This Coronation chicken jacket potato recipe is part of a plan, starting the week with a whole poached chicken, to stretch a medium chicken to last a family of four all week. Twenty eight portions!

What do I need to make Coronation chicken baked potato

For 4 portions, you will need:-

• 140g chicken , chopped small
• 8 tblsp mayonnaise, or half mayonnaise and half thick Greek yogurt
• 2-3 tblsp curry powder, use any kind you have, but it must be powder, not paste as paste needs to be cooked
• 2-3 tblsp mango chutney
• 1 tblsp sultanas, optional
• black pepper
• tblsp water if you need to thin it down a little

Plus 4 cooked jacket potatoes

How to make this Coronation chicken jacket potato filling

It’s super easy!

• cook a potato each in a slow cooker, oven, air fryer or microwave until cooked through
• chop the chicken into pea sized pieces
• pile everything into a bowl and mix very well
• add a little water if the mixture is to thick
• cut the potatoes and pile the Coronation chicken mix on top and serve immediately

What changes can I make

• vary the curry powder
• add finely chopped apricots or mango
• swap the chicken for turkey, pork or even prawns
• for a vegetarian option, use tofu, paneer, boiled eggs
• for a vegan option, use vegan mayonnaise and tofu

 

What else can I use this recipe for

• This mix works very well as a Coronation chicken sandwich filling or wrap
• or pile it on top of lettuce for a Coronation chicken salad
• or as Coronation chicken pasta

It will keep in the fridge for 3-4 days in a covered container

This recipe is from a series of 7 recipes, starting with a poached chicken

1. 1. Poached chicken
   2. Spaghetti with olives, sultanas and lemon 140g chicken
   3. Oaty, nutty, seedy chicken and mushroom crumble 140g chicken
   4. Chicken and rice salad – red peppers from a jar, peas, gherkins, raisins 140g chicken and some of the stock
   5. Chicken and something Pizza, sweetcorn, onion, red pepper, mozzarella and cheddar 140g chicken
   6. Coronation Chicken Jacket Potato – 140g chicken, this recipe
   7. Red Cabbage Waldorf with apple, walnut and dressing –  140g chicken
   8. Chicken Tart with Butternut Squash, Lemon Zest & Parmesan –  140g chicken

this comes out at a total of 28 portions, which is amazing!

There is also a series of 7 recipes starting with a roast chicken

If you liked this series, have a look at the series starting the week with a roast chicken. They are all different recipes to those in the poaching a chicken series, which you could swap in and out in either week.

How to stretch a chicken to last the whole week

You may think that the recommended amount of chicken in each of these frugal recipes doesn’t look like it would be enough.  I have tested every one of them several times and believe me when I say that they taste of chicken – and are delicious! I wouldn’t recommend them to you if they weren’t.

Adjusting the recipes to accommodate 977g of roast chicken, each making 4 servings, I was able to stretch it to do the following:-

1. Roast chicken, 400g chicken, gravy, with stuffing, 4 portions
2. Risotto, 140g chicken, onion, half the the stock, some vegetables butter and parmesan, 4 portions
3. Pizza, 117g chicken, tomato sauce, maybe some stuffing, 4 portions
4. Spicy Pasta Bake, white sauce, 120g chicken, onion, spices, stuffing, 4 portions
5. Tart, 100g chicken, onions, sweetcorn, couple of eggs, no cheese, stuffing, 4 portions
6. Pie, 100g chicken, some of the gravy, onion, maybe some sweetcorn or mushrooms, maybe some stuffing, 4 portions
7. Soup with the remaining half of the stock, red lentils, onion, spices, 4 portions

this comes out at a total of 28 portions, which I think is pretty good!