Slow Cooker Tiki Chicken and Rice
Serves 4-6
Slow Cooker Ingredients
1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breast cut into 2 inch pieces
1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3 T tomato paste
1 ½ T garam masala
1/4 t salt
1/4 t black pepper
Relish
1 Cucumber, peeled, cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced
¼ Cilantro, chopped
2 T Lemon juice, fresh
½ t Salt
½ t black Pepper
Rice
1 cup basmati (cooked to package directions)
Finish
½ cup heavy cream
In a dry frying pan over medium heat add garam masala to pan and toast for a few minutes until fragrant. Remove from heat. In your slow cooker or crockpot add all the slow cooker ingredients and set your slow cooker. Low for 4 hours and high for 6-8 hours.
In a bowl toss in all relish ingredients and mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chicken is ready.
Thirty minutes before chicken is ready cook rice according to package directions. When the chicken is ready turn off slow cooker and pour in heavy whipping cream and mix well.
Remove relish from the refrigerator and serve beside the slow cooker tiki chicken and rice. Enjoy.
Peace,
CK