How to Prepare Appetizing Chicken Cordon Bleu

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Chicken Cordon Bleu. A delicious French classic, chicken cordon bleu is made of chicken breasts stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese. Chicken cordon bleu: the perfect idea for dinner! Chicken stuffed with ham and cheese, coated with crunchy golden breadcrumbs.

Classic Chicken Cordon Bleu is breaded and then fried.

We opted to skip the frying and bake ours instead.

It takes what is otherwise a tedious recipe and simplifies it a bit.

You can have Chicken Cordon Bleu using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Cordon Bleu

1. It’s 4 of boneless chicken breasts.

2. Prepare 2 of thick slices deli ham; diced.

3. It’s 1/2 cup of shredded swiss cheese.

4. It’s 1/4 cup of grated parmesan.

5. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of bread crumbs.

6. It’s 2 tbsp of ground parsley.

7. It’s 2 tbsp of onion powder.

8. Prepare 1 tbsp of garlic powder.

9. You need 1 tbsp of paprika.

10. You need 1 tsp of ground thyme.

11. Prepare 3 tbsp of melted butter.

12. Prepare 2 of eggs.

13. It’s 1 cup of flour.

14. It’s 1 large of pinches of salt and pepper.

Chicken cordon bleu is one of those meal-in-one dishes, which appeals to my family's tastes in different ways.

It has the crispy exterior from the breadcrumb mixture that the kids enjoy.

Chicken Cordon Bleu is usually stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese, but you can use any cheese your family likes such as mozzarella or Gruyere.

Our family's favorite fool-proof Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe includes a cornflake coating and easy two-ingredient sauce.

Chicken Cordon Bleu instructions

1. Trim fat off chicken. Slice down the side of the breast to butterfly the breast or make a small incision at the top corner of the breast to make a pocket for stuffing with your fingers..

2. Combine ham and half of the cheese in a mixing bowl. Stuff each breast..

3. Set up a standard 3 step breading station in three different mixing bowls. Flour- Egg Wash- Bread Crumbs….in that order!.

4. Season the bread crumbs with the dry spices and remaining cheese. Add melted butter. Mix. Add more butter if necessary, or omit and blanch breaded chicken in oil for 20 seconds..

5. Carefully bread the breasts so you dont lose all the stuffing..

6. Cook at 350° for approximately 25-30 minutes or until thermometer reaches 165° and breading is golden and crispy..

7. Variations; Herbs de Province, rosemary, mustard, gruyere.

Arrange chicken smooth side down on a work surface.

Cover one half of each breast with one slice of ham and one slice of cheese, leaving.

Baked chicken cordon bleu is a classic dish that is so well-loved for a reason.

Ham and Swiss cheese are wrapped up in a chicken cutlet, coated in breadcrumbs and baked to perfection.

Chicken Cordon Bleu is a dish composed of chicken breasts, ham, and Swiss cheese.