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Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

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Prep5min Total4hr 15min Serves6 portions Hands-on10min DevicesTM6

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Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

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Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

Adapted from budgetbytes.com

Fall-apart chicken thighs in a spiced tomato-cream sauce. Bloom the spices, load the bowl, walk away, Slow Cook mode runs the show for four hours.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

Essentials

Ingredients

  • 180 g yellow onion, peeled and quartered
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 15 g fresh ginger, peeled
  • 15 g vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 tbsp garam masala
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp fine salt
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne
  • 425 g tomato passata
  • 800 g boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 80 g heavy cream
  • cooked basmati rice, to serve
  • fresh cilantro leaves, to serve

Method

Preparation

  1. 1 Add 180 g yellow onion, peeled and quartered, to mixing bowl.Weigh
  2. 2 Add 3 garlic cloves to mixing bowl.Weigh
  3. 3 Add 15 g fresh ginger to mixing bowl.Weigh
  4. 4 Chop 3 sec/speed 5.3s / sp5
  5. 5 Scrape the bowl down with the spatula.
  6. 6 Add 15 g vegetable oil to mixing bowl.Weigh
  7. 7 Add 1 1/2 tbsp garam masala to mixing bowl.Weigh
  8. 8 Add 1/2 tsp ground cumin to mixing bowl.Weigh
  9. 9 Add 1/2 tsp ground turmeric to mixing bowl.Weigh
  10. 10 Add 1/2 tsp smoked paprika to mixing bowl.Weigh
  11. 11 Add 1/2 tsp fine salt to mixing bowl.Weigh
  12. 12 Add 1/4 tsp cayenne to mixing bowl.Weigh
  13. 13 Cook 5 min/120°C/speed 1.5min / 120°C / sp1
  14. 14 Add 425 g tomato passata to mixing bowl.Weigh
  15. 15 Add 800 g boneless skinless chicken thighs to mixing bowl.Weigh
  16. 16 Slow Cook/4 hr/98°C.Slow cook
  17. 17 Add 80 g heavy cream to mixing bowl.Weigh
  18. 18 Mix 20 sec/speed 1/reverse.20s / sp1
  19. 19 Rest 5 min in the bowl. Taste and adjust salt.
  20. 20 Serve over cooked basmati rice, scattered with fresh cilantro.

Notes

Tips

  • One bowl, one start button, one four-hour nap. No stirring, no scorching, no second pot to wash. The bowl blooms the spices before the slow cook starts, which is where most of the flavour comes from.
  • Garam masala is the whole show. A fresh tin from an Indian grocer will lift this dish above anything a dusty supermarket jar can do.
  • For extra Maillard depth, pan-sear the thighs 3 min per side in a hot oiled skillet before adding them to the bowl. Authentic to the Budget Bytes original, at the cost of one more pan to clean.
  • Dairy-free swap, 80 g coconut milk in place of cream, stirred in the same way at the end. Yoghurt works too (full-fat, stirred in off heat) but will look slightly split.
  • Reverse speed at the end keeps the thighs in rough chunks. Forward speed above 2 after a long cook turns them to floss in seconds.
  • TM5 cooks, approximate with 90 min/100°C/reverse speed 1 with MC off. Texture will be a little less silky, flavour still on point.