Recipe: 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 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken cordon bleu

1. Prepare 6 of full deboned, defrosted, chicken breast.
2. It's 100 g of bread crumbs/chicken coating.
3. Prepare 200 g of sliced cheese /cheddar /mozzarella.
4. You need 6 slices of sandwich ham.
5. It's 2 teaspoon of chicken seasoning and paprika.
6. It's of Oil for frying.
7. Prepare of Salt and pepper for seasoning.
8. It's 2 of eggs beaten.
9. You need 1 cup of flour.

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 step by step

1. Slice the chicken breasts down the side and tenderise/flatten with a kitchen mallet.
2. Season with salt pepper paprika, and any other seasoning you like. Place cheese on the breast.
3. Then layer with ham.
4. In cling wrap, roll up the chicken inside the cling wrap and leave in the fridge to cool and set.
5. Warm up the oil on the stove. While it's warming prepare the flour, egg and coating in 3 separate dishes. Coat first in flour, then egg then the breadcrumbs.
6. Fry in the oil and flip over every couple of minutes to ensure even cooking and leave to rest on a kitchen towel.
7. Cut even portions and serve.

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.

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