Crispy Creamy Chicken Cordon Bleu
Crispy creamy chicken cordon bleu with panko breading recipe. This chicken pesto roll up is filled with pesto, ham and Swiss cheese.
Difference between Cordon Bleu and Chicken Kiev:
Chicken Cordon Bleu means blue ribbon in French and is is a 1st place dish in our book. It’s is a pounded chicken breast rolled up with different fillings such cheese, ham, prosciutto and veggies such as cooked asparagus or broccoli. And rolled into seasoned bread crumbs and baked. But sometimes it’s topped with a creamy sauce but in our case we added a fresh pesto inside with the fillings.
Chicken Kiev is usually a pounded chicken breast wrapped around seasoned butter but you can make chicken kiev with ham and cheese. It’s also rolled into bread crumbs and baked into the oven. If you are using butter it is usually either frozen or very cold so it holds up until the chicken is baked enough to seal it inside.
Crispy Creamy Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 2 half chicken breasts, skinless and boneless
- 2 Tablespoons of pesto
- 4 slices of Swiss cheese
- 4 slices of deli ham
- 1/4 cup of flour
- 4 springs of fresh thyme
- 1 cup panko crumbs
- 1 clove of garlic crushed
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- salt
- black pepper
- 1 egg
Equipment Needed:
- Kitchen Mallet
- Clear Wrap
- 3 pie tins or paper plates, for breading
- Baking sheet
How to make chicken cordon bleu with panko breading
Place each chicken breast between two pieces of clear wrap on chopping block. Pound each breast to about 1/4 inch thick. After the breasts are about 1/4 inch thick, spread about 1 tablespoon of pesto on each chicken breast.
Lay one slice of cheese over the pesto, add two slices of ham and cover with another slice of cheese.
Using the bottom piece of clear wrap, roll up the chicken breast up tight tucking in the ends very securely to keep the cheese from pouring out when cooking. Wrap up and place in fridge for an hour.
Cut each Chicken Breast into pinwheels prior to serving to show all the gorgeous flavors. You could enjoy these amazing chicken pesto roll ups as an appetizer also.
Other Chicken Recipes:
- Huli Huli Chicken Drumsticks
- Clay Pot Baked Chicken
- Bruschetta Chicken
- Cream Cheese Chicken and Pasta
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Equipment
- kitchen mallet
- Clear Wrap
- 3 Paper plates or pie tins for dredging the chicken
Ingredients
- 2 half Chicken breasts skinless boneless
- 2 Tablespoons Pesto
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
- 4 slices deli ham
- ¼ cup flour
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 cup panko crumbs
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 2 tablespoons butter
- salt
- black pepper
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Place each chicken breast between two pieces of clear wrap on chopping block. Pound each breast to about 1/4 inch thick.
- After the breasts are about 1/4 inch thick, peel back the top piece of clear wrap and spread about 1 tablespoon of pesto on the chicken breast.
- Lay one slice of cheese over the pesto, add two slices of ham and cover with another slice of cheese.
- Using the bottom piece of clear wrap, roll up the chicken breast up tight tucking in the ends very securely to keep the cheese from pouring out when cooking. Wrap up and place in fridge for an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Set out three paper plates or pie tins. Season flour with salt and pepper and place in first plate (or pie tin). Beat egg and pour into second plate. Combine panko crumbs with thyme, garlic, salt and pepper and place in third plate, add melted butter to panko mixture and stir to combine.
- Remove chicken from the fridge and unwrap.
- Carefully dredge the chicken cordon bleu in flour mixture, then roll in beaten egg and finally roll in the panko mixture until well coated.
- Place on greased baking sheet and bake for in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes until chicken is cooked and browned.
- Cut each Chicken Breast into pinwheels prior to serving
Nutrition
Oh my! Now that looks good!!!
My husband LOVES Chicken Cordon Bleu. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'll have to try it out. 😉
Always looking for a new chicken recipe. My hubby will appreciate the ham and cheese addition to the chicken. lol. Can't wait to make these. Thanks! It's always a pleasure Evelyn 🙂
That looks YUMMY!!!
Thanks for sharing
Building something…ha! I've never made chicken cordon bleu, but I sure do like it.
I cook a lot of chicken and will be trying this. It looks really good! Thanks for the recipe!
Blessings,
Susie
You know…I've never had chicken cordon bleu..I decided to try it. It was great!
I have not had chicken cordon bleu in forever and have NEVER tried making it. You make me want to try! Pinning.
This looks so tasty,I could eat some now :)Thanks
thanks for sharing the recipe. I love chicken and I'm always looking for different ways to prepare it. 🙂
Very nice! Loved it
I love pesto …. and love the idea of using it in Chicken Cordon Bleu!
Yum! The pesto is a great idea! 🙂
Loving this recipe!!
Looks fantastic!
Love pesto with chicken! This is a great twist on the regular dish!
Ooh yum, this looks great! Thanks for sharing this
Awesome recipe!
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I LOVE Chicken Cordon Bleu and this looks FAB!
I am a big fan of chicken and this recipe certainly looks delicious Evelyn! Thanks for sharing.
Yum! This looks delicious!
Wow. that looks delish! Can't wait to try this for my honeybear.
Evelyn,
I just LOVE chicken cordon bleu… I'm trying this recipe this weekend …. thanks so much for sharing it… I just love what you do!
Oh goodness, this looks so good! I've always thought this would be such a difficult recipe, but I actually did this! Thanks for sharing.
I want to try this – asap!
This looks SOO good. I really need to try it sometime.
Pinning this. I have always loved Chicken Cordon Bleu! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I love that you added the pesto. I think I would add that to everything if I could. Thanks so much for sharing!
Love chicken cordon bleu…thanks for sharing
Hi Evelyn, I use to make Cordon Bleu just like this. It is so yummy. I have not made it in a long time. I think I need to do it again. Thanks so much for sharing with Sharing
Love that you add Pesto into your Cordon Bleu, yum!
I am totally sold on adding pesto to chicken cordon bleu! Great idea .. thanks!
This looks so good. I really like Chicken Cordon Bleu, thanks for the recipe!
Looks so yummy!! Thanks for sharing
Your cordon bleu looks so yummy! We love chicken recipes. Thanks for sharing.
I'll be honest, touching raw chicken sorta freaks me out. But I'll totally make the guy cook this for me! Thanks