Baked potato with Coronation turkey recipe makes for a delicious quick healthy meal. Based on the classic Coronation chicken it's a great way of using up leftover turkey too!
Folks, I know I know! I probably should have brought you this Coronation turkey recipe just after Christmas as an excellent way to use up that leftover turkey!
You see I just thought what with the turkey and leek pie recipe, two turkey recipes at the same time might have been too much?
Anyway my other half and I eat this Coronation turkey all year round and it's also delicious as a sandwich filler too.
So really it can be eaten at any time and not just when there's leftover Christmas turkey!
Oh, and, of course, you can make a Coronation chicken jacket potato using chicken with this recipe instead of turkey. It's just I choose to make this a turkey baked potato as that's often cheaper!
I don't think people would have considered using turkey for this recipe when it was originally conceived as a celebratory meal for the Queen's Coronation in 1953.
In fact it probably wasn't even available, chicken was rare enough as I have read.
You see foods like turkey and chicken were still very much rationed then. Even though the 2nd World War had ended 7 years before in 1945, rationing didn't end here in the U.K. until 1954!
SO this year as the Queen celebrates her 65th year on the throne I think we should pause and realise just how lucky we are for all the amazing choice of foods we have in the shops, when back then they didn't. Nor are we at war!
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Baked Potato With Coronation Turkey Recipe
Make your Coronation turkey filling whilst your baked potatoes are baking in the oven.
I usually serve this leftover turkey recipe with a light salad of spinach and tomato leaves. That's all we need as it's quite filling!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Baked Potato With Coronation Turkey Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes
- 2 turkey breasts
- 80 g frozen sweetcorn
- 1 small onion diced
- 3 tablespoon low fat mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon madras curry powder
- 1 tablespoon mango chutney
- 1 tablespoon freshly chopped coriander
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 200C Fan
- When oven is a desired cooking temperature place potatoes on a shelf in the middle and allow them to cook for 45m – 1 hour until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
- Meanwhile, whilst the potatoes are cooking make the Coronation Turkey.
- Grill the turkey breasts, allow them to cool and then dice them.
- Cook the sweetcorn and allow to cool
- Place the turkey, sweetcorn, onion, mayonnaise, curry powder, mango chutney and coriander into a bowl. Season with the black pepper and mix together. Place in the refrigerator until the potatoes are cooked.
- Cut the potatoes in half, fill with the Coronation Turkey and serve with steamed vegetables or a salad.
Jeff
When chickens were rationed, my Polish relatives made a dish called "city chicken," which is pork and veal cubes, skewered, cooking in a complicated way ... they wind up tasting kind of like drumsticks. But I've never heard of Coronation chicken! It sounds fantastic! And who doesn't love a stuffed potato?
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Jeff. I tell you that "city chicken" dish you mention sounds absolutely fantastic too!
Have you done that on your blog, I'll need to check later. If you haven't you maybe should? It would be great and your story behind it too!
rachel @ athletic avocado
Such a hearty and tasty meal here! i love stuffed potatoes!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Good for the heart and definitely very tasty!
Thanks Rachel! 🙂
GiGi Eats
OOOO!! THIS is a new idea to me! AND I LOVE IT! And now.... I miss turkey too - ha ha!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Yes! I thought you would like this GiGi!
A new idea for you and your husband for a quick healthy meal? 😉
Susie @ Suzlyfe
YUM! This sounds delicious. I definitely stand in awe of your Queen. Think we could borrow her for the next few years? Just until the next election?
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Ha ha, I'm not sure our Queen would be up for that.
I'm afraid you'll have to made do with your "King" for the time being. 😉
krissy
What a great idea! This looks so yummy! I love potatoes! This looks kid friendly as well!
Neil
Yes, this is definitely kid friendly Krissy. My mum used to feed me and my brother baked potatoes all the time and we loved them!
Val
This sounds like a useful recipe for using up leftover turkey next week! About how much cooked meat is equivalent to the 2 turkey breasts in the recipe please?
Neil
Hi Val. Thanks for your comment! I'm glad to hear it might be useful for your leftover turkey. It's best you estimate the amount of cooked turkey that would be equivalent to the two turkey breasts in the recipe. I don't know how big your baked potatoes will be for what you make to provide enough filling for them. Just add sufficient chopped leftover cooked turkey to the mixture until you are happy you have enough. And if you make too much then there's always plenty left over anyway which you can keep for sandwiches or the like? I hope you enjoy the dish and have a great festive season!