Chicken Cordon Bleu with Creamy Sauce Recipe
This chicken cordon bleu recipe is easy and delicious. Made with pounded chicken breast stuffed with ham and cheese complemented with a creamy sauce, this chicken recipe is great for dinner or as a party casserole!
Equipment
- Meat mallet or rolling pin
- Mixing Bowl
- Cling/ plastic wrap or toothpick
- Skillet and turner or tong
- Paper towels
Ingredients
Chicken preparation:
- 3 large pieces skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 6 pieces swiss cheese or cheddar cheese
- 6 pieces ham
- canola oil or any preferred oil for frying
Breading mixture:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- salt and ground black pepper
Creamy Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ cup parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Prepare the chicken by placing chicken breast between two pieces of plastic wrap on a cutting board and flatten to ¼ inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika.
- Lay one piece of the pounded chicken over a cling wrap and sprinkle with the spices. Massage it all over the chicken with your hands.
- Place 2 ham slices and 2 cheese slice on top of the breast. Roll tightly and wrap in the cling wrap. Do this to all the remaining chicken. Chill for at least 30 minutes to an hour.
- Heat oil in a skillet using medium heat. Take out chicken from the refrigerator and remove plastic wrap.
- Prepare the breading mixture by seasoning flour, eggs and breadcrumbs with pinch of salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
- Dredge rolled chicken in the flour, then dip into the eggs and finally roll into the breadcrumbs.
- Fry the chicken in the pre-heated oil. For deep frying, you can cook it for about 12 minutes in medium-low heat. If you need to turn the chicken over to fry the opposite side, you need to cook it for around 7-8 minutes each side.
- Remove the chicken from the skillet and drain in a plate with paper towel.
- Let it cool down before slicing into serving pieces.
- To prepare the creamy sauce. Melt butter in a pan, add garlic then flour. Pour the milk and stir continuously. Season with salt, pepper and add the parmesan cheese. Cook until it thickens.
- Slice the chicken into serving sizes then drizzle with sauce on top. Garnish with chopped parsley if desired.
- Share and enjoy!
