Recipes to Share: Chicken Cordon Bleu at Home

 A fancy dish at home that actually isn't that difficult is something I'm excited to find and share. Some chicken breasts, Aldi's cheap swiss deli slices, one of those 88-cent bags of Buddig ham, 2 eggs and a $1 bag of croutons make this dish.

4 chicken breasts, sliced like a butterfly and beaten a bit flatter
1 pkg sliced ham
1 pkg of sliced Swiss cheese ( 6-8 slices)
1/2 pkg of croutons, crushed
2 eggs mixed with 1/3 cup milk (making egg wash)


Preheat oven to 350. Fill the chicken breasts with 2-3 slices of ham-enough to cover the full length of the meat in it's opening. Cover ham with cheese slices, cut in half-probably 3 halves to cover inside surface as well. Close the chicken breast and tie shut with string for baking. You can also try to use toothpicks along the edge but you still have to dip and coat all four. Dip each in the egg wash and then coat in crushed croutons and place in baking dish.



Cook for about 45 minutes and serve with the string removed. It comes out looking yummy and really difficult. . . not that it was THAT easy.