Learn How to Make Chicken Cordon Bleu

It's a bit expensive to order a Chicken Cordon Bleu in a restaurant. Perhaps because aside from its exotic-sounding name, it also looks a bit complicated to make.

However, what most of us don't know is that making Chicken Cordon Bleau can be a bit cheap and also, it's really fun and EASY to make. The basic ingredients of the dish only include chicken breasts, cheese, and ham. 

For the flavoring, you will need spanish paprika, beaten eggs, flour, and bread crumbs. Some kitchen tools you need in making Chicken Cordon Bleu are rolling pin and plastic wrap.

Here's how it is done:

Step 1: The Chicken Breast. 

Being the primary ingredient, you should be able to find a large chicken breast for this dish. You can easily find a boneless chicken breast in the meat section.

Just be sure to find a huge, solid chicken breast to flawlessly seal the ham and cheese for Chicken Cordon Bleu. 

Step 2:  The Role of Rolling Pin 

Rolling pin has many uses aside from flattening a dough. It can be used to flatten the chicken breast. Simply pound the chicken from center to the sides to soften and eventually flatten the chicken meat.

The picture below is the result of the pounding using the mighty rolling pin. I use a plastic wrap to cover the meat to "splash" all over the place.

You should remember that the flatter the meat, the better. It means you'll have more space to role in your filling.

Step 3:  The Filling

Speaking of filling, we will use salt and paprika first to spice up the chicken. You would want to enhance the flavor of the meat by adding a little bit of spices on top of it.

Once you're done sprinkling paprika and salt on top of the flattened chicken meat, it is now time to add cooked ham and cheese. For this dish, I can attest that our very own EDEN cheese can be a great substitute for the original swiss cheese.

Step 4:  Rolling the Chicken Meat

After adding the ham and cheese, your next task will be rolling them all together to form an elongated ball of chicken meat. What I usually do is cover it with plastic wrap to seal the ham and cheese inside. 

You should refrigerate it for about 15 minutes before frying the entire cordon bleu meat.

Step 5:  Frying the Chicken Cordon Bleu

Once the meat is ready, you need to take it out from the wrap and dip it in eggs and bread crumbs to make it crispy.

Then, you need to deep fry the chicken cordon bleu in high heat for 5 minutes. Once the meat has turned golden brown, then take out the meat.

The result?? 

As you can see below, the chicken cordon bleu looks amazing. I cut it into bite-sized pieces and you can just see how the cheese just oozes out of the meat. 

Everything works perfectly for the palate: the taste of cooked ham, the meatiness of the chicken, and the milky flavor from the cheese -- everything blended really well!

Already now, I can attest that Chicken Cordon Bleu tastes uber good! Really, the dish is not as complicated as it looks. 

That's why you should try it at home. Good luck!