United Kingdom Coronation Chicken Salad
In 1953, a chef named Rosemary Hume adapted a timeworn recipe for jubilee chicken (a curried chicken salad dish originally served at the silver jubilee celebration for King George V) for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Sweet, savory, tangy chicken salad with wine and apricots, coronation chicken salad makes a lovely lunch or brunch with crusty bread or toast points and watercress.
Recipe Servings: 4–6
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Total Time
45 minutes
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Kosher
Halal
Ingredients
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (24 oz/680 g)
- 1 tsp (5 ml) salt
- 1 tsp (5 ml) ground black pepper
- 4 lemon slices
- 1 bay leaf
- Water, as needed
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) curry powder, or to taste
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) tomato purée
- 4 oz (118 ml) red wine
- 4 canned apricot halves, drained
- 1¼ cup (300 ml) mayonnaise
- 4 oz (118 ml) whipping cream
- Salt, to taste
- Ground black pepper, to taste
Directions
- In a large lidded saucepan, cover chicken with cold water.
- Add 1 teaspoon (5 ml) each of salt and pepper, and top with lemon slices and 1 bay leaf.
- Bring pot to a boil, then reduce heat, cover pan, and simmer gently until chicken is just cooked through (about 15 minutes).
- Remove chicken and let cool.
- Chop or tear chicken into small pieces.
- Heat oil in a small saucepan and sauté onion until softened.
- Add curry powder, tomato purée, wine, the second bay leaf, and lemon juice.
- Simmer sauce for about 10 minutes, or until it reduces.
- Strain sauce through a mesh sieve. With the back of a wooden spoon, mash apricot halves through sieve into a bowl, or purée in a food processor.
- Mix apricots with mayonnaise, then stir in curry sauce a bit at a time until it is incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks are formed.
- Fold cream into sauce.
- Season mixture with salt and pepper to taste, adding more lemon juice or curry powder if a stronger flavor is desired.
- Fold in chicken.
- Serve atop lettuce, on toast points, or in sandwiches.
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