The Spice Diary

There are shredded chicken dinners, and then there’s this slow cooker chicken tinga — smoky, saucy, deeply savory shredded chicken slow-braised in a blended chipotle-tomato sauce until it practically falls apart. Tinga is a classic Mexican dish from Puebla, and the secret to getting it right is deceptively simple: the authentic sauce is made from …

If you’ve ever craved a proper instant pot chicken curry on a busy weeknight — real, deeply spiced flavour, not a jarred shortcut — this recipe is your answer. Tender chicken thighs simmer in a silky onion-tomato gravy with ginger, garlic, garam masala, and a swirl of coconut milk, and the whole thing goes from …

There is a reason slow cooker chicken thighs are a weeknight legend: chicken thighs stay juicy through hours of gentle cooking in a way chicken breast simply cannot. This recipe turns 6–8 chicken thighs into fall-off-the-bone, melt-in-your-mouth chicken coated in a sticky honey garlic glaze — the viral-style sauce made from honey, garlic, soy sauce, …

This instant pot chicken vindaloo brings the fiery, vinegar-laced flavours of Goa straight to your pressure cooker. Vindaloo traces its roots to the Portuguese dish carne de vinha d’alhos — meat marinated in wine and garlic — which Goan cooks transformed over centuries into something entirely their own: a deep-red, tangy-spicy curry built on dried …

If you’ve ever lifted the lid of your slow cooker to find tough, stringy chicken breasts, this slow cooker chicken breast recipe is for you. Dry breast meat is the #1 complaint about cooking chicken in a crockpot — but it’s not the slow cooker’s fault. It’s a timing problem. Lean breast meat has almost …

This slow cooker chicken curry is the answer to the busiest weeknight question: can I just throw everything in the crockpot and come home to dinner? Yes — you absolutely can. Tender chicken thighs, creamy coconut milk, tomato paste, and warm Indian spices slow-cook into a rich, fragrant curry while you’re at work, at school …

Imagine carving into a whole bird with flame-red, char-kissed skin and finding the meat underneath impossibly juicy — that is this instant pot whole tandoori chicken. A whole chicken spends the night in a tangy yogurt marinade loaded with tandoori masala, garlic, ginger and Kashmiri chili, then pressure cooks in the Instant Pot until fall-off-the-bone …

This instant pot tandoori chicken gives you everything you love about the restaurant classic — smoky, charred edges, deep red color, and chicken so juicy it practically falls off the bone — without a tandoor and without babysitting a grill. A bright yogurt and spice marinade does the heavy lifting, the pressure cooker locks in …

If you love our classic chicken tikka masala but want a weeknight-proof version, this slow cooker chicken tikka masala is your answer. There’s no searing, no pre-frying, and absolutely no jar of sauce — just raw chicken thighs, a from-scratch spiced tomato sauce, and a slow cooker doing all the work. At the end, you …

There’s something almost unfair about a slow cooker whole chicken: you spend about 15 minutes in the morning, walk away for the entire day, and come home to meat that shreds off the bone like a supermarket rotisserie — only juicier. The secret isn’t a fancy gadget or a brined bird. It’s two simple tricks …