HEALTHY SLOW COOKER CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA
This Healthy Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala is a beautiful, flavorful, go-to slow cooker dish! It’s creamy and delicious, perfect for a cold wintery day during the holiday season!
I ordered several dishes just so that I could sample them all and hands down my favorite of the night was Tikka Masala. The color was vibrant, had a nice hint of curry but not overpowering and the graham marsala was tantalizing. Chicken can be bland but this was far from that, it was loaded with flavor.
HEALTHY SLOW COOKER TIKKA MASALA
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 20 mins
HEALTHY SLOW COOKER TIKKA MASALA - Made with aromatic Indian spices, tomato sauce, chicken and coconut milk, it's one of our favorite slow cooker meals.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 8
Calories: 333 kcal
Ingredients
1 yellow onion, chopped
2 lbs. bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed
30 ounces tomato sauce
3 tablspoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground tumeric
3/4 cup full-fat coconut milk
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
Instructions
Add the onion to the bottom of your slow cooker.
Add the chicken right on top of the onion.
Pour the tomato sauce over the chicken.
Top the sauce with garlic, ginger and all of the seasonings: 1 tablespoon of the garam masala, paprika, turmeric, curry and salt.
Gently stir together the sauce with the seasonings.
Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook for 3-4 hours on high (or 6-8 hours on low).
Once it is finished cooking, using tongs remove the chicken thighs from the sauce and transfer them to a plate or cutting board. Remove the bones from the chicken and then shred all of the chicken meat. I do this using two forks and just pull the meat apart.
Once the chicken is shredded add it back to the sauce.
Stir together the 3/4 cup coconut milk and the remaining teaspoon of garam masala. Pour coconut milk into chicken and sauce.
Serve over rice or with flat bread and top with fresh cilantro.
This makes a great freezer meal!