Coronation Chicken Pilaf Recipes

CORONATION CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook chicken in lightly salted boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain, cool, and cut into 1/2-inch strips.
• In a large bowl, stir together chicken strips, raisins, and half of the mango.
• In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise, curry powder, chutney, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper, then toss gently with chicken mixture. Stir in half the nuts. Transfer to a platter, and garnish with remaining mango strips and cashews.

CORONATION CHICKEN PILAF

Steps:

• Heat the oil or ghee in a frying pan over a medium heat, add the onions and cook until starting to soften, around 5 mins. Add the chicken thighs and fry until golden and nearly cooked through, around 8-10 mins.
• Tip in the korma paste and stir to coat, then tip in the rice pouch, along with a splash of water. Stir again to coat everything in korma paste. Turn up the heat and add the yogurt, mint, mango chutney and some seasoning, then allow to sit for 2-3 mins - you want the base to catch a bit so it gets crispy. Take off the heat and top with pomegranate seeds, flaked almonds and a few mint leaves to serve.

CORONATION CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook chicken in lightly salted boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain, cool, and cut into 1/2-inch strips.
• In a large bowl, stir together chicken strips, raisins, and 1/2 of the mango.
• In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise, curry powder, chutney, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper, then toss gently with chicken mixture. Stir in 1/2 of the cashews. Transfer to a platter, and garnish with remaining mango strips and cashews.

THE CLASSIC 1953 CORONATION CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Remove the skin and any bones from the chicken and cut into small pieces.
• Heat up the vegetable oil in a medium saucepan and add the onion. Cook on a medium heat for about 3 minutes until the Onion is soft and translucent.
• Add the curry paste, tomato puree, red wine, bay leaf and the lemon juice to the cooked onions.
• Lower the heat and simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes until reduced. Remove the bay leaf and leave to onion sauce to cool.
• Finely chop the apricot halves and puree them through a sieve or with a hand held blender.
• Place the pureed apricots into a bowl and mix in the mayonnaise.
• Add the onion sauce and apricot jam and mix well.
• Whip the cream to stiff peaks and fold this also into the mixture. Mix well.
• Season with salt & pepper and if necessary add a little extra Lemon Juice.
• Finally, fold in the chicken pieces coating them with the mixture well.
• Garnish with watercress and serve.
• Serves 4 to 6 as a salad with additional salad ingredients, or makes 8 rounds of sandwiches. Also wonderful as a vol au vents or pie filling.

EASY CORONATION CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix the mayo, curry powder, cinnamon, chutney and sultanas together and season with black pepper.
• Add the shredded chicken and stir to coat in the sauce. Stir in 2 tbsp water to loosen if needed, then season and serve as desired.

EASY PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Prepare a 1 quart baking dish with butter.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the onion in the butter until translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the rice; cook until the rice is slightly golden. Pour in the chicken broth. Season with the salt. Simmer another 5 minutes. Transfer to the prepared dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the broth is completely absorbed, 35 to 40 minutes. Fluff with a fork to serve.

CORONATION CHICKEN TO DIE FOR.

Steps:

• Heat oil in saucepan, add the chopped onion, cover and saute gently for 5 minutes until the onion is soft but not brown.
• Stir in the curry powder and cook for another two minutes, this will help bring out the flavour.
• Add the stock, tomato puree, lemon juice and chutney.
• Stir until bubbling, then cook for 5 minutes and the mixture reduces and thickens.
• Allow to cool for half an hour or so, then stir in the mayonnaise and cream.
• Add chicken (which should be chopped into reasonable sized chunks) and mix throughly.
• Serve over cold rice.
• Excellent buffet dish.
• Enjoy.

CORONATION CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook chicken in lightly salted boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain, cool, and cut into 1/2-inch strips.
• In a large bowl, stir together chicken strips, raisins, and 1/2 of the mango.
• In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise, curry powder, chutney, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper, then toss gently with chicken mixture. Stir in 1/2 of the cashews. Transfer to a platter, and garnish with remaining mango strips and cashews.

CORONATION CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Rub chicken on all sides with olive oil, season generously with salt and pepper and arrange on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until skin is golden and meat is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Let chicken cool slightly, then remove skin and bones and chop meat into bite-size pieces. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the red wine, mango chutney, tomato purée, curry powder, lemon juice and bay leaf and bring to a simmer. Continue simmering, stirring occasionally and adjusting heat as necessary, until sauce is quite thick, 8 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper; remove and discard bay leaf.
• Transfer sauce to a large bowl and let cool to room temperature, then add the mayonnaise and stir to combine. Add the cooled chicken and the apricots and stir to coat them in the sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. For sandwiches, spread the chicken salad on thick slices of English white bread or seven-grain bread. Cut off crusts if making finger sandwiches for tea.

CORONATION CHICKEN

Steps:

• Trim away excess fat and skin, then wash and pat chicken dry with absorbent kitchen paper.
• Place the chicken in a large pan with half the chopped onion, 1 bay leaf and the coriander sprigs.
• Pour in enough water to cover the chicken and bring to the boil.
• Cover and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until cooked.
• Leave to cool in the liquid for about 30 minutes.
• Drain the chicken then strip away and discard the skin.
• Slice all the meat from the carcass, cut into bite sized pieces and set aside.
• Heat the oil and sauté remaining bay leaf, onion, coriander seeds, cumin and curry powder for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato puree, lemon juice and red wine, then simmer gently for 10 minutes.
• Press the mixture through a sieve (metal is best) and leave to cool.
• Mix together the mayonnaise, apricot chutney and the cooled curry mixture.
• Whip the cream until it just forms soft peaks.
• Fold into the mixture together with the chicken pieces.
• Mix well and season to taste.
• Arrange the salad leaves on a serving plate and spoon the chicken mixture.