Chicken Cordon Bleu
Chicken Cordon Bleu

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chicken cordon bleu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

A delicious French classic, chicken cordon bleu is made of chicken breasts stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese. The chicken will bake into a beautiful, golden, and crispy piece of meat that's perfectly swirled on the inside. Chicken Cordon Bleu sauce really completes this dish.

Chicken Cordon Bleu is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Chicken Cordon Bleu is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken cordon bleu using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Cordon Bleu:
  1. Prepare 4 boneless chicken breasts
  2. Prepare 2 thick slices deli ham; diced
  3. Make ready 1/2 cup shredded swiss cheese
  4. Make ready 1/4 cup grated parmesan
  5. Take 1 1/2 cup bread crumbs
  6. Make ready 2 tbsp ground parsley
  7. Take 2 tbsp onion powder
  8. Take 1 tbsp garlic powder
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp paprika
  10. Take 1 tsp ground thyme
  11. Get 3 tbsp melted butter
  12. Get 2 eggs
  13. Prepare 1 cup flour
  14. Make ready 1 large pinches of salt and pepper

Working one at a time, place chicken between sheets of parchment paper and pound with a mallet or rolling. Roll up and tuck in ends; secure with toothpicks. Place butter in a shallow bowl. Roll up and tuck in ends; secure with toothpicks.

Instructions to make Chicken Cordon Bleu:
  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

In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, salt, paprika and pepper. An easy Chicken Cordon Bleu which is quick to prepare, and baked rather than fried. All the flavour, all the crunch, a beautiful golden crumb, and it's better for you! This retro classic is here to stay - always! Chicken stuffed with ham and cheese, coated with crunchy golden breadcrumbs.

So that’s going to wrap this up for this special food chicken cordon bleu recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I’m sure that you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!