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Despite having bought a far too small slow cooker (seriously, why make enough for one meal, when for the same effort you could have enough for several freezer meals?), I've recently been using my slow cooker a lot more. I love being able to put in a bit of effort in the morning, then coming home to smell a delicious dinner ready and waiting. I've found with this one it’s best to wait until right at the end of cooking to add in the coconut cream, but even so, it’s still next to no effort to have a nutritious dinner cook itself for you!

Serves 4 (but if your slow cooker is big enough make as much as you can and save the extras for later!)

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Coconut Veggie Stew

 

Author: Suz Crawt

Recipe type: Dinner

Prep time:  15 mins

Cook time:  6 hours

Total time:  6 hours 15 mins

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Ingredients

• 3 organic free range chicken breasts, cut into strips
• 2 parsnips, diced
• 500g (1 lb) celeriac, peeled and diced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 30ml (2 tablespoons) olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 onion, diced
• 30ml (2 tablespoons) minced fresh ginger
• 15ml (1 tablespoon) curry paste*
• 5ml (1 teaspoon) ground turmeric
• 5ml (1 teaspoon) ground chilli
• Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper
• 300ml (1/2 pint) chicken stock
• 200ml (7 floz) coconut cream
• Chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a pan and cook the chicken until brown and cooked through.
2. Put the parsnips, celeriac and carrots in the slow cooker
3. Meanwhile, add the onion, garlic and ginger to the pan, and cook for a further five minutes, stirring until they soften.
4. Into the pan, stir in the paste, turmeric, chilli and seasoning.
5. Add the stock to the pan, and bring it to the boil, stiring occasionally.
6. Transfer the contents of the pan into the slow cooker, and with the lid on, cook on a low heat for 6-8 hours.
7. In the last hour add in the coconut cream to add the creaminess to the dish
8. Just before serving, add the coriander garnish.
9. *This is so easy to make instead of buying – I’ll type up my recipe and link to it – watch this space!

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