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Coronation Chicken Salad for a Royal Wedding

By Inger May 17, 2018 Appetizers, Poultry, Salads, Sandwich 12 Comments
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With a sweet-savory blend of chicken, chutney, curry and dried fruit, coronation chicken salad is perfect for royal wedding watchers–or for a summer picnic or brunch.  Top bread or lettuce, then serve as an entrée or appetizer.  

With a sweet-savory blend of chicken, chutney, curry and dried fruit, coronation chicken salad is perfect for royal wedding watchers--or for a summer picnic or brunch.  Top bread or lettuce, then serve as an entrée or appetizer.

Coronation Chicken Salad

Are you a romantic like I am?  If so you are probably checking out wedding dresses and royal page boys in the days leading up to Prince Harry and Meghan’s Saturday wedding.  

Back a few years ago, when older brother Prince William married, I was equally excited.  I got up early to catch events on the “telly” and made scones to celebrate!  What should I serve this time?  

With a sweet-savory blend of chicken, chutney, curry and dried fruit, coronation chicken salad is perfect for royal wedding watchers--or a summer picnic or brunch.  Top bread or lettuce, then serve as an entrée or appetizer.

Slider sized brunch sandwiches

All thoughts turned to British foods like Bangers and Mash and Cucumber Tea Sandwiches.  Then, book club came through again.  One of our members offered up “Coronation Chicken Salad” for a monthly meeting and everyone loved it.  That would be perfect!

The recipe for Coronation Chicken Salad dates back to 1953, the year Queen Elizabeth II was crowned.  With a healthy dose of curry and other Indian influences, it delivers a taste profile that is delicious and complex—no boring chicken salad for this event!  

With a sweet-savory blend of chicken, chutney, curry and dried fruit, coronation chicken salad is perfect for royal wedding watchers--or a summer picnic or brunch.  Top bread or lettuce, then serve as an entrée or appetizer.

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I served my test batch for lunch last weekend on slider-sized rolls, but this would also be great over lettuce as a dinner salad.  And it would make a fine appetizer on crackers or cocktail rye.  

Enjoy!

Coronation Chicken Salad

With a sweet-savory blend of chicken, chutney, curry and dried fruit, coronation chicken salad is perfect for royal wedding watchers--or for a summer picnic or brunch.  Top bread or lettuce, then serve as an entrée or appetizer.
Author: Inger
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Main Dish
Cuisine British
Servings 6
Calories 475 kcal

Ingredients
  

Dressing

  • 1 tablespoon butter or oil
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • ¼ cup red wine
  • 3 tablespoons mango chutney
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 ½ tablespoons curry powder
  • Juice from ½ lemon
  • 1 bay leaf

Chicken Salad

  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • Salt pepper to taste
  • 2 pounds cooked chicken breast
  • 1 ½ ounces dried fruit chopped apricots in the original but I used ¼ cup currants
  • Rolls or lettuce for serving.

Instructions
 

  • Heat butter or oil in a small saucepan. Add chopped onion and cook until translucent. Add remaining dressing ingredients and simmer until sauce is thickened, about 8-10 minutes. Discard bay leaf and place dressing in refrigerator to cool.
  • When dressing is cool, stir in the mayonnaise. Add salt and pepper to taste. Chop the chicken into bite sized pieces, then add to the dressing along with the dried fruit. Stir to combine.
  • Serve on soft buns, bread or croissants -- or over lettuce. Will also work dolloped on cocktail-sized bread as tea sandwiches or appetizers.

Notes

I cooled my dressing in the freezer, stirring occasionally, to hasten the process.

Nutrition

Calories: 475kcal
I am not a health professional and nutrition data is calculated programatically. Accuracy may vary with product selection, calculator accuracy, etc. Consult a professional for the best information.
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12 thoughts on “Coronation Chicken Salad for a Royal Wedding”

  1. grace

    i wish i was a romantic, but i’m sadly not! i still enjoyed the hubbub around the wedding, and i would enjoy this chicken salad very much. 🙂

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    1. Inger Post author

      You know I’m not usually a romantic, but there’s something about a royal wedding… In any case a good excuse to cook something special 🙂

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  2. Ulrike

    Hi there over the pond!

    Found your blog while looking for typical Wisconsin recipes. In 2019 my son will go to university in Milwaukee.

    I am a German, local eating food blogger. Unfortunately I missed the wedding

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    1. Inger Post author

      How exciting for your son! Two of my daughters spent a year/semester abroad and my pre-college niece is spending the year in Belgium now. There is a big German heritage in Milwaukee which many Germans settled here enjoy. If I were to think of a typical Wisconsin recipe (other than bratwurst), I might think of fried cheese curds, which someday I will write about! I will have to check out your blog and good luck to your son!

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      1. Ulrike

        Bratwurst is typical for Wisconsin? Seriously? Good to hear that there is something beyond bratwurst that sounds quite interesting: fried cheese curds. I never saw fresh cheese curds here to buy.

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        1. Inger Post author

          The bratwurst is from the German heritage here. But the cheese curds are pretty unique. For fresh eating they are best if they have never been refrigerated, so we get them right at the cheese factory. Fried, it doesn’t matter!

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  3. David

    Note that there is no garlic in this! That’s because -like me – Queen Elizabeth doesn’t eat garlic! 🙂

    I have thought several time of making this and I just added it to my Paprika app so that I made it soon. Too late for tomorrow, but maybe I will make some scones, as you did for William!

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    1. Inger Post author

      I did think of you and garlic David when I made my Pommes Duchesse. I included some in my trial batch and when it didn’t add that much, said “I’ll leave this out for David.” 🙂

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