Make this popular British royal dish in just 15 minutes! Mary Berry Coronation Chicken is super easy to prepare if you precook the chicken. It’s also a great recipe to use in sandwiches, salads and jacket potatoes making ideal for outdoor eating!
The recipe used for the Mary Berry Chicken Coronation or Coronation Chicken couldn’t be easier! Once you have cooked the chicken breasts it requires just 15 minutes to prepare a few simple ingredients.
Yields: 6 portion
Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Total: 15 mins
What is the Mary Berry Coronation Chicken?
This Mary Berry Chicken Coronation is a slightly different recipe than the original dish which made its way into Buckingham Palace. The difference mainly lies in the curried mayonnaise dressing in the Coronation Chicken by Mary Berry is packed with healthy ingredients like chicken, grapes, and spices.
The chicken used for the recipe can be baked or boiled in a vegetable broth making it healthier and in my opinion even tastier. Meanwhile, the grapes add a sweetness to the dish opposing the flavor of the spices making the overall dish particularly flavorful. This dish does not freeze well but can be put in refrigerator for a few days.
Mary Berry Chicken Coronation Ingredients
Note: Skip the Ingredients required to cook the chicken if you’re using precooked chicken!
TO COOK THE CHICKEN
5 pound chicken, 2 onions, 1 carrot, 2 celery sticks, 1 garlic cloves, 2 sprigs of fresh thyme and 1 pint chicken stock
FOR THE CHICKEN CORONATION RECIPE
Chicken. 1 pound cooked chicken cut into pieces
Apricot jam. 2 tbsp apricot jam
Spices. 1 tbsp curry powder, salt and ground black pepper
Mayonnaise. 1 cup mayonnaise
Fresh cream. ¾ cup half fat fresh cream
Tomato purée. 1 tbsp tomato purée
Lemon. Lemon juice and finely grated lemon zest from 1 lemon
Onions. 2 spring onions, finely chopped
Grapes. 1 cup black/green seedless grapes, cut in half lengthways
Rocket. Use Rocket or parsley, to garnish
How to Make Mary Berry Chicken Coronation?
NEED TO COOK THE CHICKEN? (30 mins to 1 hour)
- Heat the chicken stock, chicken, onions, carrot, celery, garlic and herbs in a large saucepan until it starts boiling.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for an hour or more until the chicken is cooked through.
- Allow the chicken to cool, removing it from the pan.
CHICKEN IS COOKED AND COOL! (15 minutes MAX)
- Remove the chicken skin and cut the chicken into small pieces.
- Prepare the sauce. Heat the jam and curry powder in a small saucepan and set aside to cool when the jam is melted. Combine with the mayonnaise, fresh cream, tomato puree, lemon zest and juice and mix together
- Combine the chicken with the sauce, spring onion, and seasoning with salt and pepper. Add half of the grapes and put on a serving platter. Garnish with the remaining grapes and rocket leaves.
- Keep in the refrigerator for up to three days and serve with salad, sandwiches, wraps, rolls and omelets
NOTES
- You can precook the chicken from the day before so that then you can quickly do the dressing and take the food out for the office, a nice picnic or any outing.
- You can pan-fry this chicken, boil, bake it or grill it. Nevertheless, it will taste amazing!
If you love this recipe…
You might want to look at the following chicken recipes:
- Nando’s Peri Peri Chicken
- Chinese Sweet and Sour Chicken
- Chicken Skewers in Satay
- Chicken Yock Noodles
Our reader’s favorite Mary Berry dessert recipes include:
- Mary Berry Rock Cakes
- Mary Berry Rhubarb and Ginger Crumble
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Mary Berry Chicken Coronation
Ingredients
To cook the Chicken (Skip if you have precooked chicken)
- 5 pounds chicken, whole
- 2 onions
- 1 carrot
- 2 celery sticks
- 1 garlic cloves
- 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 pint chicken stock
For the Coronation Chicken
- 1 pound cooked chicken cut into pieces
- 2 tbsp apricot jam
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ¾ cup half fat fresh cream
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 Lemon zest finely grated
- 1 Lemon juice
- 2 spring onions finely chopped
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 1 cup black/green seedless grapes cut in half lengthways
- Rocket or parsley to garnish
Instructions
NO PRECOOKED CHICKEN (+40 mins)
- Skip this section if you have already precooked chicken
- Heat the chicken stock, chicken, onions, carrot, celery, garlic and herbs in a large saucepan until it starts boiling.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for an hour or more until the chicken is cooked through.
- Allow the chicken to cool, removing it from the pan.
FOR THE MARY BERRY CORONATION CHICKEN
- Remove the chicken skin and cut the chicken into small pieces.
- Prepare the sauce. Heat the jam and curry powder in a small saucepan and set aside to cool when the jam is melted. Combine with the mayonnaise, fresh cream, tomato puree, lemon zest and juice and mix together
- Combine the chicken with the sauce, spring onion, and seasoning with salt and pepper. Add half of the grapes and put on a serving platter. Garnish with the remaining grapes and rocket leaves.
- Keep in the refrigerator for up to three days and serve with salad, wraps, rolls and omelets.
2 comments
I have stumbled this recipe by Mary Berry by coincidence and I must say I love the mix of the mayo, spice and grapes. When I forgot to buy grapes I have swapped them for dried cranberries or dried apricots!
That’s smart Linda! Sometimes I don’t feel like apricot jam and just throw some extra dried apricots with the grapes and it still tastes awesome!