What makes coronation chicken yellow

Turmeric is added to a lot of foods where a yellow colour is wanted. Just don't add too much. And that looks a little bit brown, bookbinder. There's usually turmeric in the curry powder. Maybe diesel's hasn't got much in it. Currants can be used instead of raisins if the cook wants a more acerbic taste. Coronation Chicken could be toothsome on naan bread. Thanks for bring this historical piece of gastronomica to my attention. Hi Lesley, Your version sounds exactly like coronation chicken.

You must have English blood! Thanks for the tip about rinsing currants another very English ingredient! I keep my raisins in the fridge and I usually soak them first either in water or sherry, depending to soften them up.

Cheers, Pat. Hi Cary, So glad you and your hubby loved it. The chutney and curry powder definitely add a zing to a plain old chicken salad.

Thank you so much for your helpful comments, in the UK today and over the next few days, the nation will be celebrating the Queens Diamond Jubilee with over 10, street parties taking place.

However if you have ever been for a proper British afternoon tea you will no doubt have tasted it as part of your platter of finger sandwiches. Unfortunately, like Eccles Cakes or Flapjacks its ubiquity has led to some very poor mass market imitations. The Coronation Chicken you can buy pre-made as a sandwich filling in the supermarket is not the best example of this delicate recipe.

You can. But, I really recommend boneless chicken thighs. They are jucier and more flavourful. However, if you prefer chicken breasts then you will only need 4 breasts. I recommend cutting them in half widthways and only cooking for 20 minutes total time. Yes absolutely. I recommend adding 2 tablespoons of the curry spices into the dressing rather than the 1 tablespoon suggested in the recipe. There is only one simple switch to make this Coronation Chicken dairy-free. Just swap out regular natural yoghurt for coconut yoghurt.

I actually love this switch and the slightly coconutty flavour it lends. Mayonnaise is usually dairy-free, especially if you are using homemade mayonnaise.

However always check your labelling. Please note, there is a little bit more dressing than you might need. There is a reason for this. If you are serving the Coronation Chicken straight away you might need slightly less dressing. The longer the Coronation Chicken sits in the fridge the dressing tends to thicken.

Just before serving I like to loosen with a little more dressing. If you are packing the Coronation Chicken for a picnic, take the extra dressing too, it usually always gets gobbled up.

The recipe I'm sharing today follows very precisely the traditional recipe, and it couldn't be easier to make. But you can totally follow the traditional route if you want, and use fresh unsweetened whipped cream. For the cooked chicken meat, you can simply grill or steam the skinless chicken breasts you can also use skinless and boneless thighs if you like.

I usually poach the chicken in water with a peeled carrot, onion, potato, celery stalk and a bay leave. The traditional recipe instructs to poach the chicken in a big pot of water with a carrot, a bay leaf, a splash of wine, a little fresh thyme and parsley, and four peppercorns.

Use your preferred method from the two above mentioned, and poach the chicken for 40 minutes, then cool it down, chop into chunks and mix it with the prepared dressing.

There are endless ways to serve your coronation chicken salad! Here are a few of my favourite ways:. You can store coronation chicken leftovers in an airtight container and keep it in the fridge for up to two days. I don't recommend storing it in the freezer. Once you have mastered the basics, feel free to add a few extra ingredients. Some of my favourite includes:.

Traditional coronation chicken salad is naturally gluten-free, soy-free, peanut-free and nut-free. The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. I had trouble converting ml of red wine and water into cups or tablespoons. I had trouble converting grams of mayonnaise into cups or tablespoons. Same with grams of creme fraiche and grams of chicken.

I am not convinced that I made the corrections correctly--especially on the mayo and creme fraiche which seemed like too much, so maybe, for your USA readers, you could add the correct amounts in the measures we use, too.

I read about this in a Canadian novel I am reading this week, where the characters had an assortment of sandwiches, including "coronation chicken," so I looked for this recipe to try.

Thanks for posting it! The recipe is missing the tomato puree in the description and ingredients list. Please correct it! Hi Bill, the recipe calls for tomato paste and you will find it in the ingredient list under "double-concentrate tomato paste". Hope you give it a try, coronation chicken is one of my favorite recipes to make! Thank you. I made this at a request from my daughter for a picnic and it was awesome she now wants the recipe Hello , Looking for recipe for Coronation I have found yours called Original.

I did it and very first one was great when I prepare all ingredients listed in your introduction. As my Family like it a lot I did it second time in not very long time. I remembered list of all ingredients, but then I was following all your instructions from introduction.