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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Coronation Chicken: The UK Culinary Classic Fit for a Queen

Angela Wood helped invent Coronation Chicken to mark the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Chris Radburn AFP

Angela Wood proudly recalls the poached chicken in creamy curry sauce recipe that she helped create for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, and which has since become a British culinary classic.

Coronation Chicken -- also called "Poulet Reine Elizabeth" -- is now so popular it can be found in supermarket ready-meals, pre-packed sandwiches and on the pages of many recipe books, said AFP.

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