Ever since eating a steaming hot jacket potato recently in a Welsh café, topped with coronation chicken (and discovering that the kids liked it, too) I’ve been making my own version at home. So, when Lean on Turkey asked me to create a recipe suitable for kids and picnics (under £10) we decided on some coronation turkey picnic rolls. You could also fill some tasty wraps with the filling, or even stir it through some pasta to make a coronation turkey pasta salad. Coronation chicken was a dish first said to have been created for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, made with cold chicken, raisins, herbs and spices. We swapped traditional chicken for some shredded, cooked turkey adding a few dollops of light mayo, curry powder, raisins and chopped mango. If you don’t want your rolls or wraps to go soggy, either line them with lettuce (as we did) or else take the coronation turkey mix in a separate jar and fill when you arrive at your favourite picnic destination!
A family-friendly picnic or lunchtime treat
Ingredients
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100g roast turkey breast slices
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3 tbsp light mayonnaise
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1.5 tsp mild curry powder
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50g raisins
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Half a fresh mango
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Lettuce leaves
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4 oaten rolls
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Butter (optional)
Directions
- Chop the turkey into small pieces (you can use any leftover turkey or turkey slices) and put them into a bowl. Add in the mayonnaise, curry powder and raisins. Carefully peel and chop the mango (half will be enough) and add that in. Mix everything together well.
- Take four bread rolls, spread with butter (optional) and place one large lettuce leaf in each roll.
- Fill the rolls with the coronation turkey mix and pack for your picnic or eat!
Tips
- You can store the filling in the fridge overnight, or take it along in a jar ready to fill on your picnic.
Breakdown of costs – with some ingredients leftover
Roast Turkey Breast Slices – £2.49
Essentials Waitrose Mayonnaise – £1.09 (500ml)
Curry Powder – £1.25 (100g)
Raisins – £1.00
Mango – £1.75
Lettuce – £1.00
Oaten Bread Rolls x 4 – £1.14
Total – £9.72
More picnic recipes -
Nigella’s Spanish Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes
Seasonal Cherry and Almond Traybake
You could also try my first recipe for the Lean on Turkey Challenge – Turkey and Leek Meatballs with Tomato Tagliatelle.
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With many thanks to Lean on Turkey for asking me to create a picnic recipe.
These look lovely Ren, and do you know it has never occurred to me to take fillings separately. Most useful thing I have learnt for ages.
Thanks Helen, happy to pass on something useful! x
Good idea for picnics to take the turkey mix separate in a jar so as not to make the roll soggy. Love this mayo combo.
Thank you for stopping by Denise, yes we always take sandwich fillings separately x
love coronation anything, these look very special and love that you’ve used turkey for them… I also love a nice soft roll like that too, so wonderful in the mouth! Happy Monday! x
Thanks Dom – was going to make wraps but then noticed that Katie had recently made some tasty Asian-inspired wraps. So I went for rolls instead
Hope you are keeping well! xx