How to Cook Yummy Chicken cordon bleu

Chicken cordon bleu. A delicious French classic, chicken cordon bleu is made of chicken breasts stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese. Roll up and tuck in ends; secure with toothpicks. Place butter in a shallow bowl.

Two blue ribbon tastes in wedded bliss -- Chicken Cordon Bleu II! 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. You can have Chicken cordon bleu using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken cordon bleu

It's 1/4 lb of Chicken.
It's 1 of Ham.
Prepare 1 of Cheese (any kind).
You need 1 of White wine.
Prepare 1 of Garlic.

Trim any fat around edges of chicken. 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. In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, salt, paprika and pepper.

Chicken cordon bleu instructions

Pound chicken to flatten out so it will be easy to roll..
Put a 1/4 of onion into saute pan and add a clove of garlic and saute till tender but not brown.
Put chicken on cutting board and ham and cheese on top of the chicken and roll it all together and puncture with 3 tooth picks to hold the chicken into the roll.
Put chicken into the saute pan over medium heat uncovered and brown the breasts. Once brown add a quarter cup of wine and let the wine reduce by half..
Once wine is reduced cover the pan and leave alone until the chicken is at an internal temperature of 165. Take chicken out put on plate. Slowly take out tooth picks and then sauce the plate with the wine reduction that was made earlier.

What to Serve With Chicken Cordon Bleu? Cordon bleu is a rich meal with bold flavors so a light and fresh side makes the perfect complement. I would suggest a steamed or roasted vegetable like broccoli or roasted asparagus. Add in a tossed or Caesar Salad and a side of garlic butter rice for the perfect meal!. This baked chicken cordon bleu recipe can feed as few as four or double the recipe.