Name: Slow Cooker Thai Green Chicken Curry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 large onion; 1 large pepper - any colour; 600-700g boneless chicken joints (breasts and/or thighs); 400ml can coconut milk; 100g Thai green curry paste*; 50ml crème fraîche or double cream (optional)**

Slow Cooker Thai Green Chicken Curry recipe is easy and delicious. This one-step recipe is quick to prepare and cooks while you’re out.

Slow Cooker Thai Green Chicken Curry

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What do you put in an easy Slow Cooker curry?

You can make Slow Cooker curries more or less quick and easy to prepare, but as these recipes are intended for busy cooks, we’ll take some shortcuts:

Curry paste

This is the essential timesaver in a curry. Choose carefully, because there’s a lot of variation in quality. I like Thai Taste curry pastes for Thai curries and Free & Easy varieties for a general curry. These are mostly gluten-free and don’t have unnecessary ingredients added.

Don’t confuse curry paste with curry sauce, which will have lots of other ingredients such as vegetables and more liquid. For this recipe, you need curry paste.

Liquid

You’ll need a can of chopped tomatoes or coconut milk to provide some liquid. Which you use depends on the type of curry you’re making. For a Thai curry you want coconut milk (either in a can, or add some water to creamed coconut – such as Nutural World Coconut Cream)

Meat

Chicken in this Chicken Curry (obviously), but you could use whatever you like. The main point is to cut it up into bite-size (or slightly larger pieces). With chicken, it’s quickest to do this with scissors. Using boneless joints speeds the process.

Vegetables

Onions – Slice thinly, or use defrosted frozen ones. (Freeze your own in batches to cut meal prep time)
Peppers – Add colour. Slice in strips, not too thinly
Other vegetables – Cubes of butternut squash or sweet potato are good. Green beans are nice too. Mushrooms or aubergines are lovely in curry but need frying first or they are a bit non-descript.

Extras (added at the end)

Cream or crème fraîche gives the curry a creamier texture
Fresh, chopped coriander adds colour and flavour
A tablespoon (15ml) of lemon or lime juice adds a piquant flavour

How long does a Slow Cooker curry need?

This curry is cooked for 4 hours on HIGH, so that you can start it off before you go out for the morning or afternoon and have dinner ready when you get home. You could cook it for 6-8 hours on LOW.

Using these principles you can create an endless stream of curries in your slow cooker by varying the curry paste and the meat and veg. One recipe, countless dinners!

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