Mild Mango Thai Chicken Curry

Submitted by Paulene Christie

Mild Mango Thai Chicken Curry

5 from 2 votes
Serving: 4
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

  • 1 kg skinless chicken thigh fillets
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 1.5 cups of mango nectar
  • 1 x 165ml can of coconut milk
  • 1/2 tsp curry powder (extra if you prefer more heat)
  • 1 x 40g sachet of dry French onion soup mix
  • Optional: 1T cornflour + 1T water

Instructions
 

  • Place chicken and onion in slow cooker
  • Combine all other ingredients and pour over chicken
  • Cover with tea towel trick and cook on low for approx. 4hrs.
  • If yours requires extra thickening at the end, you can stir through a slurry of 1T cornflour mixed with 1T tap water in the final 10mins to thicken the sauce further, however ours did not need this.
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central

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24 Comments

  1. Did this tonight with 2kgs of chicken legs. I also used 3 heaped teaspoons of curry powder and about 400ml of mango nectar and a regular tin (400ml?) of coconut milk. Was worried it would be too much curry powder but definitely wasn’t, not spicy at all. Was pretty yummy.

  2. Did this tonight using chicken breasts. So so yummy will definitely be making again. Everyone loved it & nothing left on plates so it’s a winner.

  3. Greetings
    A question on terminology if I may, what is meant by ‘nectar’ in terms of the recipe?
    Is this what my American friends call fruit juice or is it something different?
    Thank you

    1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central October 26, 2020

      Earl here in Australia it’s in a tetra juice box kind of package usually of around 1L … sometimes you’ll find it in a can also

  4. Currently have this cooking my house smells amazing – I tasted the sauce when mixing it together and added a heaped tablespoon of curry powder to give it a bit of a bite it tasted so good can’t wait to try it

  5. This recipe was absolutely delicious. I used apricot nectar as that’s what was in my pantry and 1 tablespoon of curry powder as I wanted it to have a bit of bite without being overwhelming. The smell whilst cooking was the best. My son came Home from school saying please say the smell I can smell down the road is our dinner. I cooked on low for 4 hours as I find my slow cooker hot i think I could of got away with 3 hours. This is definitely going on rotation as my fussy husband even loved it.

  6. Delicious! I changed up the recipe though. I halved the chicken. Used chicken thighs instead of breasts and shredded them at the end. I used a whole container of mango slices and juice (685g) and used a whole can of coconut cream (400g). And didn’t use the teatowel trick as I prefer lots of sauce, plus more liquid is needed when shredding meat.

    1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central December 27, 2021

      It’s like a juice yes, another option is to buy a tin of mangoes in juice and blitz/process them and use that – I often do that and it’s delish!

  7. If we didnt have mango nectar and used mango chutney, would we use the same quanty of chutney ie 1.5 cups of chutney

    1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central August 11, 2022

      No the chutney would be stronger, I’d go maybe 1 cup Phillipa

  8. This is Hubby’s new fav dish, had it a week or so ago and he requested it again, will serve with Rice ?

  9. 5 stars
    Great recipe, i didnt have mango nectar so i used mango chutney and added potato, carrot and capsicum and used 270g coconut milk because of the vegetables, very enjoyable

  10. Christine Findlay January 18, 2026

    5 stars
    Had this one for tonight’s dinner. First few bites I was thinking its ok but I won’t bother doing again. A couple more bites and I was quite enjoying. I did use far more curry powder than in the recipe but it was still tasty and not too hot. And I have to admit I just used my finger to get up the sauce that was left on my plate!

    1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central January 19, 2026

      That was NOT how I thought that feedback was going to go at the start 🤣🤣 Hooray for a 5 star finish!

5 from 2 votes

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