Cooking from Scratch: Chicken Cordon Bleu with Cream Sauce

It sounds fancy.

Looks and tastes yummy, too! I've been wanting to try making chicken cordon bleu from long time back, but I never really had the chance. Or, I did not have the guts to make it.

Until recently.

The dish looks intimidating. The ham and cheese filling rolled with chicken breast. Hmmm, but the ingredients are not too hard to find. I might as well try to make it. Now.

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Cooking Chicken Cordon Bleu

^{NO OVEN}

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Ingredients:

• 1 boneless chicken breast
• ham, 2 pcs
• cheese slices (I used the cheddar cheese slices)
  For the coating:
• melted butter
• 1 egg
• salt and pepper to taste
• bread crumbs
  For the cream sauce:
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (I substituted with shredded cheddar)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp flour

Procedure:

1. Slice the chicken breast to open into butterfly cut.

2. Pound the chicken until it is 1/2 inch thick.

3. Lay the ham and cheese on the chicken.

4. Slowly roll the chicken breast and secure with toothpicks.

5. Coat the chicken roll evenly with the egg and bread crumbs.

Traditionally, the chicken must be baked in the oven. It's been a long while since we bought gas for our stove/oven. We always cook with the induction cooker, so I also cooked the chicken on the stove top.

Make sure to put the cooker on low heat, to ensure that the chicken is cooked all the way through.

Turn the chicken every now and then to prevent the chicken from burning. You can also add your aromatics, like rosemary leaves to give the chicken additional flavor.

Cream Sauce

1. You can cook the sauce on the same pan where you cooked the chicken.
2. Melt the butter on the pan and slowly add the flour.
3. Add the milk and let simmer on low heat.
4. Put the cheese and let dissolve completely.
5. Add salt and pepper according to salt preference.
6. The sauce is ready when you achieve a thick consistency.
7. Strain the sauce to remove any lumps.

Serve, and enjoy!

@divinekids enjoyed it with rice, while I ate it with steamed veggies. Yum! Glad I tried making it!

Have you tried making chicken cordon bleu from scratch? How did it go?

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