Boneless Chicken Recipe
How to Cook Chicken Cordon Bleu
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You can see from the photo how this chicken cordon bleu recipe is impressive. If you serve it sliced in half your guests will be able to see the tasty ham and cheese filling. Learning how to cook chicken cordon bleu is so easy and when you have made it once, you will find the second time a breeze. This is a recipe which you will instantly remember too because it is so simple - you just need chicken, ham, cheese and seasoned breadcrumbs to make this vibrant and flavor-packed dish which everybody will love, no matter what side dishes you choose for accompaniment.
How to Cook Chicken Cordon Bleu
This is a great chicken recipe because it is easy to make and tastes wonderful. One of the best things about chicken cordon bleu is the simplicity of the dish. There are only a few ingredients and that is all you need for this tasty chicken recipe. Use large chicken breasts if you can because they are easier to roll up. Once you know how to cook chicken cordon bleu you will want to make it more often.
Baked chicken recipes like this one for baked chicken cordon bleu go nicely with mashed potatoes and vegetables such as broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower, corn, carrot, or whatever you fancy. So, if you were ever wondering what side dishes are good with chicken cordon bleu, now you have a pretty good grasp of it. This is one of the easiest baked chicken recipes but it looks more complicated because of the attractive way the chicken breasts are rolled up.
This tasty baked chicken recipe proves that you do not need to be a master chef to make wonderful baked chicken recipes. It is so easy to roll ham and cheese up in a chicken breast and bake it in the oven until it is cooked through. So, which side dishes would complement this flavor-packed chicken dish? You can let our imagination take over on this one - what about some broccoli or cauliflower in a cheese sauce? Mashed potatoes would be nice alongside this easy chicken cordon bleu recipe. Sweet potatoes would be interesting too. Perhaps you can mash some potatoes with sweet potatoes. Add a little honey and some black pepper for a delicious side dish. Make this delicious baked chicken cordon bleu recipe the next time you want to impress somebody because this dish never fails to be impressive!
Classic Yet Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu
Ingredients -
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
½ cup seasoned breadcrumbs
6 slices Swiss cheese
4 slices cooked ham
⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
Parsley to garnish
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and coat a 7 x 11 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray or oil.
Pound the chicken breasts until they are ¼ inch thick.
Sprinkle salt and pepper over them and put a cheese slice and a ham slice on each breast.
Roll the chicken breasts up and secure them with toothpicks.
Put the chicken in a baking dish and sprinkle the breadcrumbs evenly over the top.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
Remove it from the oven and put ½ slice cheese on each breast.
Return to the oven for 5 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
Remove the toothpicks, slice each chicken breast into 3 pieces so you can see the fillings and serve hot with potatoes and vegetables and parsley to garnish.
(Serves 4)