Coronation Chicken

Total Time: 53 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder
• 1/2 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 pinch dried thyme
• 1 pinch oregano
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon apricot jam, strained
• 6 cups chicken, cooked, shredded
• 1/4 cup currants (optional)
• salt & pepper, freshly ground
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a medium stainless steel saucepan.
• 2 add the onion and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
• 3 add the curry powder and cook for 2 minutes.
• 4 stir in the tomato paste, then the wine, water and bay leaf and bring to a boil.
• 5 add the thyme, oregano and 1/2 tbsp of the lemon juice and cook until thickened and reduced by three-quarters, about 6 minutes.
• 6 strain the sauce into a large bowl, pressing hard on the solids; let cool.
• 7 add the mayonnaise, the jam and the remaining 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice to the sauce. fold in the chicken and currants, if using, and season with salt and pepper.
• 8 refrigerate until chilled or for up to 1 day.
• 9 sprinkle with the parsley and serve. note: since this is from a wine magazine, you didn't think they would leave out the best wine to serve with this meal, did you? their recommendations: the sweet notes of apricots and currants point to a wine with some fruitiness and spice of its own.