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This is my absolute favourite slow cooker chicken curry. It’s better than takeaway and really easy and delicious. It’s a tomato-based sauce which uses tikka paste as a seasoning, packed full of veggies to emulate the ‘base sauce’ which many takeaways use. Then, at the end of cooking you simply blitz up the mixed veg sauce to make a smooth, take-away style – the veggies will help the sauce be naturally thicker without the need to add anything else.

I usually serve this slow cooker curry with basmati rice and some naan bread – and can’t get enough of the leftovers the next day, either.

Use boneless, skinless chicken thighs for really tender, melt-in-the-mouth meat. The Tikka paste I usually use is from M&S and photographed in the step-by-step photos. I have used Morrisons and Patak’s in this recipe too and really enjoyed it.

How to make takeaway-style chicken curry in the slow cooker

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1. Begin by prepping all your ingredients – trim the thighs of any excess fat and roughly chop the onions, peppers and carrots – peel the garlic. You don’t need to be neat with your chopping as the veggies will all be blended at the end. I tend to use frozen diced chillies – but if you’re using fresh, cut this now, too.

2. Then, heat oil in your slow cooker pan (if it’s hob safe), or another pan if it’s not

3. add in the chicken thighs, onion, garlic and dried seasoning

4. Stir and cook for 3-5 minutes, until the chicken is starting to brown on each side, then add in the rest of the sauce ingredients

5. Then – if you’re using your slow cooker pan, transfer this into the slow cooker base. Else, transfer the mixture from your saucepan into the slow cooker. Then, cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5

6. Once cooked, you’ll have a chunky chicken curry – like this:

7. Pick the pieces of chicken out and place aside (in a bowl etc). whilst you blend the chunky vegetable sauce in a blender for a smooth consistency

8. Then, pour the now smooth sauce back into the slow cooker and add back in the chicken pieces with coriander (if using) and stir to combine, serve and enjoy!