Description
Succulent mary berry coronation chicken blends tender poultry with a creamy, tangy sauce inspired by British royal celebrations. Delicate spices and fruity notes create a classic dish perfect for summer gatherings and elegant lunch menus you’ll savor with delight.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500 g (17.6 oz) shredded cooked chicken
- 6 tbsps mayonnaise
- 2 tbsps mango chutney
- 2–3 tsps mild curry powder (to taste)
- 1–3 tbsps sultanas (or to taste)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Sauce Preparation: Blend mayonnaise, curry powder, cinnamon, mango chutney, and sultanas in a large bowl until creating a smooth, golden-yellow sauce with vibrant, balanced aromatics.
- Chicken Integration: Incorporate shredded cooked chicken into the prepared sauce, methodically folding to ensure comprehensive and uniform coating of each meat fragment with the spiced mixture.
- Texture Calibration: Assess sauce consistency, gradually introducing water if needed to achieve an ideal, silky spreadable texture that glides effortlessly across serving surfaces.
- Flavor Refinement: Sample the coronation chicken mixture, adjusting seasoning with strategic pinches of salt or additional spices to elevate the overall taste profile and harmonize complex flavor notes.
- Serving Suggestions: Serve as a versatile culinary creation – elegantly nestled within soft bread, cascading over a crisp garden salad, or accompanying fluffy jacket potatoes, allowing the rich, tangy sauce to enhance complementary elements.
Notes
- Chutney Choice Matters: Select a high-quality mango chutney with a balanced sweet-tangy profile to elevate the sauce’s complexity and authentic flavor.
- Chicken Prep Perfection: Use freshly cooked, tender chicken breast shredded into uniform pieces for the most delicate and consistent texture throughout the dish.
- Spice Sensitivity Adjustment: Modify curry powder quantity based on personal heat tolerance, starting with less and incrementally adding to control the overall spice level.
- Sauce Consistency Tip: Allow the mixture to rest for 30 minutes before serving, enabling flavors to meld and develop a more harmonious and rounded taste experience.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Appetizer
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: UK
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 330
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg