Janet’s Coronation Chicken

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
Radikal Kitchen: Flavours without Borders

By Radhika Howarth

Published 2024

  • About

Coronation Chicken was created to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The recipe was developed by Constance Spry, a renowned florist and cookery writer, and Rosemary Hume, a respected chef and founder of the L’Ecole du Petit Cordon Bleu cookery school in London. This dish, featuring cold chicken in a creamy curry sauce, is typically served with rice and peas. Over time, it has become a beloved classic in British cuisine, and it’s often enjoyed as a sandwich filling or sa