Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe

  French Appetizer

Ingredients:
Serve these chilled chicken roll slices as an appetizer at your next party...

5 medium skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves
1 5-ounce container semisoft cheese with garlic and herbs
2-1/2 ounces very thinly sliced fully cooked ham
1/2 cup fine dry seasoned bread crumbs
1 tablespoon snipped fresh parsley
1/2 cup milk
Nonstick spray coating
1 tablespoon margarine or butter, melted


Directions:
1. Place each chicken breast half,boned side up, between pieces of clear plastic wrap. Working from the center to the edges, pound lightly with the flat side of a meat mallet to 1/4-inch thick. Remove plastic wrap. Spread chicken with cheese. Place ham, cutting to fit, over each chicken breast. Fold in the long sides of the chicken and roll up into a sprial starting from the short edge. Secure with wooden toothpicks.
2. Combine bread crumbs and parsley in a shallow dish. Dip chicken rolls first in milk and then into the bread crumb mixture to coat.
3. Spray a 2-quart rectangular baking dish with nonstick coating. Place chicken rolls, seam side down, in prepared baking dish. Drizzle with melted margarine or butter.
4. Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until lightly browned and chicken is tender and no longer pink. Remove rolls and chill for 1 to 24 hours.
5. To serve, slice each roll crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Serve chilled.

Makes about 40 servings.



Chicken Cordon Bleu
 

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