Chicken Cordon Bleu

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

8 thin slices ham

8 oz Swiss cheese (sliced or shredded)

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (, about 2 pounds)

salt and freshly ground black pepper

3 cups corn flakes cereal (, crushed (or substitute breadcrumbs)

6 Tablespoons butter (, melted)

1 cup mayonnaise

1-2 teaspoons yellow mustard (, to taste)

Directions

Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Use a sharp knife to cut each chicken breast in half horizontally to create two chicken breast halves. Place the chicken breast halves between two sheets of plastic wrap and use a meat mallet or rolling pin to pound them into thin and evenly (be careful not to pound so hard that the meat tears.).

Top each pieces of chicken with a slice of ham and a ham handful of shredded cheese. Roll tightly, tucking the sides a little, and place on a new piece of plastic wrap.

Wrap the chicken tightly in the plastic wrap, pinching the excess plastic on the sides to create a tootsie-roll shape and twisting them to create a firm chicken roll. Refrigerate the wrapped chicken bundles for at least 30-minutes or up to one day in advance.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Remove chicken from fridge, unwrap and season with salt and pepper. Add cornflakes to a food processor and pulse into fine crumbs. Add crumbs to a shallow dish or pie plate. Melt butter in a separate shallow dish.

Dip the chicken bundles in melted butter, and then into the cornflake crumbs, pressing lightly to help the crumbs stick to the chicken. Transfer to a lightly greased baking sheet.

Bake on the center oven rack for about 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through (160 degrees on a thermometer inserted into the chicken, not the filling.)

Make the sauce by stirring the mayo and mustard together. Taste and add more mustard, as needed, to taste.

Nutrition

• Calories: 513 kcal
• Total Fat: 42 g
• Saturated Fat: 15 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 25 g
• Trans Fat: 0.4 g
• Cholesterol: 106 mg
• Sodium: 613 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
• Total Sugars: 1 g
• Protein: 24 g