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Coronation Chicken

Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II obviously likes tangy food (see Jubilicious), however, the original Coronation Chicken recipe has been adjusted a little to suit our taste. It should be noted, of course, that in 1952 chicken was luxury food. There were no broiler chickens.
In my family Sunday lunch was roast beef, pork and lamb in rotation. Chicken was reserved especially for the Christmas day feast itself. So Coronation Chicken was a right royal English dish.!!

Ingredients

1	large cooked chicken (poached or roast).
15ml	Sunflower oil
1	medium onion, skinned and chopped
15 ml	medium curry powder
100ml	FAIRTRADE red wine
1	bay leaf
15ml	FAIRTRADE lemon juice
15ml	FAIRTRADE Lime juice
15ml	Tomato Puree
small tin	apricot halves
300ml	Mayonnaise
100ml	whipping cream
	salt and FAIRTRADE black pepper
FAIRTRADE	Sources Spices Wine Lemons

Method

Remove the chicken flesh from the bones and dice (1cm).
In a saucepan, heat the oil and cook the onion until starting to turn translucent (3 to 5 mins).
Add the curry powder and fry a little more.
Then use the wine to de-glaze the pan, and add the tomato puree, lemon juice, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
Simmer for 20 minutes to reduce the liquid volume
Leave to cool. This can take a long time, my trick is to float the saucepan in a bowl of cold water.
Remove the bay leaf
Meanwhile, puree the Apricot halves in a food processor.
In a mixing bowl, measure out the Mayonnaise, add the apricot puree and the cooled tomato mixture. Mix well.
Whip the cream into stiff peaks and add to the mixture. Season and check the flavour. Add extra lemon juice if needed.
Fold in the chicken pieces and chill before serving.

To serve

Serve with a green salad .

Variation

None