How to make Coronation chicken - howtothings.net

Ingredients

• 1/2 lemon
• 2.3kg/5lb chicken
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1 carrot, quartered
• 8 black peppercorns, crushed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 15g/1/2oz butter
• 1 tablespoon curry paste
• 1 tablespoon tomato purée
• 125ml/4fl oz red wine
• 1 bay leaf
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 2–3 teaspoons apricot jam
• 300ml/10fl oz mayonnaise
• 125ml/4fl oz double or whipping cream, whipped
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• watercress, to garnish