Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Time to channel your inner Julia. This is an amazing recipe. Once you get past the intimidation factor, it is an easy recipe. When you are finished, you have a sophisticated dish. And it is delicious. I made three chicken cordon bleu but you can make many more (and freeze them).

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Boneless Chicken Breasts
Slice of Swiss Cheese (One Per Chicken Breast)
Slice of Baked Ham (One Per Chicken Breast)
Flour
One Large Egg, Beaten
Toasted Bread Crumbs

Preheat your oven to 350F/176C/Gas Mark 4. Place the chicken breast between pieces of plastic wrap. Pound each chicken breast until thin. Place a piece of cheese and ham into the center of the pounded chicken.

Chicken, ham, and then cheese

Fold the chicken over the ham and cheese and secure with toothpicks.

The first step in rolling the packet

Making the chicken packet

Chicken packet

Roll the chicken packet in flour, then egg, and then bread crumbs.

Rolling in flour

Rolling in bread crumbs

Place in a greased pan. Bake for 40 minutes.

Baked chicken cordon bleu

The botton line: will I make this again? Yes. It is incredible.