Delicious Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken

This extra-quick, easy dump-and-go recipe for delicious Slow Cooker Butter Chicken delivers authentic flavor with zero hassle. Serve with a heap of steaming rice and broiled veggies for an effortless meal your whole family will devour.

This is an extra quick and tasty dump-and-go recipe for delicious Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken. Made with shelf-stable pantry ingredients, this scrumptious sauce can be stirred together in minutes and set to simmer in your Crockpot while you go about the rest of your day. I like to keep the supplies for this recipe together in one bag; when I am pressed for time, or just out of meal ideas, I can grab the bag of ingredients and have dinner taken care of in a flash.

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Thanks to the store-bought jar of Butter Chicken sauce (here’s my favorite brand¹), this sauce has the authentic Butter Chicken flavor you crave, while the addition of extra tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and coconut milk stretches it into a budget-friendly family weeknight meal. It’s also one of my go-to potluck meals; I often take this delicious sauce and a pot of steaming rice to potlucks, and it’s always popular.

I like to use canned chicken so I can have all the ingredients in my pantry ready to go, but you can also use chopped or shredded, fully cooked chicken breasts, or even leftover rotisserie or baked chicken.

Cauliflower makes a fantastic addition to the sauce; I often add cooked cauliflower just before serving, especially if I need to feed a crowd and want to stretch the sauce a little further without adding more chicken.

Butter chicken is typically served over hot cooked rice, but we also enjoy it over a bed of egg noodles. Use what you have on hand and be creative! Serve with a side of broiled or steamed veggies for a complete, nutritious dinner. In the pictures for this recipe, I broiled zucchini rounds as a side vegetable, but steamed broccoli is also fabulous.

A note on the spice level: since this recipe adds extra tomatoes and sauce to the jarred Butter Chicken sauce, the spice level is mild. This is perfect for my family, and for sharing with others who might not tolerate much spicy heat in their food, but if you prefer your sauce to have a little more heat, simply stir in a bit of red curry paste to your taste.

Here are the simple, shelf-stable ingredients you’ll need to whip up a crockpot full of Dump-and-Go Butter Chicken:

• 1 15 oz. jar Butter Chicken Sauce (I prefer Patak’s Butter Chicken Simmer Sauce)
• 1 24 oz. jar tomato sauce
• 1 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes
• 1 13.5 oz. can coconut milk
• 2 12.5 oz. cans chicken breast, drained²

And here are the easy-peasy directions for this slow-cooker Butter Chicken Sauce recipe:

• Spray a 6 to 8-quart slow cooker crock with cooking spray.
• Next, dump each jar and can into the crockpot. Stir well.
• Set the heat to high and cook for 3 hours, or cook on low for 6 hours. Serve over hot cooked rice or noodles.

That’s it. Really. Now, let’s get cooking!

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Dump-and-Go Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken Sauce

Cara

This extra-quick, busy-night recipe for delicious Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken delivers authentic flavor with zero hassle. Serve with heaps of steaming rice and broiled veggies for an effortless meal your whole family will devour.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 3 hours hrs

Total Time 3 hours hrs 5 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Indian

Servings 6 people

Calories 360 kcal

Equipment

• 6 to 8-quart slow-cooker

Ingredients

  

• 1 15 oz. jar Butter Chicken Simmer Sauce I prefer Patak’s Butter Chicken Simmer Sauce
• 1 24 oz. jar tomato sauce
• 1 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes
• 1 13.5 oz. can coconut milk
• 2 12.5 oz. cans chicken breast drained

Instructions

 

• Spray the slow-cooker crock with cooking spray.
• Next, dump each jar and can into the crockpot. Stir well.
• Set the heat to high and cook for 3 hours, or cook on low for 6 hours.
• Serve over hot cooked rice or noodles. Add a side of steamed or broiled veggies, such as broccoli or zucchini for a complete meal.
• Enjoy!

Notes

You can replace the canned chicken with cooked, shredded chicken breasts or thighs if desired. If you use canned chicken, save the broth and add it to the liquid that you cook the rice in for extra flavor.

Keyword Butter Chicken, Crockpot dinners, Dump-and-go recipes, Easy Meat Dishes, Pantry meals, Shelf-stable ingredients, Slow-cooker meals

1. Patak’s Butter Chicken Sauce is available on Amazon, but you’ll find it much cheaper at Walmart or your local grocery stores. ↩︎
2. You can replace the canned chicken with cooked, chopped or shredded chicken breasts or thighs if desired. If you use canned chicken, save the broth and add it to the liquid that you cook the rice in for extra flavor. ↩︎