Chicken cordon bleu. A delicious French classic, chicken cordon bleu is made of chicken breasts stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese. Chicken stuffed with ham and cheese, coated with crunchy golden breadcrumbs. You'd swear it's fried - but it's baked.
The quality of the ingredients you will use for this recipe will either make it a great stuffed chicken breast.
Classic Chicken Cordon Bleu is breaded and then fried.
We opted to skip the frying and bake ours instead.
You can cook Chicken cordon bleu using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chicken cordon bleu
- It's of stuffing.
- You need 3 slice of of ham, chopped.
- It's 3 slice of of salami, chopped.
- You need 4 slice of provolone cheese, chopped.
- You need 1 tsp of garlic powder.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of flour.
- You need 1 tbsp of milk.
- You need of chicken.
- It's 2 of chicken breasts, thawed.
- You need 1 of egg, beaten.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of flour.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Italian seasoned bread crumbs.
It takes what is otherwise a tedious recipe and simplifies it a bit. 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.
Chicken cordon bleu step by step
- Put all the ingredients for stuffing in a medium sized bowl and mix thoroughly. Set aside..
- Preheat oven to °375.
- Pound chicken breasts out till 1/2 inch thick, stuff with mixture. Dip in egg, flour, and bread crumbs..
- Repeat with other chicken breast and place in a buttered baking dish. Cook in oven for 25-30 minutes.
How to make Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole. This is an extremely simple dish that is practically impossible to mess up. If you are a beginner in the kitchen, this is the perfect dish to make to fool your. 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.
