Easy Coronation Chicken Sandwich

One of the easiest ways to use up leftover roast chicken is to make our easy Coronation Chicken Sandwich. Great for packed lunches on a Monday.

This is one of our favourite leftover roast chicken recipes.

It's super simple, completely delicious and a great way to turn the Sunday dinner leftovers into lunch for Monday.

You can make our Coronation Chicken Sandwich Filler with whatever amount of chicken you have.

And if you need to stretch the chicken sandwich filler so it goes a little further then add a small can of sweetcorn to bulk it up.

What To Serve Alongside Coronation Chicken Sandwiches

These delicious chicken sandwiches go great with any of the following to make a tasty packed lunch

• Salted crisps - or mini poppadoms

• Fruit - apples, pears and plums work well

• White chocolate cookies

• Flapjacks

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Equipment Needed

• Chopping board

• Knife

• Tablespoon

• Teaspoon

• Small mixing bowl

• Bread knife

• Weighing scales - or just estimate the sultanas quantity

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Coronation Chicken Sandwich Ingredients

You'll just need a handful of ingredients to make our delicious chicken filling for sandwiches.

• 150g roast chicken - approx. 2 handfuls of leftover roast chicken - shredded

• 2 tbs mayonnaise

• 2 tsp mango chutney

• ½ teaspoon curry powder - choose mild or hot to suit your own taste and add more if you like things really spicy - you could even make your own curry powder!

• 30g sultanas

• 2 bread rolls

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How To Make Coronation Chicken Sandwiches

Step One - mix up the sauce for Coronation Chicken

• Tip the mayonnaise, mango chutney and curry powder into a small bowl and mix together well.

Step Two - add in the chicken and sultanas

• Tip the shredded leftover roast chicken and the sultanas and mix gently to coat in the Coronation mayonnaise sauce.

Step Three - make the Coronation Chicken Sandwiches

• Split open the bread rolls - and fill with Coronation chicken sandwich filler.

• Optional - add in some salad or sliced cucumber if you like.

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Make Coronation Chicken Sandwiches Your Way

• Cut down on the fat - and switch the mayonnaise for low fat natural yogurt.

• Add in sweetcorn - or chickpeas to make the recipe stretch to feed more.

• Go extra spicy - add in some chopped fresh chillies.

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How To Serve Coronation Chicken Sandwiches

• Delicious for packed lunch - grab our packed lunch planner here - for more tasty lunchbox ideas.

• Use as a topping for baked potatoes.

• Serve for Monday night dinner - and add a side of potato wedges or fries and a green salad.

• Make Coronation Chicken Pasta Salad - stir the chicken mixture through cooled cooked pasta and serve alongside a green salad.

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