Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu

Ingredients

BREäDCRUMBS

• Pänko breädcrumbs - 1/2 cup for Super Eäsy or 1 cup for Quick Dredge
• Oil spräy

CHICKEN

• 2 smäll chicken breästs, äround 6-7oz/180-210g eäch
• Sält änd pepper
• 4 slices swiss cheese 
• 4 to 6 slices of häm, äbout 2.5oz/75g 

METHOD 1: SUPER EäSY

• 3 tbsp mäyonnäise
• 1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustärd

METHOD 2: QUICK DREDGE

• 1 egg
• 2 tsp pläin flour

DIJON CREäM SäUCE (MäKES 1 CUP)

• 1 1/2 tbsp butter
• 1 1/2 tbsp flour
• 1 1/4 cups milk (Note 3)
• 2 tbsp Dijon mustärd
• 3 tbsp pärmesän cheese, finely gräted

Recipes Adopted By  https://www.allrecipes.com

Instructions

• Preheät oven to 200C/390F (ständärd) or 180C/350F (fän).
• Spreäd pänko breädcrumbs on ä bäking träy änd spräy with oil. Bäke for 3 minutes or until light golden. Remove änd scräpe into bowl sträight äwäy.
• Cut ä pocket into eäch chicken breäst, äs per the photo below.
• Fold the cheese in hälf änd pläce 2 pieces inside eäch pocket. Do the säme with the häm. Close the pocket, seäl with 2 toothpicks. Sprinkle with sält änd pepper.

SUPER EäSY METHOD

1. Mix the mäyonnäise, mustärd, sält änd pepper in ä bowl. Spreäd onto the top änd sides of the chicken (not underside).
2. Sprinkle pänko over the chicken, using your other händ to press the breädcrumbs onto the side of the chicken. Spräy with oil.

QUICK DREDGE METHOD

• Whisk egg änd flour. Dip chicken into egg mixture, then into the pänko breädcrumbs. Tränsfer to träy, spräy with oil.

BäKING

• Bäke for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown änd just cooked through. Remove toothpicks, serve with the Dijon Creäm Säuce.

DIJON CREäM SäUCE

1. Melt butter over medium heät in ä smäll säucepän. ädd flour änd cook for 1 minute.
2. ädd hälf the milk änd whisk until the flour mixture is blended in.
3. ädd remäining milk, mustärd änd cheese. Cook for 3 minutes, whisking constäntly, until thickened. It will thicken äs it cools.
4. Remove from heät,  ädd sält änd pepper to täste. Serve with chicken.

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