Super Simple Chicken Cordon Bleu With A Twist

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 4 slices cheddar cheese
• 4 slices gouda cheese, with herbs (optional)
• 4 slices smoked turkey (thin slices)
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 egg (beaten)
• 1 cup fine breadcrumbs
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• salt & pepper
• paprika
• garlic powder
• 1 small onion, chopped

Recipe

• 1 pound chicken breast to ¼-inch thickness. (we have our local butcher do them here, he butterflies and pounds the breast, so you have a super flat piece of chicken breast.).
• 2 fry chopped onion in a bit of oil until brown, set aside.
• 3 sprinkle each chicken breast on both sides with salt and pepper.
• 4 place 1 herbed gouda cheese slice, then 1 smoked turkey slice then 1 cheddar slice and add a bit of the chopped fried onions on top of cheese in each breast.
• 5 roll up each breast using toothpicks to secure if necessary. (i didn’t need toothpicks, if you roll tight enough you should be fine.).
• 6 prepare three separate bowls…
• 7 bowl 1- flour: add some paprika, salt & pepper and a dash of garlic powder to this flour.
• 8 bowl 2- egg: one egg beaten.
• 9 bowl 3- bread crumbs: i used fine plain bread crumbs.
• 10 dredge each chicken breast in flour, shake off excess, then in egg and finally in bread crumbs. its not that bad, i thought it would be, just do it gently in each bowl. you may need to use your fingers to coat a bit if the breast doesn’t pick up enough, it worked our fine when i did this.).
• 11 place seam side down in baking dish that has been sprayed with a non-stick cooking spray.
• 12 add 1 tablespoon butter on top of each piece of chicken.
• 13 bake at 350° turning each breast once to brown the other side. i think about 45 minutes or so was fine for me. as you can see form pick they came out a nice golden brown.