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Slow cooker chicken curry with coriander leaves on top inside a black crock pot with a black spoonful of chunks of chicken in curry sauce being scooped up to serve.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Curry

Looking for an easy and flavorful slow cooker curry recipe? Look no further! This recipe is perfect for those busy days when you want a comforting homemade meal waiting for you at home.
It's packed with tender chicken, enriched with creamy coconut milk, and infused with aromatic Indian spices. The best part is that it's super easy to make and requires minimal effort. Just make a quick curry paste, toss in all the ingredients to the slow cooker pot, set your slow cooker on low and let it work its magic while you go about your day.
Perfect for any busy weeknight, this flavorful and comforting dish will leave you feeling satisfied and warm inside. So, grab a bowl, dig in, and don't forget to share the love with your family and friends!
Enjoy your delicious, aromatic slow cooker curry!
Made to this recipe will give a medium curry. You can adjust the spice level from mild, medium or hot curry by using more or fewer chillies * see notes below for more advice.
Prep Time20 minutes
Active Time6 hours 30 minutes
Total Time6 hours 50 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: British, Indian
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Yield: 4 People
Calories: 282kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken thighs (chopped into bite size pieces).
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 onion Diced
  • 2 garlic cloves sliced
  • 1 chilli optional add more for extra heat
  • 1 tablespoon tomato puree
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 2 tablespoon Curry Powder
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 tin coconut milk
  • 1 tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour

To serve

  • 1 tablespoon Cornflour Optional* to thicken sauce
  • handful of fresh coriander

Instructions

  • Prepare ingredients. Dice 1 onion, finely chop 2 garlic cloves, slice 1 chilli down the middle. Chop 6 chicken thighs into large chunks.
    skinless boneless chicken thighs chopped into big chunks on a red board.
  • Add chopped chicken to the slow cooker pot.
    Pouring chopped chicken thighs from a red chopping board into a slow cooker pot
  • Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan and add the onion. Fry for about 5 minutes until lightly browned
    Frying chopped onion in a frying pan
  • Add 2 garlic clovesarlic and chilli to the onions and fry for 2 minutes.
    Chopped onions, green chilli, and chopped garlic, in a frying pan
  • Add the 1 teaspoon cumin1 teaspoon turmeric, 2 tablespoon Curry Powder,1 tablespoon tomato puree, Salt and pepper.
    Chopped onions, medium curry powder, green chilli, chopped garlic, tomato puree salt and pepper in a frying pan
  • Stir and gently fry for 2 min.
    Chopped onions stirred with curry seasoning and green chilli in a frying pan
  • Add the fried onion and seasonings into the slow cooker with the chicken.
    Chopped raw chicken thighs and seasoned curry onions and green chillies in a slow cooker pot
  • Now add 1 tin coconut milk, 1 tin chopped tomatoes, and 1 tablespoon cornflour.
    chopped raw chicken, chopped tomatoes, coconut milk, curried onions, green chillies and corn flour in a slow cooker
  • Mix together well.
    Stirring chopped tomatoes and coconut milk with the chicken curry ingredients
  • Cover with lid and cook
    Low- 6 ½ hours (best results)
    High- 4 hours (when short on time)
    6 litre Slow Cooker Chicken Curry being cooked on a low setting with lid on
  • Remove the lid
    Slow Cooker Chicken Curry in a 6 litre slow cooker
  • Give the curry a good stir.
    Creamy Slow Cooker Chicken Curry being stirred with a spoon
  • Remove the chilli skin.
    Removing a cooked green chilli with a spoon
  • Optional*
    To thicken the curry sauce, mix 1 tablespoon Cornflour with 1 tablespoon of water until smooth.
    Stir into the slow cooker curry, it will thicken instantly.
    Pouring in a cornflour slurry into a slow cooker filled the medium spice chicken curry
  • Add a handful of fresh coriander stir through.
    Slow cooker hot chicken curry with fresh chopped coriander on top
  • Serve straight from the crockpot or into curry dishes.
    Crockpot Chicken Curry, Indian onion salad, pilaf rice served in balti dishes with mango chutney, mint raita, popadoms and nann bread on the side with the slow cooker filled with curry in the background
  • Goes well with pilau rice, naan bread, poppadums, mango chutney, mint raita and Indian salad.
    Slow Cooker Chicken Curry served with pilau rice in a bowl with two balti dishes filled with pilau rice and chicken curry in the background and popadoms, indian salad , mango chutney, mint raita on the side

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Notes

Smooth Curry

If you prefer a smoother sauce you can blend the onions, spices and garlic together with the chopped tomatoes before adding to the slow cooker pot.

Mild, Medium or Hot Curry

The recipe we have created is medium spiced.
Don't add the chilli and use a mild curry powder if you want a mild curry.
If you want it spicier you can add extra chillies and/ or use hot curry powder.
Feel free to add extra heat using chili powder or chilli flakes instead.
Nutrition information calculated using light coconut milk.
 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 161mg | Sodium: 158mg | Potassium: 584mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 206IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 3mg