Directions
1Heat olive oil in a pan over medium high heat.
2Add garlic and onion, and cook, stirring for 2-3 minutes.
3Stir in coconut milk, tomato paste, flour, garam masala, curry powder, chili powder and ginger powder until well combined and slightly thickened, about 1-2 minutes
4Add salt and pepper, to taste.
5Place chicken into slow cooker.
6Add the sauce and combine.
7Cover and cook on low heat for 5 hours.
8Add the cilantro in the last hour
Note
1Optional ... the photo of the recipe above has 300ml of cooking cream stirred through in the last half hour before serving for a creamy consistency.
2Photo updated at request of recipe submitter
Submitted by Anon
80 Reviews
Robyn Corcoran
March 14, 2021
This was a definite winner, thank you!
Mia
February 28, 2021
Loved this recipe! I should of doubled the ingredients for more leftovers 👏🏻
Alicia
October 20, 2020
My son is allergic to coconut, but I would love to try this recipe. Do you think I could substitute the coconut milk with evaporated milk or something else? Thanks in advance!
Jodie
October 20, 2020
Yum yum yum
Natalie Vlahos
October 16, 2020
I made this last night and it is now on the list of permanent recipes for our family! It was awesome and really hit the spot as I love Indian but with family allergies I needed a recipe with no nuts that still had the taste – this did indeed!
I didn’t quite have enough tomato paste (just under) but it was delicious anyway! I think I will avoid cream as I had to limit chilli because of the children. Fantastic dish & easy to make!
Alex
October 13, 2020
I made this tonight. I used 1.5 x the spices needed and I didn’t add the cream at the end. I bought the cream ready to use but after taste testing I thought it was great and didn’t want to dull the flavour with the cream. We all really really enjoyed this dish. Very flavoursome and much better than the jars and packets. Will definitely make it again 🙂
Jutzy
October 8, 2020
I will never buy butter chicken again!!!
This was so easy to do and having 4 very fussy eaters go back for seconds is an amazing feeling.
If there was 10 stars… I’d be hitting every single one of them
Margaret McCluskey
September 29, 2020
I made this for dinner tonight, everyone loved it, my husband even said it was the best chicken dish I had ever made. (We’ve been married 45years) 👍👍👍
Sarah Anderson
July 22, 2020
Made a few small changes but the whole family absolutely loved this recipe! I puréed the onion with a little sauce before I put the chicken so it was nice and smooth. Used coconut cream instead of milk just because it’s what was in the cupboard but it made it nice and creamy so didn’t need to add the flour. I also left out the chilli but decided afterwards it needed a little something extra so added a few teaspoons of korma paste. It was AMAZING! Even better the next day.
Mortie
July 5, 2020
Such a tasty meal & a no fuss recipe. Used a little less tomato paste to suit our taste. This will be on regular rotation!
Mark
July 2, 2020
I’ve cooked this a few times in the past month I enjoy it so much. I do not like and cannot tolerate spicy hot food, particularly many Indian dishes, so leaving out the chili is all I do and I still love the taste this brings. For me the cream and coriander near the end are a must.
Shelley Skinner
June 18, 2020
Very yummy! Nice and creamy, definitely needed the extra cream in the last half hour. I did less chilli powder for the kids, but would put it all in if it were just me eating it, and would add extra curry powder and tomato paste if it were just me also. I added steamed veggies to the bowls (carrot, broccolli and capsicum). It was a hit with the kids! Great recipe x
Laura
May 11, 2020
I cooked Butter Chicken for tea tonight . All I can say is OMG ….. absolutely delicious 😋
I will definitely be making this again .
It was a lil spicy ….. but it was perfect.
Hubby loved it
Kat
March 28, 2020
Oh my wow 😍🤤 made this for first time & was so yum!!! I followed recipe & was just right for my family!! There is enough left over for tomorrow or I’ll freeze for later!! Thank you for sharing a great recipe 😊
Shannon Anderson
March 21, 2020
Haven’t had much much luck with other butter chicken recipes or jar/packet versions. My daughter, who loved butter chicken, has always thought they were just “okay” but this recipe was a hit for the whole family.
Steve Mould
March 20, 2020
First time making and eating Butter Chicken. This recipe worked for my whole Family. I tried to keep to the published Recipe but found that I had to add a Tbl of brown sugar and, as suggested by the poster, about 300ml of cooking cream. This made the dish lush and smooth, it also mellowed the heat. My Wife, who doesn’t like spicy heat at all, added some more cream to her dish and eat it all. My Son who likes spice and heat, lapped it all up. All in All a great success and I will do it again. Thank you for the Recipe.
Kerry
March 15, 2020
Love this recipe. I add a little bit more cream at the end as my little girl doesn’t like it too spicy, but I don’t think it needs messed with in any way
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
January 27, 2020
It will state if tea towel is required so no need for this one 🙂
Shannon Anderson
January 24, 2020
Just making this now for the first time. Do you recommend using a tea towel? Or not?
Blakey
November 14, 2019
This recipe turned out amazing. Next time I’ll double the Chilli powder and add more salt for my personal liking.
Catherine
June 17, 2019
Made this today. Added a T of stevia just to sweeten it for the kids (so it was a bit more like takeout) and all plates were cleaned. Served with steamed veggies, rice and garlic naans. Very tasty.
Rachel
February 12, 2019
Decent curry but not like the proper butter chicken at an Indian restaurant.
Added cream at the end for the kids to make it milder for them. Also added a cup of frozen peas last 5 min.
Amanda Wilson
February 6, 2019
The best butter chicken, by far!!
Colleen
February 6, 2019
So so delicious! I will be having this again and again!
Carly
January 30, 2019
I’ll add a bit more curry powder and chilli next time, but this was absolutely delicious.
Diane
January 29, 2019
Never had butter chicken before but made it tonight and had empty plates it was lovely
I used diced chicken breast instead of thigh
Thank you for the recipe will definitely be making it again
Tori
January 13, 2019
Such a delicious recipe!! I changed it up a little by mixing chicken thighs and chicken breasts, I use chili and ginger paste, plus I blend the sauce with a stick blender. I then add cardamonm pods cook for 5 mins then take them out before adding the sauce and chicken to the slow cooker.
Jodie Leemhuis
November 7, 2018
This recipe is absolutely divine! I left out the cilantro and added some thickened cream just before serving this with rice. The whole family loved this and happily licked their plates clean. An extra bonus with this recipe is I no longer need to buy store bought jars for butter chicken #winning 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing this with us 😊
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
October 2, 2018
It’s plain flour, just in a wholewheat version. You can use white plain flour too if you prefer
R Will
October 1, 2018
The whole wheat flour in the recipe…Is this just normal SR or plain flour?
Esther H
September 30, 2018
Interesting, this was tasting great but the addition of cream (less than stated) reduced the richness of the taste. I tried another recipe last time & will probably revert, but might try this again without the cream!
Spasenija
June 23, 2018
My family loved this 😀
Jayne Farmer
June 14, 2018
Has anyone made a double batch of this? Has it turned out fine?
Kath Bowes
June 9, 2018
This was absolutely devine….. Invited my mum and dad for dinner and it was a hit and have also sign mum up to this page….. Will definitely be making again… I also added cooking cream at the end and I will up the amount of chilli also….
Shannen
June 7, 2018
I made this a few nights ago, oh man it was the best butter chicken I’ve ever had. Hubby and miss nearly 2 both loved it and hubby went for 2nds 😅 Keens curry powder was enough for us though no chilli required lol
Marilyn Whitley
April 18, 2018
Definitely a family favourite I halve the chilli piwder quantity and I always put a good squirt of tomato sauce in as well, It just seems to enhance and give depth the flavour.
Kirsty
April 16, 2018
Best butter chicken I have made I added 300mls of thickened cream at the end and stirred in some brown sugar
Linda Alexander
March 27, 2018
This was amazing! We loved it!
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
February 12, 2018
I believe others have yes though I’ve not tried myself 🙂 We rarely have leftovers that long
Betty
February 12, 2018
Do you think I can freeze this?
Kath
February 4, 2018
Absolutely love this recipe. I added a few of my own spices as well, and will definitely be using it again
Amy jones
December 12, 2017
This is a menu regular in our house! Feeding a toddler so i leave out the chilli and still delicious. Thanks for such a great easy delicious recipe Pauline.
Eve
November 29, 2017
Made this tonight, OMG!!! Hubby and I are so happy will be making this at least once a week!!!! Tried few butter chickens and never was nice until now!!! Yum!!!
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
November 21, 2017
Yes I do still use the coconut cream 🙂
And yes I use Keens
Bekah
November 21, 2017
If adding the cream at the end do you still add the coconut cream with all the other ingredients?
Also what kind of curry powder do you use? Keens?
Jessica Hansen
August 22, 2017
Butter chicken has been a regular dish in our house I usually buy the premade dishes from Woolworths or Coles. I finally tried out this recipe that was going around the page and it did not disappoint. Only changes I made was to double the spices, left out the coriander (not a fan) and added 300ml cooking cream in the last 30mins definitely will be making it like this from now on 😊👍🏻
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
August 16, 2017
I would give it a go in a dump bag for sure 🙂
But I wouldn’t pre cook anything
Sharon Ramsden
August 14, 2017
do you think this would work in a dump bag? If so would you pre-cook onion and garlic and thicken the sauce first? Thank you for your advice.
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
July 16, 2017
I do yes 🙂
Diana
July 12, 2017
Just a question… Do you use Keen’s curry powder? Thank you.
Christina
July 12, 2017
OK iv seen everyone comment about and share this recipe saying its amazing I followed the recipe and found it has way to much tomato paste all I can taste is tomato dosent taste pike butter chicken unless its just me but for next time I know not so much tomato paste other wise great recipe 🙂
Peta
June 28, 2017
Both my Husband and i loved this meal. Im not a huge spicy person so added the cream and it was perfect!
Dads kitchen
June 14, 2017
Not quite restaurant quality although had lots of flavour and mild heat …….the fussy eater who says everything is too spicy enjoyed the dish. I cooked this following the recipe and found it a bit to runny when finished.
On the ease to create scale I rate this 7/10
Kerry
June 10, 2017
Really nice but needed the cream at the end. We didn’t not find it spicy at all. I added the chilli as per the recipe and my 7 month old, 2 year old and 3 year old all loved it. It was a little mild for me.
Colleen Arnott
June 3, 2017
I forgot to add my star rating to my review
Colleen Arnott
June 3, 2017
I made this today. I used chicken thighs and also added the cream like Pauline an hour before serving. It was absolutely delicious…(although I’d have to say it doesn’t taste much like the butter chicken we get from our local Indian restaurant)
Claudine
June 1, 2017
This recipe is awesome although I reduced the chilli to 1/8 tsp and it still had some heat in it (too much for the kids). I also added about 100mls of cream about 45 minutes before serving. Hubby couldn’t believe it had come out of the slow cooker, super yum!!!!
Kylie Jeynes
June 1, 2017
My kids made this for dinner while I was at work, so not sure if they added & measured everything correctly lol, but we all found it delish! Will definately add the cream in next time 🙂
Lisa Downard
May 31, 2017
My hubby, son and I loved this butter chicken recipe. I didn’t add the coriander because I don’t like it. Will definitely be making again and again. Thankyou for sharing😀👍
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
May 31, 2017
I browned in my searing slow cooker 😉
Karissa
May 31, 2017
Did anyone actually pre brown things in a pan? Cause I find it so much easier to skip this and throw it all in the sc 🙂
Gemma
May 29, 2017
So disappointed, followed the recipe perfectly and this tasted absolutely nothing like butter chicken and was fairly bland. I’d seen everyone talk about it so much and I was so excited to try it but, it was a complete let down.
Does anyone know if any of the other butter chicken recipes are better?
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
May 29, 2017
I used paste as per recipe 🙂
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
May 27, 2017
That’s no good!
We followed it and LOVED it :))
Maybe your cooker is one that cooks hot if it’s overdone?
I found the time perfect?
Kelly Clark
May 24, 2017
Do you gave to use so much tomato paste or can you use tinned tomatoes and some paste?
Tiffany
May 23, 2017
Just had this for dinner, put it on for 5 hours followed the instructions and it tastes absolutely horrible 😢😢 I have no idea what went wrong but I’m so disappointed!!
Amanda
May 21, 2017
Love this!
So first time ever cooking with a slow cooker. I picked this recipe and it did not disappoint everyone in my family agrees this is better then store brought jars.
• I left out the coriander
• and left out the chilli (for my toddler)
• added about 150-200ml cream half an hour before serving.
Turned out great:)
Kristen
May 21, 2017
I made this today and it turned out great.
I added some cream 1 hour before serving, and also added a few tablespoons of cashew butter and brown sugar to sweeten it up a bit as I found it a bit bland when I tasted it. But after adding these few things it was very tasty!
I served it with some saffron rice also which made the whole dish super yummy.
mandy
May 21, 2017
So easy, so yummy 😋
Made exactly to recipe, enjoyed by all
Donna Mott
May 21, 2017
If you double the chicken, do you double everything else [email protected] cooker central?
Wendy
May 21, 2017
This is so yummy. I used a small can of coconut cream and a small UHT of lite evaporated milk and then some coconut essence just to lower the fat a little – and I will add less curry powder as we use keens and my guys found it too spicy!! But it was the best tasting recipe ever and I’ve been searching for a great butter chicken recipe forever!!
Darren Comley
May 20, 2017
This was lovely. I will do it again and add extra chilli as i love chilli. My fussy son liked it too
Darren Comley
May 20, 2017
Just put the lid on the sc..mreLly lookng forward to trying this tonght
Carmel Brundrett
May 20, 2017
Can’t wait to try this recipe
Kim
May 17, 2017
Too spicy. Also it waa nice but just felt like it was missing something. I’d say it’s definitely missing butter.
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
May 17, 2017
LOVE LOVE LOVED this recipe!!
I adore butter chicken but I’ve always paid nearly $15 a dish for take away.
I was able to make this entire recipe for less than that and it tasted just like the real thing!
I added 300ml of cooking cream in the last hour just because I like it creamy and to drop the heat level a little bit
And I skipped the cilantro as I don’t like it
But I KNOW this recipe is going to be a weekly staple in my house now 🙂
Thanks for sharing xx
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
May 17, 2017
In the last hour it’s added 🙂
I’ve fixed that info now for you too x
Sarah
May 17, 2017
Is cilantro for garnish or does it go into slow cooker?
Katie
May 17, 2017
I made this for the family with a 4 year old and 2.5 year.old. they don’t mind Spicey food and regularly eat butter chicken. I.made this with the half recommended amount of chilli (so 1/4 tsp). It still packed quite a punch! Perhaps try this with 1/8 tsp if making for younger members then increase chilli next time til youbat happy with volume.
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Mel
March 26, 2021
Before I’d even sat down at the table I heard my fussy husband say “this curry is awesome!” I blended the onion and garlic in my NutriBullet before cooking in the pan with the tomato paste and spices. I also added turmeric and cumin powder. I didn’t add the coconut milk or cream until the very end as I don’t like to add flour to my curry sauces. After taking some curry out to purée for my 8mo (who loved it!) I added some chicken stock powder and brown sugar. I served with steamed rice , broccoli , extra chilli for me, some natural yoghurt and homemade flat bread. Will definitely make again!