes that I’ve made my family in a while – and my husband is a huge fan of Indian food (and a tough critic to please!).
Enjoy!
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced or grated
- 1 teaspoon ginger powder
- 3 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 tablespoon curry paste
- 4 tablespoons Tikka masala paste
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- ½ cup half and half or heavy cream
- Serve with cooked white rice and naan
- In a large bowl, mix spices, tomato paste, coconut milk, yogurt and cream.
- Spray the inside of your slow cooker with cooking spray. Add onion to slow cooker, then chicken. Pour sauce over chicken. Add the butter on top of sauce, cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
- Serve with white rice and naan.
You will definitely want to make this naan recipe as well. It is some of the best naan I’ve ever eaten, thanks to the secret ingredient – more Greek yogurt!
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Is Tikka Masala a seasoning or sauce? I have never made Indian food before, but this looks delicious. I tried Googling it and I keep coming up with recipes.
Thanks in advance!
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Lolli Reply:
May 29th, 2017 at 11:37 pm
Manela, This particular recipe calls for a tikka masala paste. Like this: http://amzn.to/2qAAhj6
There’s a tikka masala sauce that’s readily available at grocery stores which is basically like a short cut to the sauce that this recipe is making, if that makes sense. I use the simmer sauces a lot for quick Indian dinners. There’s also a spice mix called tikka masala, so it’s definitely easy to get them all mixed up! http://amzn.to/2s8AlZq
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wow this looks delicious and I cannot wait to make this recipe for my family.
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Thanks for sharing your recipe! I’m always looking for new chicken recipes :)
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I’ve never had Butter Chicken but this looks delicious! Even better that it’s made in the slow cooker.
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I made this recipe tonight and it was delicious! Hubby complimented the cooking and let me tell you that doesn’t always happen!
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Lolli Reply:
February 13th, 2014 at 11:55 pm
I am so happy to hear that! Thanks for the feedback! :)
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This looks right up The Hubs and my alley! YUM!
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what a great chicken recipe, I can’t wait to try it!
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Looks yummy, Lolli! I especially love the naan … have never tried to make my own before. I’ll have to give it a go!
Tracey @ The Kitchen is My Playground
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I cannot express how much I love you right now. I LOOOOOVE butter chicken. Love it! But I never thought about making it before. Now that I have an awesome -slow cooker- recipe to try out I am the happiest girl ever. Yum!!!
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Indian food isn’t anyone’s in our households go to food, But this looks good. And the Naan might be easier to make than Flour Tortillas, hahahaha
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oh yum, this looks so good. I love crockpot recipes. I have never heard of Naan before.
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