Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, one-pot slow cooker chicken tikka masala. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
ONE-POT SLOW COOKER CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. ONE-POT SLOW COOKER CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
In the bowl of slow cooker, combine chicken, yogurt, and coriander; season with salt and pepper. Stir in onion, garlic, ginger, and spices, then add tomatoes. Place the chicken pieces in the slow cooker and coat well with the flour and salt. Throw in the garam masala, turmeric, paprika, onions, garlic, chillies, chopped tomatoes and tomato puree and mix together.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook one-pot slow cooker chicken tikka masala using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make ONE-POT SLOW COOKER CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA:
- Prepare 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
- Take 1 large onion, finely diced
- Take 4 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 1 -inch piece whole ginger, peeled and grated
- Get 2 tablespoons garam masala
- Prepare 2 teaspoons paprika
- Get 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Make ready 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- Take 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- Take 1 (13.5 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
- Get 4 –5 carrots, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
- Take 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
- Make ready lots of plain yogurt, to serve on top
While this cannot be a truly authentic tikka masala because we're using coconut milk for the creamy consistency, the spices are the typical Indian spices. Chicken Tikka Masala is an easy, sweet and spicy sauce that is thick, rich and creamy with an intense color of orange and red blend that has several spices blended together with creamy yogurt covering cubes of chicken breasts leaving you with an intense flavor all served over rice. Let the slow cooker do all the work! Spray slow cooker with a non-stick spray.
Instructions to make ONE-POT SLOW COOKER CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA:
- Put all ingredients into the slow cooker insert, stir and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hour
- Optional: Reserve the carrots and sweet potatoes, adding in the last 2 hours. (If they cook the whole time, the sweet potatoes will be soft but I liked them that way.)
- Serve over basmati rice with a BIG dollop of plain yogurt on top. Swirl the yogurt in to make it more creamy, and also cool the masala quickly.
Let the slow cooker do all the work! Spray slow cooker with a non-stick spray. Layer the onions on the bottom of the slow cooker, followed by the chicken. Add the remaining ingredients and give the mixture a little stir with a spoon. When finished, remove chicken and shred or cut into serving pieces as you desire.
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