Chicken Cordon blue roll-ups have layers of gooey swiss cheese and salty ham inside with a crispy breadcrumb coating on the outside.
They give off the impression of possibly being difficult to make but aren’t. Not one bit.
Chicken cutlets – chicken breasts pounded thin with a meat mallet – are rolled up with deli-sliced ham and swiss cheese. To seal in the juicy, tender chicken the roulades get dipped in egg and dredged in bread crumbs before baking.
You can serve them whole or cut them into slices for a nice presentation.
The leftovers make the best sandwiches. If there are any leftovers. With oozing swiss cheese and sweet ham peppering every bite they won’t last long around hungry mouths.
Chicken Cordon blue roll-ups have layers of gooey swiss cheese and salty ham inside them with a crispy outer breadcrumb coating.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a large roasting pan.
- Set up a dredging station by whisking the egg, milk and mustard together in a shallow dish, season with salt and pepper. In a second wide, shallow dish combine both bread crumbs and flour together.
- Season the chicken cutlets lightly on each side with salt and pepper. Place a slice each of swiss and ham (trim to fit the cutlet, if needed) over top and roll up beginning from the smallest end of the chicken. Secure with a toothpick or two. Repeat until they are all rolled up. Dredge one at a time by dipping into the egg and then into the bread crumbs using your hands to pat the crumbs on. Set in roasting pan and repeat until all are covered with crumbs.
- Bake about 25 minutes, depending on the thickness/size of your cutlets (internal temp should reach 164-175 degrees F). Remove from oven and allow to set 5 minutes. Remove toothpicks and cut into slices 1-2 inches thick, if desired or serve as is.
I love chicken cordon bleu and I haven’t made it in forever. I like that this has some dijon in it.
I say “yes” always to oozing cheese – even when mindfully eating. This begs to be made.
Ooomg these look DIVINE. And fairly easy too! Well done :) Adding to my List of Things I Need to Bake!
The oozing cheese and crispy crust is making these pretty irresistible! The spiral shapes look great sliced.
YummY!!! I love cordon bleu. As soon as I get home from my trip I’ll have to make some!