Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe
This chicken cordon bleu recipe is an updated, quicker & healthier version of an age old favorite.
Equipment
- Oven
- baking dish
Ingredients
- 2 double chicken breasts (skinless & boneless)
- 4 slices proscuitto
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
- ½ cup breadcrumbs
- ½ cup all purpose (plain) flour
- ¼ cup honey mustard (see instructions below to make your own)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt & pepper (to taste)
- cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (approx 180 degrees C).
- Line a baking dish with parchment paper.
- Spray with a little cooking oil.
- Halve double chicken breasts so you have 4 singles.
- Place chicken breasts into a ziplock bag and pound to thin them out to about ¼ inch/ ½ centimetre thickness.
- Remove pounded chicken breasts from bag, and rest flat on a plate or prep board.
- Sprinkle ¼ teaspoon garlic powder onto each chicken breast.
- Sprinke salt & pepper to taste onto each chicken breast.
- Place one slice of proscuitto and one slice of Swiss cheese on each chicken breast.
- Roll up each chicken breast (proscuitto and cheese on the inside) and use a toothpick to secure.
- Roll each chicken breast in flour, then honey mustard, then in breadcrumbs.
- Place on the parchment paper in your baking dish.
- Spray a little cooking oil onto each breadcrumbed bundle.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
- Serve immediately while hot.
Notes
So many options with this recipe! See the 'options' heading below for suggestions about variations.
Nutrition
Calories: 348kcal
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