Chicken Cordon Bleu

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 whole chicken breasts, boned and skinned
• 4 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 4 slices ham
• 4 slices swiss cheese
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• salt
• black pepper
• 1 egg
• 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
• peanut oil

Recipe

• 1 cut each chicken breast in half.
• 2 one at a time, place breast halves between two sheets of waxed paper and pound flat.
• 3 spread some mustard down the center of each breast, and then layer with 1 ham slice and 1 cheese slice.
• 4 fold breast half around the filling; beginning with one long side, then short sides, finishing with a long side making sure the filling is completely coverd.
• 5 press edges together and roll each piece as it is finished in a sheet of waxed paper.
• 6 season flour with salt and pepper.
• 7 beat egg lightly with 1 teaspoon water.
• 8 line up a plate with flour, a shallow dish with beaten egg, and a plate with bread crumbs.
• 9 one by one, roll each piece in flour to coat, then dip in egg, coating completely, and roll in bread crumbs, pressing crumbs into egg coating.
• 10 place chicken pieces on a tray and refrigerate for one hour.
• 11 heat enough peanut oil in a large frying pan so that it comes up half way.
• 12 fry chicken pieces, two at a time, in hot oil, until browned evenly on all sides; about 2 minutes each side.
• 13 remove from oil, drain on paper towel and place in a non stick baking dish.
• 14 bake at 350 for 15 minutes.