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Submitted by Becwil75
"I have been looking for a good Butter Chicken recipe that can be done in a slow cooker for quite some time. I found this one on http://crockpot365.blogspot.com. I am yet to try this recipe but wanted to post it so I wouldn't lose it. These notes are posted with the recipe: This is so good! I could have gone with a bit more cayenne, because I'm a nut, but the depth of flavor is wonderful. You can tweak the amount of garam masala and curry to your own taste---it's fine to add more at the end of cooking.This is a winner recipe. Thank you so much, Kindra!"
photo by DoubletheGarlic 
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4-6
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ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs (mine were frozen solid)
- 1 onion, sliced
- 6 garlic cloves, chopped
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 15 cardamom pods (sewn together!)
- 2 teaspoons curry
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons garam masala
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 (260 ml) can coconut milk (I used light)
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 cup plain yogurt (to add at the end, I used fat free)
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directions
- Use a 5 quart (20 cups) or larger crockpot. Carefully sew together the cardamom pods using a needle and thread. You can put them in a little cheese cloth bundle, instead, if you have that in the house. Put chicken in crockpot, and add onion, garlic, and all of the dry spices. Plop in the butter and tomato paste. Add lemon juice and coconut milk. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, or high for 4. The chicken should shred easily with 2 forks when fully cooked.
- Stir in plain yogurt 15 minutes before serving. Discard cardamom pods. Salt to taste, serve with white or brown basmati rice.
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Reviews
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This was wonderful! I followed the advice about the type of coconut milk and got a nice thick sauce. Also I have a recommendation for the cardamom pods - instead of using cheesecloth, I put them in a tea ball. That worked quite well.
morgankt
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Tried this recipe the other night and wanted to share a few things I learned about this fabulous dish. (1.) I substituted chicken legs instead of thighs just fine. I'll probably skin my chicken first next time. The skin seemed to inhibit the meat from absorbing flavor. (2.) "Coconut milk" seems to come in two basic varieties: Asian and Spanish. You'll find them in their respective sections of the supermarkets. Asian tends to be thicker and more expensive. Goya tends to be a bit thinner and cheaper. I used Goya. (3.) Because this is in a crock pot, the sauce doesn't reduce much. It'll be a bit thinner than the stuff you get in restaurants. Maybe if I used the thicker coconut milk, the sauce would have been thicker. (4.) As a previous commenter noted, don't be shy with the salt. You probably need at least half a teaspoon. You can add it in at the end along with the yogurt and taste. (5.) Reheat leftovers slowly and gently.
cathy_n
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I loved the taste of this before I cooked it! Perhaps it was my spices, but this ended up quite bitter for me. Reviewers mention adding salt and sugar -- after 1 1/2 t. salt and 3 T. sugar it tasted much better. I avoided the g. masala because my curry had enough heat in it; I also made coconut milk using 100g of creamed coconut so as to avoid the watery sauce cathy_n mentions. Most Indian recipes I've tried are pretty bad compared to restaurants. This one didn't end up as good as I thought it would, but it definitely has potential and has obviously worked for several reviewers here.
DoubletheGarlic
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I agree with a lot of reviewers, this recipe did need a quite of bit of salt. I did add a couple teaspoons of sugar as well. I ground my own cardamom pods equivalent to what the recipe called for and it was all the house smelled like. It was sweet and very smooth. Definitely will make again!
Nutmegf7
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I modified the recipe some: only 1 TBSP lemon juice and omitted the yogurt to make it dairy free.I did also think it was spicy but otherwise bland when I tasted it. I added about a tsp of salt and about 2 tsp of sugar. Excellent results in the end !!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Becwil75
- 2 Recipes
I LOVE to cook but unfortunately my stepl-sons don't like sweets all that much, so my baking urges have to be raigned in!My favourite dinner meal is Roast Pork with loads of roast vegies :)I love to entertain and do so as often as possible!I was introduced to this website last night, 2 May 2008 by a lovely lady I met at a Tupperware Customers house. I am looking forward to sharing many cooking experiences :)PS: I am also a Tupperware Demonstrator and Usana Associate :)
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