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Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

beach-mom — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 04:04:28 GMT

After reading Sarah Ferguson would be eating these for the Coronation of King Charles I wondered what they were and did some research.

They were created for Queen Elizabeth's Coronation in 1953 by the founders of Le Cordon Bleu London.

I looked at a number of recipes, including one in my Downton Abbey cookbook. This one, from British blogger Chris, on his website "Something About Sandwiches" sounds good, and I will be making it for watching the Coronation.

My mom used to make curried chicken salad, which is similar.

If you have one you've tried, or one you plan to try, please share it!

Coronation Chicken Sandwiches. - Makes 5

Ingredients

10 medium slices of Tiger Bread, or bread of choice) - A lot of recipes call for sourdough or a baguette
1 Iceberg Lettuce, finely sliced (or greens of choice)
2 packed cups / 300g Cooked/Leftover Rotisserie Chicken, diced into small cubes - I plan to poach two chicken breasts.
1/2 cup / 120g Mayonnaise
1/2 cup / 120g Plain Unsweetened Greek Yogurt
1/4 cup / 60g Mango Chutney
1/4 cup / 40g Sultanas, or more to preference - These are raisins.
1/4 cup / 30g Flaked Almonds, optional but recommended (leave out for allergy reasons)
1.5 tbsp Mild Curry Powder
2 medium Green/Spring Onions, finely diced
1 tbsp finely diced Fresh Coriander/Cilantro
1/2 Lemon juice only
Salt & Black Pepper, to taste
Butter, as needed

Instructions

Sauce: In a small mixing bowl combine yogurt, mayo, mango chutney, curry powder, lemon juice and salt & pepper to taste.
Coronation Chicken: In a larger mixing bowl add chicken, spring onion, coriander/cilantro, sultanas, flaked almonds and the sauce. Give it all a good stir then taste test. For a sweeter/fruiter/tangier flavour add a dash more chutney or for a kick more spice add in curry powder (or a pinch of cayenne/hot chilli powder).
Sandwich: Spread one side of each of your slices of bread. Top half with lettuce, then dollop the coronation chicken on top. Place the remaining bread on top, slice in half and enjoy!

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

cindyNC — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 07:09:34 GMT

This sounds delicious. I hesitated at the shredded lettuce. A restaurant we used to go to served us BLTs one time and mixed shredded lettuce with mayo - instead of spreading the mayo on the bread and adding a lettuce leaf. It was pretty gross.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

skatting44 — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 15:45:09 GMT

Thanks,

am going to make this receipe but will tweak it by leaving out the Mayo , instead using all honey flovered Greek Yogurt . Will make some with adding the cayenne

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

PA Mom-mom — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 18:38:17 GMT

@beach-mom I started making Coronation Chicken Salad in 2018 when I was looking for something different. I posted this recipe on the Forums, and then a few days I posted a link somewhere in a discussion of the upcoming coronation. I can't find that link, but here is a link to the original:

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Coronation-Chicken-Salad/m-p/4693611#M99593

Mine is from the NY Times, and I really like it, but I guess there are many versions that are equally as good.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

AuntG — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:09:49 GMT

Maybe I'll make them IF I watch the coronation. Typically I just catch the summaries of royal events.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

tansy — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 01:35:07 GMT

That sounds like a lot of mayo and yogurt for that amount of chicken. Kind of goopy 🤷‍♀️

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

kate2357 — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:08:41 GMT

I just saw a video of Coronation Quiche. It looked like a spinach and LIMA BEAN quiche. Shudder. I loathe lima beans and cannot imagine how they would taste with spinach and eggs.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

sabatini — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:43:21 GMT

I often use chutney mixed w/ mayo & a little curry powder in chicken salad. It's great with added fruit, and toasted pecans.

I like Patak's, and use either one of these.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

beach-mom — Sat, 06 May 2023 19:13:56 GMT

Well, I made them today - to good reviews! They were good!

I made the recipe I posted. The one you posted @PA Mom-mom looked really good too, but the one I found seemed easier to make.

I poached 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I used romaine lettuce. No Tiger bread around here, so I went with sourdough. I had a hard time finding mango chutney. I checked the three grocery stores around us, with no luck. I thought I was going to have to make my own!Finally I found it at a little market 5 minutes from us. We relied on their curbside pickup a few years ago. But they have decreased their stock once again. I didn't know they had a great selection of Stonewall Kitchen!

Everything else I followed the directions.

On to the Kentucky Derby - but I'm not making anything!

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

sabatini — Sat, 06 May 2023 19:56:26 GMT

So glad you enjoyed it, @beach-mom!

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

mildoo — Sat, 06 May 2023 21:45:40 GMT

This isn't Coronation Chicken Salad, but is one that I make and it's Ina Garten's recipe. Easy, few ingredients, and tastes good!

CHICKEN SALAD VERONIQUE

4 split (2 whole) chicken breasts, bone in, skin on

good olive oil

kosher salt and ground black pepper

1/2 cup good mayonnaise

1 1/2 Tbsp. chopped fresh tarragon leaves

1 cup small-diced celery (2 stalks)

1 cup green grapes, cut in half

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place chicken breasts, skin side up, on a sheet pan & rub them with olive oil. Sprinkle generously with salt & pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Set aside until cool.

When the chicken is cool, remove the meat from the bones and discard the skin and bones. Cut chicken into a 3/4 inch dice. Place chicken in a bowl; add the mayo, tarragon leaves, celery and grapes, 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons salt and 1 tsp. pepper and toss well.

If you like crunch, toasted pecans go well with this. I also add more mayo than called for, but that is just my preference.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

beach-mom — Sun, 07 May 2023 18:36:09 GMT

@mildoo wrote:
This isn't Coronation Chicken Salad, but is one that I make and it's Ina Garten's recipe. Easy, few ingredients, and tastes good!

CHICKEN SALAD VERONIQUE

4 split (2 whole) chicken breasts, bone in, skin on
good olive oil
kosher salt and ground black pepper
1/2 cup good mayonnaise
1 1/2 Tbsp. chopped fresh tarragon leaves
1 cup small-diced celery (2 stalks)
1 cup green grapes, cut in half

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place chicken breasts, skin side up, on a sheet pan & rub them with olive oil. Sprinkle generously with salt & pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Set aside until cool.

When the chicken is cool, remove the meat from the bones and discard the skin and bones. Cut chicken into a 3/4 inch dice. Place chicken in a bowl; add the mayo, tarragon leaves, celery and grapes, 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons salt and 1 tsp. pepper and toss well.

If you like crunch, toasted pecans go well with this. I also add more mayo than called for, but that is just my preference.

This sounds really good too @mildoo . I will try it. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

jadeyes — Mon, 08 May 2023 02:51:57 GMT

I substitue 1/2 cup of scallions for cilantro...not fond of cilantro...and it's virtually the same recipe.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

drizzellla — Mon, 08 May 2023 03:01:58 GMT

Well, I did not find Mango Chutney.

I could kick myself. I ordered Earl Gray tea. I should have looked for/ordered Mango Chutney at the same time.

Oh well, when I find the Mango Chutney I will finally make the Coronation Chicken Salad sandwich. A bit late.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Sooner — Mon, 08 May 2023 03:45:59 GMT

Waldorf chicken salad:

Diced apple

Walnuts

Celery

Chicken

Lemon juice

Oil and/or vinegar or yogurt or mayo as you like

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

beach-mom — Mon, 08 May 2023 04:14:09 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
Well, I did not find Mango Chutney.

I could kick myself. I ordered Earl Gray tea. I should have looked for/ordered Mango Chutney at the same time.

Oh well, when I find the Mango Chutney I will finally make the Coronation Chicken Salad sandwich. A bit late.

@drizzellla - As I posted I didn't have an easy time either! But if you can't find it, and you have plenty of time, it looks like it's pretty easy to make. I was almost ready to do that.

I need to plan better when things like this come up! I always think it will be easy to find the ingredients I need locally. When William and Kate got married I drove all over trying to find clotted cream for my scones! I finally did find it!

I should probably realize I can order many of the things I need!

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

beach-mom — Mon, 08 May 2023 04:15:32 GMT

@sabatini wrote:
So glad you enjoyed it, @beach-mom!

TY @sabatini ! They WERE good - DH wants them again!

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

drizzellla — Mon, 08 May 2023 12:42:17 GMT

@beach-mom wrote:
@drizzellla wrote:
Well, I did not find Mango Chutney.

I could kick myself. I ordered Earl Gray tea. I should have looked for/ordered Mango Chutney at the same time.

Oh well, when I find the Mango Chutney I will finally make the Coronation Chicken Salad sandwich. A bit late.
@drizzellla - As I posted I didn't have an easy time either! But if you can't find it, and you have plenty of time, it looks like it's pretty easy to make. I was almost ready to do that.

I need to plan better when things like this come up! I always think it will be easy to find the ingredients I need locally. When William and Kate got married I drove all over trying to find clotted cream for my scones! I finally did find it!

I should probably realize I can order many of the things I need!

@beach-mom Boy, were you right. Mango Chutney looks like it is REAL easy to make.

I am sure what I make will not compare to commercially made mango chutney but with all the other ingredients I don't think it will be a deal breaker.

Thanks, for mentioning it. Don't know why I didn't look up the recipe before now. I figured is would have ingredients that would be hard to find. Just like finding the mango chutney.

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

sabatini — Mon, 08 May 2023 17:19:32 GMT

@beach-mom & @drizzellla, that's a bummer that mango chutney wasn't easy to find.

I'm lucky, as there's an international market near me which carries almost anything that you can imagine.

I made the chicken salad on Coronation Day too. Delicious stuff!

Re: Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Alsace Gal — Mon, 08 May 2023 18:42:36 GMT

@drizzellla

Trader Joe's used to carry it, it was always by the chips. They may still have it.