Coronation Chicken {Easy Recipe}

Two sandwiches filled with Coronation Chicken and lettuce, one of top of the other on a chopping board.

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Coronation Chicken {Easy Recipe}

This Coronation Chicken recipe is easy, creamy and delicious. Made with simple store cupboard ingredients, this British classic dish is a perfect filler for sandwiches, wraps, salads or jacket potatoes.

Prep Time10

Course: Lunch, Main Course, Salad

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

To cook the chicken:

650 g Chicken breasts x4 breasts
3 tbsp Greek yoghurt
1 tbsp Mild curry powder

For the sauce:

6 tbsp Mayonnaise
2 tbsp Greek yoghurt
2 tbsp Mango chutney
2 tsp Mild curry powder Add 1tsp more if you prefer a stronger taste
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
50 g Dried apricots Chopped into 1cm pieces

To serve:

2 tbsp Flaked toasted almonds

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200°C fan (if using the oven cook method shown below.)

Prepare the Chicken Breasts:

Put the chicken, Greek yoghurt and curry powder into a large bowl and stir until the chicken is well coated.

To Oven Cook the Chicken:

Oil or line a baking try with foil or grease proof paper. Place the chicken on top.
Roast the chicken for 18-20 minutes, carefully turning the chicken breasts over halfway through the cooking time. (The timings will depend slightly on how thick the chicken breasts are, always check with a thermometer to be sure).
Set aside to cool.

To Air Fry the Chicken:

Spray the bottom of the air fryer with some oil
Carefully add the coated chicken breasts to the air fryer basket. Spray the tops with a little oil.
Air Fry at 200°c for 10-15 minutes (the timings will depend on how thick the chicken breasts are, always check with a thermometer to be sure).
Set aside to cool.

To make the coronation chicken:

Shred, slice or chop the cooked chicken (I like to chop it into 1cm cubes).
Put the chicken into a large bowl with the rest of the sauce ingredients and mix until well combined.
Sprinkle over the almonds to serve.

Notes

Greek Yoghurt: You can use either full or low fat yoghurt, however a full fat version will result in a much creamier sauce.

Sultanas: If you prefer yours with sultanas, feel free to use these instead of apricots.

Precooked chicken: If you have some cooked chicken to use up, go ahead and mix this into the sauce ingredients. It might not have quite the same depth of flavour but it will still be delicious.

Serving suggestions: As well as the traditional sandwich, you could also enjoy it in wraps or flatbreads, in a salad or even in a jacket potato.

Slicing: You can either chop the chicken into chunks to the size you like it, or you can shred it up with two forks once it’s been cooked.

To freeze: As long as you freeze this soon after cooking, you can keep it frozen until you want to eat it, and then enjoy it cold. No need for reheating.

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