The slow cooker has been humming along in my kitchen this week and we were rewarded with a lovely curry chicken. The sauce ingredients are pureed in a food processor or blender prior to cooking. This technique creates a silky smooth sauce. This recipe contains simple ingredients but the results are a rich complex sauce with tender moist chunks of chicken breast. I think the key is to not over cook this dish. Since the chicken breast is cut into chunks it is not a simmer all day kind of recipe.
This is a mild, mellow curry but if you prefer a hotter dish feel free to use more curry powder and more dried chili’s. Hubby Tom thought is was just right as is. We had our curry over some fragrant Jasmine rice and topped it off with a hefty amount of fresh cilantro. This is good eats people! 
The original recipe stated that this would yield 4 servings but we are going to get 6 servings easy. The leftovers were even more flavorful the second day. I love that!
Chicken Curry – Slow Cooker
2 pounds chicken breast, cut into large cubes
1 onion, peeled and halved
1 green pepper, seeded and quartered
1 can (13.5 ounces) light coconut milk
1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 tablespoon garam masala
1 1/2 teaspoons salt or to taste
2 dried red chili peppers (optional)
1 1/2 tablespoons corn starch
Chopped cilantro for garnish
Place onion, green pepper, coconut milk, tomato paste, garlic, curry powder, garam masala and salt into the food processor or a high powered blender like a Blendtec or Vitamix. Process until smooth. Place chicken in the slower cooker, cover with the sauce and stir to coat. Cover and cook on low for five hours. I cooked mine on high for 3 hours and that was perfect. One hour before you’re ready to eat, mix the cornstarch with two tablespoons of water until the cornstarch is completely dissolved. Add to the curry and mix well. Put the lid back on the slow cooker and cook for the remaining hour.
Serve with a big bowl of aromatic rice (such as jasmine or basmati) and garnish with lots of fresh, chopped cilantro.
Yield: 6 Servings
Nutritional Information for Curry only (does not include rice)
Per Serving: 265 Calories; 8g Fat (25.8% calories from fat); 36g Protein; 14g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 92mg Cholesterol; 856mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 4 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat. WWPP 7
Adapted from recipe found on Three Many Cooks blog. Original source Salt and Paprika blog.
Nutmeg Notebook
It’s Friday! Are you as happy about that as I am? For some reason this has been a long, long week. We attended a funeral on Monday for the wife of a long time business associate of hubby Tom’s. It was a wonderful tribute to her life. It was also a story about unconditional love. Her husband of over 50 years continued to care for her through her Alzheimer’s disease. Even though it became more difficult to do so, he took her to the theatre, on vacations and ball room dancing. He wanted her to experience as much joy as possible while she could. Isn’t that beautiful?
We also found out that a friend of ours from our church back in Iowa passed away from cancer and he was only 57 years young. It just kind of takes the wind out of your sails and makes you realize how fragile life is.
It’s easy to take life and good health for granted. If you are able to eat healthy and exercise don’t waist time doing otherwise. If you have the gift of good health be sure to feed yourself well and sustain that good health. We don’t have control over a lot of things in life but most of us can control what we eat and how we treat our bodies.
Have you heard about Pinterest?
- Pinterest is a virtual pinboard.
- Pinterest allows you to collect, organize and share photos of all the beautiful things you find and like on the web.
- You can browse pinboards made by other people who share your same interests.
- You can collect photos to help you plan a wedding, decorate your home or get new recipes!
It’s so much fun. If you would like to check out my pinboard you can see it here. I’m just getting started there but it sure is fun to look at the beautiful photos. The main Pinterest board can be seen here. If you would like to join it is by invitation only right now, but I would love to send you an invite. Just leave me a comment letting me know you would like to join.
Eat well!
Tami
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Kiri W. says:
December 2, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC -7)
Looks delicious! I still am hoping to figure out a way to get a slow cooker for 2 people only, in a tiny half kitchen…
I have heard of Pinterest and don’t understand it, haha!
Plans for the weekend: Celebrate my doctorate!!
Racheal says:
December 2, 2011 at 8:53 am (UTC -7)
Hi Tami,
I can’t wait to try this recipe!
That is WONDERFUL advice. Thanks for the boost of inspiration!
Racheal
Ann says:
December 2, 2011 at 9:01 am (UTC -7)
I’ve heard of pinterest. I even joined, but I don’t have time. I haven’t had time to really start using it. Ahhh….the story of my life. Too much to do and too little time.
Karen@WaistingTime says:
December 2, 2011 at 9:26 am (UTC -7)
Another blogger tried to get me into the whole pinterest craze and I’m resisting. Seems I have so many online sites that I’ve already joined… not sure I want one more.
Jan says:
December 2, 2011 at 10:06 am (UTC -7)
My mom made a delicious honey-curry chicken dish. Otherwise, I’m not a big fan of curry. It’s one reason I don’t “do” Indian food often.
I just started on Pinterest yesterday. It is a completely useless and addicting endeavor!
Helen says:
December 2, 2011 at 10:09 am (UTC -7)
This curry looks delicious. The recipe looks quite similar to one I make on the stovetop so I’ll need to give this a try sometime when I don’t want to be bothered by standing near the burners!
Love Pinterest. So many good ideas there. I found when I first joined I was pinning away but now not so much. Some days I don’t look and some days I look and don’t pin.
Pat says:
December 2, 2011 at 2:11 pm (UTC -7)
This chicken curry looks delicious! Definitely one I will try.
I would love to join Pinterest. Don’t really understand about the invitation thing but if you could send me an invite that would be great! I’ve heard a lot of good things about it.
Jenn @ Cooking Aweigh the Pounds says:
December 2, 2011 at 5:55 pm (UTC -7)
I love all curries, but am especially partial to Vietnamese curries.
However it’s has white potatoes and white bread so it’s a very very very once in awhile treat.
Pinterest looks pretty neat, but I’ve been purposely staying away from it. The last thing I need is one more thing to get addicted too. I spend enough time on the computer as it is!
Have a great weekend!
Cammy@TippyToeDiet says:
December 3, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC -7)
I spend an unhealthy amount of time on Pinterest!
Will you look you up over there and see what you’ve been up to. 
Jody - Fit at 54 says:
December 3, 2011 at 6:50 pm (UTC -7)
Recipe looks delish! No slow cook or crock pot here so….
Everyone is talking & blogging about Pininterst. Like Karen, I am afraid to get involved in one more thing that may suck up my time but it does look fun. Thinking about it!
Weekend is nice so far. Hope yours is too!
Ellen says:
December 4, 2011 at 11:42 am (UTC -7)
beautifully said, Tami. And yes, I am experiencing the appreciation of a healthy body (and currently not having one) as I type this. Recovering from a cold has shown me how quickly our health can be compromised. Appreciation is key.
Will definitely try the chicken curry recipe. Looks so inviting right about now. Very comfort food like.
Roz@weightingfor50 says:
December 4, 2011 at 4:23 pm (UTC -7)
HI Tami. I’m so sorry for the losses. Oh my goodness, 57??? Isn’t it a shame it often takes bad news to shake us up and stop us taking life for granted. Have a wonderful week.
Diane Fit to the Finish says:
December 5, 2011 at 5:01 am (UTC -7)
My daughter does Pininterest, but I’ve resisted to date. Goodness – so many things to keep track of already. The food looks delicious – I always like a good slow cooker recipe.
Dr. J says:
December 5, 2011 at 7:43 am (UTC -7)
As a doctor I have had to compartmentalize my feeling in order to be at my best for others, but it’s impossible to not see and feel the fragility of life as we watch the other leaves fall.
Biz says:
December 5, 2011 at 8:31 am (UTC -7)
I am definitely putting this on my menu next week – so simple! I’ll probably add some sriracha to kick it up though!
I never heard of pinterest until I started getting traffic from it – my buffalo chili seems to be popular on peoples pinterest boards!
Linda Palapala says:
December 18, 2011 at 9:29 am (UTC -7)
Hi Tami!
Haven’t visited Nutmeg for awhile and was pleasantly surprised to see a slow-cooker curry recipe I’m excited to try. The one change I will make is to use half chicken breast/half chicken thighs. And Indian friend told me they prefer to use thighs as they are much more flavorful and less dry. And actually, the cholesterol isn’t to be worried about.
On another note, I found out about three months ago I’m allergic to wheat gluten, which had caused many health problems over the last few years. After three months of being gluten-free I feel like a different person – no longer an Eeyore!
Now I have to search thru all your recipes and try a few more – it’s been a lot of fun trying new things without wheat. We use spaghetti squash in place of things like pasta for lasagna. Yum!!
fittingbackin says:
December 22, 2011 at 11:27 am (UTC -7)
So I have everything for this – i’m so about to go downstairs and get this going! Thank you for the great recipe – enjoying catching up on your blog!