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

Ikea is offering a coronation chicken flavour sauce on its famous meatballs.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

The amount of jubilee pudding and coronation chicken, fizzy prosecco and stout ale to be consumed?

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

The guests included former cookery school student Angela Wood who helped perfect the recipe for coronation chicken, a dish created for the queen’s coronation in 1953.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2022

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