Slow Cooker Coconut Fish Curry

Look at these vibrant colours, you’d probably not imagine you could make this in a slow cooker!
Read on and get my slow cooker coconut fish curry recipe, it is easy to make and doesn’t take long (in slow cooking terms), and you’ll end up with a tasty dish full of fresh flavours, a creamy coconut milk sauce and tender flakes of fish.
Before I created this recipe, my own spin on a fish curry with coconut milk, I’d never cooked fish in my slow cooker before. Visions of a house reeking all day and fish disintegrated into tiny pieces really did put me off.
But I realised that even though it is a slow cooker it doesn’t need to be on ALL day for fish, and a few hours on low would be sufficient to ensure the fish is cooked through (look for it flaking easily and turning from translucent to opaque) and the vegetables are gently cooked without losing their colour and nutrients.
I was quite surprised to find that the slow cooker could produce a dish full of colour and flavour without the delicate fish falling to pieces.
As it doesn’t take long to cook, this is the kind of slow cooked dish I could put in the pot when I get home from work, and once the kids are bathed and in bed it would be ready for me to serve.
So no need to get prepared first thing in the morning for this one.
In summer I like a big bowl of my slow cooker coconut fish curry with plenty of vegetables and no other accompaniment, whereas in winter it will be served with steamed rice, using a spoon to finish every last bit of the coconut milk sauce.
For more healthy slow cooker recipes and slow cooker recipes for the whole family, make sure you check out my slow cooker archives.
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More Fish Recipes to Try
For more fish stews or fish curry recipes, check these out:
- Brazilian fish stew from Recipes from a Pantry
- Feel-good fish curry from Family Friends Food
- Hot prawn madras curry from The Hedge Combers
- Prawn, mushroom and spinach curry from Fab Food 4 All
- Thai yellow curry with fish from Nicky’s Kitchen Sanctuary
On Pinterest, pin my slow cooker coconut fish curry recipe for later!

Slow Cooker Coconut Fish Curry
Ingredients
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 3 cm piece of fresh ginger peeled and finely chopped
- 1 red chilli deseeded and finely chopped
- 1.5 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 stick lemongrass bashed with a wooden spoon to release the flavour
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 300 g skinless and boneless cod loin cut into 2 cm cubes
- 100 g mange tout sliced
- 150 g broccoli florets
- To serve: fresh coriander and red chilli sliced
Instructions
- Place the garlic, ginger, red chilli, turmeric, lemongrass and coconut milk in the slow cooker.
- Add the cubes of cod, mange tout and broccoli.
- Cook on low for 2-3 hours or until the cod is cooked through (check that it flakes easily and has turned from translucent to opaque).
- Top with chopped fresh coriander and slices of red chilli.
All my favourite flavours in one little bowl #heaven 🙂
Janie x
Thanks Janey, it was so colourful!
This looks so delicious and reminds me that I’ve never cooked fish in my slow cooker! Thanks for linking to my prawn curry:-)
It doesn’t immediately spring to mind does it, but works will with a shorter slow cooking than usual 🙂
Wowzer – this is so vibrant and sounds so fragrant.
Thanks Katherine, it was really fragrant!
Ooh yeah, that’s my kind of meal Lucy. Thanks for including my curry 🙂
Glad you like it Nicky!
Looking forward to cooking this tomorrow . . . 🙂
great, Paul! Let me know how it goes
I don’t actually have a slow cooker so just did it very slowly on the hob. As a fully trained chef I made a few adjustments to make it even better . . . in my opinion lol . . . 😉
This looks gorgeous and still so fresh looking which I wouldn’t have expected in the slow cooker but of course it’s the shorter cooking time. I’ve also avoided cooking fish in my slow cooker because I thought it might get overcooked but now I know it turns out really well and can be cooked much more quickly than most slow cooker curries I will feel more confident about having a go! I feel I should thank you for testing it out for me!
Thank you Corina! I am glad to be of help 🙂 sometimes a cooking experiment just has to be done!
This sounds so, so good, Lucy. Pinned on my must make board! So my kind of food. I know my hubby would like this too! Eb x
Thanks Eb, definitely my kind of food and not my husbands here (chicken and meat for him!) but that means more for me!
wow! what a gorgeous array of colours in one dish! i bet it smelt amazing too x (and tasted great x)
Thanks Jenny! It did taste great, I loved it
Looks fabulous, but then, I do love a fish curry! Yum 🙂
Oh yes please! I love coconut in curries and yours looks and sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Thanks Kirsty!
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Going to try this tomorrow but not sure how long to cook for?
Hi Carole the instructions I’ve given say to cook for 2-3 hours on low or until the cod is cooked through and flakes easily.