(Rated 5 out of 5 based on 6 ratings)

Coronation Chicken Pie

by - https://thebatchlady.com/r/5084/

This is the perfect celebration pie and looks great as a centre piece on the table. Decorate the pie as you wish to suit the occasion and it will go down a treat!

 

 

Prep Time
Cook Time
Total Time
Difficulty
Intermediate
Cuisine
British
Servings
6

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
148kcal
Fat
3.7g
Sat. Fat
0.9g
Carbs
1.1g
Sugars
0.5g
Fibre
0.2g
Protein
26.0g
Salt
146mg
Ingredients
Serves

Ingredients

  • chicken breast
    3 breasts
  • frozen diced onions
    1 cup
  • Tikka spice paste or tikka curry powder
    2 tbsp
  • creme friache
    0.5 cups
  • mayonnaise
    0.5 cups
  • mango chutney
    2 tbsp
  • block of puff pastry
    500 g
  • egg
    1 egg

Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 180oc. Take a large piece of tin foil and place the chicken breasts in the middle, season and then bring the tin foil up and over to create a parcel. Place the parcel on a baking tray and into the oven for 25-30 minutes to cook.
    2. Meanwhile, add a pan to a medium heat and add a tablespoon of olive oil. Add the onions and cook until soft.
    3. Once soft, add in the tikka spice paste and cook for 2 minutes and then remove from the heat and add to a mixing bowl.
    4. Once the chicken is cooked, remove from the oven and shred while still hot using a fork. Add the shredded chicken to the mixing bowl along with the creme fraiche, mayonnaise and mango chutney. Mix, season to taste and leave to cool.
    5. Roll out the pastry to about £1 in thickness. Find yourself a pie dish and cut out a circle around 3 inches larger than the pie dish. 
    6. Lay this circle in the pie dish and let the sides drape over the edge. Using a fork, make a few pricks in the pastry. 
    7. Now cut out another circle of pastry that is as big as the base of the pie dish, this will be your top. 
    8. Pour in the cooled filling to the lined pie dish. Lay the lid over the top of the filling and press it to meet with the base layer of pastry. Cut off any overhanging pastry. 
    9. Take the beaten egg and brush all over the top of the pie.
    10. Cut out any decoration with cutters in the leftover pastry, and place them on top of the pastry and then give each decoration a little egg wash.
    11. Place in the oven for 30-35 minutes until golden. Leave to cool.
  1. Ready to freeze

    Once cooled, wrap up well in cling film and foil keeping it in the pie dish and freeze.

  1. Ready to eat

    Remove from the freezer and leave to defrost.

    Preheat the oven to 180oc.  Remove any cling film then recover the pie in a little tin foil to stop the top during and then place in the oven for 25-30 minutes until hot. 

     

Comments

20 comments
  1. This is absolutely delicious. I couldn’t get a block of puff pastry so bought 2 packs of ready rolled instead. Split the mixture between them- spread over half then folded the rest of the pastry over to make a slice. Very tasty hot or cold. Would be great for a picnic. Will definitely be making this again

  2. I never used to like coronation chicken but tried some not knowing what it was in work a few weeks back and liked it so thought I’d try this recipe and oh my goodness this is soooooo good

  3. Hi there I just wondered if the cup measures for onions in all your recipes are supposed to be level or heaped?
    Thanks

    1. Yes that would work great, just add the coronation chicken mix to a pie dish and cover with a round of puff pastry. Hope that helps!

  4. I made this today for our Father’s Day dinner! Instead of a pastry bottom, I used a layer of hot, freshly cooked rice, and I stirred through some frozen peas. It was delicious!

  5. I don’t ever leave reviews, however, if you are thinking of making this, then please do! It’s incredible, my fussy family of 5 were super impressed when I produced this.
    It will be a regular feature in my house

  6. We love this recipe but recently we’ve gone on SW so needed to make a few tweaks to make it SW friendly. So we used light mayonnaise 1/2 fat puff pastry and used a muffin baking tin to make smaller individual portions. Out of a single sheet of ready rolled puff pastry we got 9 small individual pies.

  7. Absolutely delicious 😋😋
    And so easy to make. A real crowd pleaser and I will definitely be making this again. 😊😊

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