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Chicken Cordon Bleu

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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Swiss
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Degree of Difficulty : Moderately difficult
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients 

Chicken and Filling

  • 4 slices chicken cutlets
  • 4 thin slices deli ham
  • 4 slices swiss cheese

Mixture for Dredging

  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 eggs slightly beaten with 1 teaspoon of water
  • 1 1/2 cups unseasoned bread crumbs

For Frying

  • 2 tbsp canola oil
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter

Sauce

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients before starting the recipe.

Prepare filled chicken logs

  • Place each cutlet, one at a time, between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound each cutlet to about 1/4" in thickness.
  • Season each cutlet with kosher salt. Lay the cutlet on a clean surface with the long side facing you.
  • Top each slice with a slice of ham, season, and then a slice of Swiss cheese.
  • Roll each cutlet in a tight long roll. Secure with toothpicks along the long seam.
  • Repeat and season again with kosher salt.

Prepare dredging station

  • Roll each chicken roll in flour, then dip in egg wash, and finally coat with the dried bread crumbs.

Frying

  • Pre heat oven to 350°F
  • Heat oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat. The oil should be hot enough to gently sizzle when you add the chicken logs. There should be enough oil/butter to shallow fry the chicken logs. Fry for 4-5 minutes per side, or until golden.
  • Transfer chicken to a rack placed over a baking sheet and place in the pre heated oven for 6 to 8 minutes.

Serving

  • Remove the toothpicks from each log.
  • Slice the log into 5 slices (trimming the very ends off) and arrange the 5 slices in a single layer, forming a circle, on each serving plate.
  • Squeeze some of the juice of 1/2 lemon over chicken piece.

Sauce

  • Drizzle sauce sparingly over the chicken, and around the edge of the platter.
  • Serve with a Shaved Fennel Salad