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Coronation Turkey Picnic Rolls

August 12, 2013

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!

Coronation Turkey

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Coronation Turkey

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 

Coronation Turkey

More picnic recipes –

Polish Carrot and Apple Salad

Nigella’s Spanish Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes

Seasonal Cherry and Almond Traybake

Pear and Chocolate Brownies

You could also try my first recipe for the Lean on Turkey Challenge – Turkey and Leek Meatballs with Tomato Tagliatelle.

Sponsored Post + cost of ingredients covered

With many thanks to Lean on Turkey for asking me to create a picnic recipe. 

Filed Under: Family Food, Light Meals and Salads, Meat/Poultry6 Comments

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About Ren

Ren Behan is a British-born food writer of Polish descent. She is a mum to three young children (13, 10 and 5) and spends lots of time with them in the kitchen. Ren writes about seasonal, family-friendly food on her blog www.renbehan.com. She also contributes recipes and articles to online and print food publications, such as Food52.com, GreatBritishChefs.com, Huff Post Food and JamieOliver.com. She holds a Diploma in Food Journalism with Distinction and has completed a Food Styling course at Leiths School of Food and Wine.

Ren’s cookbook, Wild Honey and Rye: Modern Polish Recipes, draws upon her Polish heritage and regular travels to Poland.

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  1. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

    August 26, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Ren Behan says

      August 27, 2013 at 11:41 am

      Thanks Helen, happy to pass on something useful! x

      Reply
  2. Denise @ magnoliaverandah says

    August 13, 2013 at 12:54 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Ren Behan says

      August 13, 2013 at 1:42 pm

      Thank you for stopping by Denise, yes we always take sandwich fillings separately x

      Reply
  3. Dom says

    August 12, 2013 at 11:56 am

    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

    Reply
    • Ren Behan says

      August 12, 2013 at 2:11 pm

      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

      Reply

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