Easy Oven Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu🧀

I have been getting a lot of requests lately for a chicken cordon bleu recipe. So, I thought I could make the traditional cordon bleu or I could make it just as delicious, but easy in the oven! This is a unique recipe that I have created that is just as good as the original yet it’s going take you half the time to make.

We are going to bake our chicken cordon bleu in the oven and make a little béchamel sauce, flavored with dijon, worcestershire, and parmesan to make it special! We are going to layer some ham, cheese, and bake it in the oven to perfection. Good enough for company and easy enough for weeknight dinner. Let’s make it!

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Easy Oven Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu

I have been getting a lot of requests lately for a chicken cordon bleu recipe. So, I thought I could make the traditional cordon bleu or I could make it just as delicious, but easy in the oven! This is a unique recipe that I have created that is just as good as the original yet it's going take you half the time to make. We are going to bake our chicken cordon bleu in the oven and make a little béchamel sauce, flavored with dijon, worcestershire, and parmesan to make it special! We are going to layer some ham, cheese, and bake it in the oven to perfection. Good enough for company and easy enough for weeknight dinner. Let's make it!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, French

Servings 5 people

Calories 500 kcal

Equipment

• Whisk
• Measuring Cup
• Measuring Spoons
• Wooden Spatula or Spoon
• Aluminum Foil

Ingredients

  

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• 5 thinly sliced chicken cutlets room temperature & patted dry
• 1 tsp salt divided
• 1 tsp cracked black pepper divided
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp dried rosemary
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• ¼ tsp ground mustard
• ½ stick salted butter
• 2 & ½ tbsp flour
• 1 & ¼ cup chicken stock
• 1 tbsp dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp coarse ground dijon mustard
• Dash of worcestershire sauce at least a tbsp
• 4 oz grated parmesan cheese divided
• 5 slices of deli sliced sweet ham 1 piece per chicken cutlet
• 5 sliced deli sliced swiss cheese 1 piece per chicken cutlet
• ⅔ cup Italian breadcrumbs

Instructions

 

• Make sure your chicken cutlets are room temperature and patted dry. Season both sides of the chicken cutlets with ½ tsp of salt & ½ tsp cracked black pepper. Also, season both sides of the chicken with garlic powder, dried rosemary, paprika, dried thyme, and ground mustard. Place the seasoned chicken cutlets into a 9×13 baking dish and set it aside.
• To make the sauce, in a small pan or pot melt the butter on medium heat. Next, shake in the flour and whisk continuously for a few minutes. Then, pour in the chicken stock and whisk continuously for a few minutes until the sauce begins to slightly thicken. Season the sauce with ½ tsp of both salt and cracked black pepper (taste it as you go to see if you need to add more). Add in the dijon mustard, coarse ground dijon mustard, worcestershire sauce and whisk everything together until combined. Lastly, shake in 5 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese (save the rest of the parmesan for later), whisk the parmesan into the sauce until combined.
• Now, in the 9×13 baking dish that has the chicken in it, add a slice of ham onto each piece of chicken and a slice of swiss cheese (you may have to fold the ham and swiss so it fits on the chicken). Then, cover each piece of chicken with the sauce (use all of the sauce until you cover each piece of chicken evenly. Sprinkle the remaining grated parmesan cheese over top (divide the parmesan cheese evenly over each piece of chicken). Lastly, sprinkle the italian breadcrumbs over the top (divide the breadcrumbs evenly over each piece of chicken).
• Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350°F for 1 hour. Once it’s done, uncover the baking dish, and set the oven to broil. Let that broil for a few minutes just until the top gets golden and browned. Serve over mashed potatoes and Enjoy!

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Notes

• If you don’t like swiss cheese you can use mozzarella or provolone instead.
• If you want to use chicken breasts just make sure you butterfly the breasts and pound them thin

Nutrition

Calories: 500kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 56gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 162mgSodium: 1705mgPotassium: 850mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 831IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 405mgIron: 2mg

Keyword Chicken, chicken bake, chicken cordon bleu, easy, easy bake, family dinner, weeknight meal

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