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Coronation Chicken

Coronation Chicken

Prep Time 30 min + chilling
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 436 kcal

Cold poached chicken in a creamy, mildly curried sauce with apricots and almonds, created for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Sauté onion in olive oil until soft. Add curry powder, cook 1 min until fragrant. Cool completely.
  2. 2 Mix mayonnaise, yoghurt, mango chutney, lemon juice, and the cooled curry onion.
  3. 3 Fold in shredded chicken and chopped apricots. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. 4 Chill for at least 1 hour to let flavours develop.
  5. 5 Serve on a bed of lettuce or in sandwiches, scattered with toasted almonds and fresh herbs.

Did You Know?

Constance Spry and Rosemary Hume created coronation chicken specifically for the 1953 coronation lunch of Queen Elizabeth II, feeding 350 guests.