Chicken Cordon Bleu
This Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe is easy, filling and has a wonderful gourmet feeling to it. Perfect for a family dinner or double it for guests.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 552kcal
Ingredients
Chicken
- 4 thawed chicken breast
- 8 pieces of Deli ham *I prefer honey ham
- 8 slices of swiss cheese.
- 16+ toothpicks
- ½ cup of melted butter
- 1 cup bread crumbs
Cheese Sauce
- 4 Tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoon instant chicken bullion
- ¾ cup shredded swiss cheese I typically use the rest of the sliced swiss, just tear it up.
- 4 Tablespoon parmesan cheese
- 2 ½ cup milk
- 4 Tablespoon flour
- dash of pepper
- 2 teaspoon parsley
Instructions
- Butterfly your chicken breast.Start with a thawed chicken breast and sharp knife. Trim and fat or tendons.Starting with the thick part of the chicken slice horizontal through the breastLay breast open, here it looks like a butterfly. Cut in halfPlace a small piece of swiss cheese along the chickenPlace a piece of ham on top of the cheese
- I like to start with the skinny end and roll towards the fatter end of the breast toothpick that bad boy nice and tight. Usually I use 2 toothpicks per chicken roll.After rolling dip your chicken in butter, then coat in breadcrumbs.
- place in 9x13 pan
- 6.Bake at 350 for 40-50 min
Cheese Sauce
- Melt butter on med heat, stir in flour. Let mixture bubble for a minute.
- Add bullion, and milk.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Pour over chicken.
Notes
PRO-TIP: have all ingredients measured/counted out before you start cutting and dipping your chicken because your hands are going to get messy with raw chicken and you don't want to have to wash your hands repeatedly.
PRO-TIP: cut and roll all your chicken before starting the dipping process. Your hands will also get coated with butter and breadcrumbs which is hard to work with when rolling the chicken. Roll all chickens, then dip.
PRO-TIP: They will take a little less than an hour to bake, but to take all the guess work out and know for sure your chicken is completely cooked I HIGHLY recommend using a thermoworks thermometer. 100% recommend this one from thermoworks- it is hands down the more reliable one on the market for temp reading.
GLUTENFREE INSTRUCTIONS
CAN I MAKE GLUTEN FREE CHICKEN CORDON BLEU!
ABSOLUTELY!! I used gluten-free bread crumbs and gluten-free flour for the roux in the cheese sauce. My go-to flour substitute is cup-4-cup, but you can use whatever you can find at your local grocery store or online store. I got these ingredients just at my Walmart!
Nutrition
Calories: 552kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 163mg | Sodium: 545mg | Potassium: 575mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1025IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 453mg | Iron: 1mg