Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

Ingredients:

• 3 T vegetable oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, pressed
• 3 T grated ginger
• 2 T garam masala
• 1 6-ounce can tomato paste
• 1/2 t salt
• 3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs 
• 1 T lime zest
• 1 T lime juice
• 1 can coconut milk
• ½ cup chicken broth
• ¼ cup cilantro leaves
• 2 T butter (at finish)

Serve with rice and chapati.

Directions:

1. Saute onions in oil over medium-high heat until softened. Reduce heat to medium, add garlic and ginger, and cook another 2 minutes. Add garam masala, tomato paste and salt; cook and stir 2 minutes.
2. In the slow cooker, combine the chicken pieces, tomato paste mixture, lime zest and juice, coconut milk and chicken stock. Stir everything together, cover and cook on low heat setting for about 5 hours.
3. Remove and chop chicken pieces, blend sauce in pot with immersion blender. 
4. Add butter, cilantro, and chopped chicken back to sauce. Serve.