Chicken cordon bleu. A delicious French classic, chicken cordon bleu is made of chicken breasts stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese. Chicken stuffed with ham and cheese, coated with crunchy golden breadcrumbs. You'd swear it's fried - but it's baked.

The quality of the ingredients you will use for this recipe will either make it a great stuffed chicken breast. Classic Chicken Cordon Bleu is breaded and then fried. We opted to skip the frying and bake ours instead. You can have Chicken cordon bleu using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken cordon bleu

Prepare 4 large of chicken breast.
It's 1 1/2 cup of white wine.
You need 3 tbsp of flour.
You need 1 of chicken bouillon cube.
Prepare 1 tsp of paprika.
Prepare 4 slice of Ham (I use honey Ham for the flavor).
It's 4 slice of Swiss cheese.
You need 6 tbsp of margarine.

It takes what is otherwise a tedious recipe and simplifies it a bit. Chicken cordon bleu is one of those meal-in-one dishes, which appeals to my family's tastes in different ways. It has the crispy exterior from the breadcrumb mixture that the kids enjoy. Chicken Cordon Bleu is usually stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese, but you can use any cheese your family likes such as mozzarella or Gruyere.

Chicken cordon bleu step by step

Pound chicken breast to 1/2 inch thickness.
Place one slice of ham/cheese in the middle of each pounded breast and roll the chicken so that no ham/cheese is exposed. I usually use about 3-4 toothpicks per breast to secure the roll.
Combine flour and paprika in bowl and coast each rolled up breast in the mixture.
melt margarine in large saucepan on med-high heat and place chicken in pan.
Brown chicken on all sides. Once browned, bring to low heat and add wine and chicken bouillon to the pan. Cover. Let simmer 30 min.
Serve!.

How to make Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole. This is an extremely simple dish that is practically impossible to mess up. If you are a beginner in the kitchen, this is the perfect dish to make to fool your. Baked chicken cordon bleu is a classic dish that is so well-loved for a reason. Ham and Swiss cheese are wrapped up in a chicken cutlet, coated in breadcrumbs and baked to perfection.