Super Easy Bacon-wrapped Chicken Cordon Bleu. This is a super easy, quick dish to through together and pretend like you've made something really fancy. The creaminess of the cheese and sauce paired with the crispy bacon (and bacon makes everything taste wonderful) will make this. Beat the egg in a mixing bowl and coat each chicken breast.
Wrap each piece of chicken individually in a piece of aluminum foil loosely so that it can be opened on the top.
This was the main entrée for my Valentine's Dinner.
I had never made Cordon Bleu before, so I studied several recipes from various cookbooks & came up with my own version.
You can have Super Easy Bacon-wrapped Chicken Cordon Bleu using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Super Easy Bacon-wrapped Chicken Cordon Bleu
- It's 1 packages of chicken tenders.
- You need 1 packages of thin deli sliced ham (or turkey).
- Prepare 1 packages of sliced swiss (or provolone).
- It's 1 packages of bacon.
- Prepare of garlic pepper (or favorite seasoning ).
- Prepare of Sauce.
- It's 4 tbsp of melted butter.
- It's 4 tbsp of flour.
- It's 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
- Prepare 1 cup of whole milk.
- You need 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
- Prepare 1 tsp of dijon mustard.
- It's 1/2 tsp of smoked paprika.
- You need 1/2 tsp of white pepper.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of garlic salt.
It is much easier if you buy the chicken breast already boned, but because these were on sale, I could not pass up such a great deal. This is the first recipe I. My midweek version of Chicken Cordon Bleu. All the flavour, all the crunch, much faster to make, and it's better for you because it's baked!
Super Easy Bacon-wrapped Chicken Cordon Bleu step by step
- Preheat oven to 375°F..
- Use a broiler safe dish to bake & broil the chicken in..
- Take 1/2 slice of cheese and place it in center of a slice of ham and wrap in 3rds. Lay along with the chicken tender and wrap with a slice of bacon. Place in dish with ham side up. Continue with as many pieces as you want to make. I made 15 pieces in a 13x11 baking dish. Sprinkle with garlic pepper or seasoning of choice..
- Place in oven and bake for about 25 minutes..
- While chicken is baking, make the sauce..
- Begin by mixing the flour with the melted butter and let cook on medium heat for 1-2 minutes to cook out the flour taste. Using a whisk, stir in the lemon juice first. Slowly add in the cream then thin out with the milk. You may not need the entire cup of milk to reach your desired consistency. It needs to be a medium thick but not clumpy and not runny consistency. Stir in the rest of the sauce ingredients..
- After baking chicken for 25 minutes, remove the grease with a syringe and turn the oven to broil, also you may want to turn the heat up to 400°F, or slightly higher depending on your oven, to crisp up the bacon for about 10 minutes..
- After the bacon is cooked to desired crispiness, pour sauce over each chicken piece and broil again for another 5 minutes or until starting to brown on top. Be careful to watch as you don't want to scorch the sauce. You may need to remove more grease again before adding the sauce..
- Let cool for about 5 minutes and serve. Veggie quinoa or roasted veggies pair well with this dish. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/360004-veggie-or-quinoa-rice https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/347369-roasted-bacon-onion-veggies-brussel-sprouts.
Choose your method for crumbing the chicken - Super Easy or Quick Dredge (see photos for difference). Super Easy coats the top and sides of the chicken, but is faster than the Dredging Method. Bacon Wrapped Chicken Cordon Bleu Low Carb, Ketogenic, THM:S An easy and tasty family dinner, Bacon Wrapped Chicken Cordon Bleu. Chicken breast is rolled up with ham, swiss cheese, and covered in bacon for the juiciest, tastiest chicken cordon bleu served with a homemade, ketogenic honey dijon cream sauce. Fold the chicken breast completely around the ham.