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Slow-Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

This Slow-Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala is perfect for busy weekdays when you want an easy, delicious, Indian-inspired meal. Toss it all into your Crock Pot and enjoy.

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Thirty-five years in Los Angeles resulted in Hubby and me becoming Indian food hounds. I mean, okay, we chase all things food. But still. I grew up 10 minutes from a city dubbed Little India.

Hardly a week went by before we’d have to answer the craving and go out for platefuls of chicken tikka masala, tandoori, and naan bread.

Eventually I discovered the method to making mind blowing chicken tikka masala. It hits the spot, now that we live cross-country from Little India. But that classic recipe requires a bit more stove-sitting than we sometimes can swing.

Because busy weeknights. Something about three boys, soccer games, baseball fields, crazy bulldog, and allthedriving. It kinda gets in the way of cooking.

So there’s this ⇓ ⇓ ⇓

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This Slow-Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala is a great way to get your Tikka fix without the fuss. My favorite way to do weeknights = prepping ahead. {Translation: slow cooker.}

Just toss all the ingredients together in your slow cooker the night before, and do your set it and forget it thing in the morning.

You’ll come home to supremely tender, flavorful, succulent chicken tikka masala. The aroma in the air will cause salivation.

And nothing is a better match with this dish than aromatic Basmati rice.

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Enjoy this slow-cooker chicken tikka masala…hope you guys love it as much as we do.

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Slow-Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

4.94 from 15 ratings
This Slow-Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala is perfect for busy weekdays when you want an easy, delicious, Indian-inspired meal. Toss it all into your Crock Pot and enjoy.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 7
Author: Amy Dong

Ingredients  

Instructions

  • Reserve 1 cup of the yogurt and set aside. Place all remaining ingredients, except for the chicken, into the slow cooker. Stir to combine mixture well.
  • Use paper towels to pat-dry all chicken pieces to remove excess moisture. Add chicken to the slow cooker.
  • Cook on low 2 1/2 -3 hours. Gently stir in reserved 1 cup of yogurt and cilantro. Serve over cooked basmati rice. Delicious with naan bread as well.

Notes

The slow-cooker version requires more tomato taste than typical, as the thickness is needed for slow cooking texture.
For our authentic Chicken Tikka Masala method, see this recipe.
Slow cooker can be fully assembled the night before. Simply turn on slow cooker a couple hours before dinner for a meal that’s ready when the family gets hungry!

Nutrition (per serving)

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 486kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 103mg | Sodium: 498mg | Potassium: 1203mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 2974IU | Vitamin C: 100mg | Calcium: 343mg | Iron: 13mg
Course: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Diet: Gluten Free
Method: Crockpot, Slow Cooker

Source: Chew Out Loud

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198 comments

    • gracefulcoffee

    We love soup or a good casserole! 🙂

    • Tarissa

    Tweeted! https://twitter.com/pixel_berry_pie/status/779777594971398144

    • Tarissa

    We usually keep leftovers in the freezer, so when we need something quick, just zap it in the microwave.

    • Kerry

    tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/779487257971548160

    • Kerry

    Goulash!

    • jothweatt47@aol.com

    Anything in the crock pot.

    • Stefanie G

    tweeted https://twitter.com/stephcouponsxx/status/777928610116141056

    • Stefanie G

    my favorite easy weeknight meal is spaghetti! it is quick and simple to make!

    • patricia skinner

    My solution is to make enough food to freeze for those busy nights for a quick easy meal.

    • Elizabeth pergande

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    • Elizabeth pergande

    My favorite Success rice is to make it fried with some vegetables. truckredford(at)gmail(dot)com

    • Danielle Oyen
    • 5 stars

    I make a crockpot chili with chicken. I throw it together in the morning before work and come home to a meal ready to eat

    • Dawn Swingle

    There are only two of us, so I will often make extra at meals at the beginning of the week, that way we have leftovers for one or two meals.

    • Shannon

    https://twitter.com/shiebs24b/status/774291020192284672

    • Shannon
    • 5 stars

    I love pulling the meat off a rotisserie chicken and adding it to rice with some veggies. Quick and easy!

    • karenb
    • 5 stars

    My solution is a beautiful healthy garden salad which includes ham, chicken, black olives, eggs, cucumbers, green peppers, radish’s, onions and fresh mushrooms, cheese and croutons. We eat this a lot in the summers on a hot day.

    • Elle

    Tweet: https://twitter.com/PrettyHotPink6/status/771717791825158144

    • Elle

    I like to make pan cooked salmon or tilapia, it’s healthy and very quick to cook. A quick side salad and I have an easy, healthy meal.

    • Letessha

    My solution is tacos.

    • Donna

    we love making chicken and salmon

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