Coronation Chicken Pie Recipes

CORONATION CHICKEN PIE

Steps:

• Tip the chicken into a bowl with the turmeric, ginger, cumin seeds, korma paste and pinch of salt. Mix well. Leave to marinate for a few hours, or overnight (if marinating overnight, cover and chill).
• Tip the marinated chicken into a medium saucepan and pour over the coconut milk. Stir, bring to a simmer over a low heat and cook for 40 mins until very tender (it should be falling apart). Leave to cool.
• Meanwhile, tip the spinach into a colander and pour over a kettleful of boiled water until wilted. Leave to cool, then squeeze out as much water as you can and roughly chop. Roughly shred the chicken into the sauce in the pan, then stir through the chopped spinach, dried mango and raisins to make a loose filling. Can be made a day ahead.
• Roughly halve the puff pastry, but make sure one half is slightly bigger. Roll the smaller half out onto a floured surface to a circle about 25cm in diameter, then transfer to a baking tray. Pile the filling into the middle of the pastry circle, leaving a border around the edge. Brush the border with a little of the beaten egg. Roll out the remaining pastry half to a circle about 30cm in diameter. Drape this over the filling, pressing or crimping the edges to seal. Chill for at least 20 mins. At this stage, the pie can be covered and kept chilled overnight.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Gently score a criss-cross pattern over the top of the pie using a sharp knife, then brush all over with more of the beaten egg. Bake for 20 mins, then remove from the oven, brush with the rest of the egg, and sprinkle over the seed and almond mixture and a little sea salt. Bake for 20 mins more, or until the pie is deep golden and the almonds are toasted. While the pie bakes, combine the dressing ingredients.
• Leave the pie to cool, then cut into wedges and serve with the yogurt dressing and some chutney, if using.

CORONATION PIES

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a small frying pan. Cook the onion in the oil until soft, about 5 mins, then stir in the curry powder and cook for 1 min more. Scrape into a mixing bowl and stir in the mango chutney, followed by the chicken and soured cream, then season.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut 24 strips of baking parchment as wide as the base of your muffin tin and grease one side with a little butter to help them stay in place. Criss-cross 2 into each hole of a 12-hole muffin tin so the edges of the strips stick out - this will help you remove the pies easily once cooked. Thinly roll out three-quarters of the pastry on a lightly floured surface. Stamp out 12 circles big enough to line the holes generously, with a little pastry overhang at the top for sealing.
• Divide the chicken filling between the pies. Roll out remaining pastry and cut 12 lids. Top each pie with a pastry lid, press together the edges to seal and roll down any excess pastry to make a lipped-edge. Brush the tops with more beaten egg and scatter with almonds. Poke a fork in each to let the steam out while they cook and bake for 20-25 mins or until golden and cooked through.

CORONATION CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook onion in oil until clear and starting to brown. Add curry and tomato paste for one minute. Add water, bay leaf, wine, lemon, juice and jam. Simmer for 15 minutes. Strain. Chop chicken. Mix with mayonnaise and cream. Add sauce. Mix well and cool. Defrost puff pastry or make your own. Roll out two sheets of pre made pastry according to package directions. Place chicken mixture in middle. Roll over to form log. Pinch ends. Mix egg and water Brush pastry log with egg wash. Slash top in 4 places. Bake in preheated 400F oven 15-20 min until golden brown.

CORONATION CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium stainless steel saucepan.
• Add the onion and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add the curry powder and cook for 2 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato paste, then the wine, water and bay leaf and bring to a boil.
• Add the thyme, oregano and 1/2 Tbsp of the lemon juice and cook until thickened and reduced by three-quarters, about 6 minutes.
• Strain the sauce into a large bowl, pressing hard on the solids; let cool.
• Add the mayonnaise, the jam and the remaining 1/2 Tbsp of lemon juice to the sauce. Fold in the chicken and currants, if using, and season with salt and pepper.
• Refrigerate until chilled or for up to 1 day.
• Sprinkle with the parsley and serve. NOTE: Since this is from a wine magazine, you didn't think they would leave out the best wine to serve with this meal, did you? Their recommendations: The sweet notes of apricots and currants point to a wine with some fruitiness and spice of its own.

CORONATION CHICKEN TO DIE FOR.

Steps:

• Heat oil in saucepan, add the chopped onion, cover and saute gently for 5 minutes until the onion is soft but not brown.
• Stir in the curry powder and cook for another two minutes, this will help bring out the flavour.
• Add the stock, tomato puree, lemon juice and chutney.
• Stir until bubbling, then cook for 5 minutes and the mixture reduces and thickens.
• Allow to cool for half an hour or so, then stir in the mayonnaise and cream.
• Add chicken (which should be chopped into reasonable sized chunks) and mix throughly.
• Serve over cold rice.
• Excellent buffet dish.
• Enjoy.

CORONATION CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook chicken in lightly salted boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain, cool, and cut into 1/2-inch strips.
• In a large bowl, stir together chicken strips, raisins, and half of the mango.
• In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise, curry powder, chutney, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper, then toss gently with chicken mixture. Stir in half the nuts. Transfer to a platter, and garnish with remaining mango strips and cashews.

CORONATION CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Rub chicken on all sides with olive oil, season generously with salt and pepper and arrange on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until skin is golden and meat is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Let chicken cool slightly, then remove skin and bones and chop meat into bite-size pieces. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the red wine, mango chutney, tomato purée, curry powder, lemon juice and bay leaf and bring to a simmer. Continue simmering, stirring occasionally and adjusting heat as necessary, until sauce is quite thick, 8 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper; remove and discard bay leaf.
• Transfer sauce to a large bowl and let cool to room temperature, then add the mayonnaise and stir to combine. Add the cooled chicken and the apricots and stir to coat them in the sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. For sandwiches, spread the chicken salad on thick slices of English white bread or seven-grain bread. Cut off crusts if making finger sandwiches for tea.