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coronation chicken

British

noun

(sometimes capital) a dish of cold cooked chicken in a mild creamy curry sauce

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Etymology

Origin of coronation chicken

C20: so-called because it was served at the coronation lunch of _{Elizabeth II}

Example Sentences

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Discussing the wedding menu on the food podcast, the Cornish performer said that they had coronation chicken, a cold chicken salad famously created for a luncheon during Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

Prince Edward and his wife Sophie attended a Coronation Big Lunch in Cranleigh, where the couple tasted a coronation chicken pie.

From BBC • May 7, 2023

I recently crossed paths with a friend who went to the cafe and very much liked the coronation chicken salad sandwich, so now I’m curious to try it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022

Poulet Reine Elizabeth, or coronation chicken, was created by the Cordon Bleu cookery school for the Queen's Coronation Day banquet in 1953.

From BBC • May 12, 2022

Would intone loudly that the coronation chicken served at the opening of an old folks’ home “looks like sick”?

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2018

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