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Coronation Chicken

Salads, Dips, Sandwiches and Fermented Cold Dishes

Coronation chicken, also called poulet reine Elizabeth, is an English dish of boneless chicken seasoned with parsley, thyme, bay leaf, cumin, turmeric, ginger, and peppercorns, combined with cream or mayonnaise and dried apricots, with cinnamon sometimes added in modern versions. Served cold, it is typically eaten as a salad with rice, peas, and pimentos, or used as a sandwich filling. It was created by Constance Spry, with chef Rosemary Hume, for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

Facts
Partially Attested
Origin Region
England 1
Inferred from Constance Spry being described as an English food writer; the dish is elsewhere classified as an English dish.
Classification
Dietary Suitability
Contains Meat or Poultry 1
Origin Period, From (Year)
1953 1
Connections

In Cuisine

British Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Coronation chicken - Wikipedia

Uses Ingredient

Cream, Ingredients
Source Coronation chicken - Wikipedia
Mayonnaise, Ingredients
Source Coronation chicken - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Coronation chicken - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence naming Spry, Hume and the 1953 coronation
    It was created by Constance Spry, an English food writer and flower arranger, and Rosemary Hume, a chef, for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence naming Spry, Hume and the 1953 coronation, cited again as the closing year of a point-in-time origin
    It was created by Constance Spry, an English food writer and flower arranger, and Rosemary Hume, a chef, for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence describing Constance Spry's nationality
    It was created by Constance Spry, an English food writer and flower arranger, and Rosemary Hume, a chef, for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
  • entity record, Name (dietary-suitability)
    Name: Coronation Chicken
  • Uses Ingredient: Cream, Infobox main_ingredient field: Chicken, herbs and spices, cream or mayonnaise-based sauce
  • Uses Ingredient: Mayonnaise, Infobox main_ingredient field: Chicken, herbs and spices, cream or mayonnaise-based sauce
  • In Cuisine: British Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Coronation chicken or Poulet Reine Elizabeth is an English dish of boneless chicken traditionally seasoned with parsley, thyme, bay leaf, cumin, turmeric, ginger and peppercorns, mixed with cream or mayonnaise, and dried apricots (or sultanas).
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Wikidata: Coronation Chicken
Wikidata Q531184, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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