Slow Cooker Chicken Saag Curry

My slow cooker chicken saag curry is an easy to make, fairly mild curry with spinach that goes down well with my whole family and is an easy way to pack in the vegetables!

Full of goodness, it fills the house with delicious aromas as it cooks.

We love spinach and I was looking for a curry without coconut milk so it would be quite light and low in calories. Slow cooker chicken saag curry seemed to tick all the boxes.

Spinach (saag) is a great ingredient to include in a curry. This is a delicious, fairly mild curry (as I made it) which is suitable for all the family.

Making it in the slow cooker lets the flavours develop and mix together during the long cooking time, which is ideal for a curry.

I adapted this recipe from one I found on the Mamta’s Kitchen site here.

I also regularly make this recipe with diced chicken thigh instead of chicken breasts, and usually make it without browning the onions off first, and it works just as well if you throw the ingredients straight into the pot. This makes it perfect for when you are short on time!

This recipe is great too if you are eating healthily as it is not full of cream, oil or any of those nasties. Simple to make and low in fat and great for Weight Watchers and eating clean!

I just love the colour when it is served, a plate full of colour is always the best. The spinach disintegrates and the tomato-based sauce has a lovely rich colour.

If you try my recipe for slow cooker chicken saag curry let me know what you thought by leaving a comment.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Saag Curry

A mild and tasty slow cooker curry your family will love

4.5 from 16 votes

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Slow Cooker

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 7 hours

Total Time: 7 hours 5 minutes

Servings: 4

Calories: 175kcal

Author: Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp of lazy ginger or 1 cm piece of real ginger grated
• 0.5-1 tsp hot chilli powder
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp turmeric
• Grinding of salt or more to your taste
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 500 g passata
• 4 chopped chicken breasts or a pack of diced chicken thigh
• 200 g spinach chopped if you like (I leave mine whole)

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Brown onion, garlic and ginger in the oil.
• When browned, add the spices except the garam masala and stir fry for a couple of minutes.
• Add the passata.
• Bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer. Add the garam masala.
• Add the spinach and let it wilt. Stir to mix it in once wilted.
• Pour the mixture into your slow cooker.
• Add the chopped chicken and combine with the sauce.
• Cook on low for 6-7 hours.
• Half an hour before the end, taste and add more garam masala if needed.
• If you like, pull the chicken apart and stir into the sauce. This helps make the chicken go a bit further I find.
• Serve with rice, poppadoms or naan bread and raita.

Notes

Alternative method for when you are short on time:

1. Add the onion, garlic, ginger and all the spices into the slow cooker pot.
2. Add the passata and mix to combine.
3. Add the chicken and mix it into the sauce.
4. Place the spinach on top.
5. Then follow from point 8 above.

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