Chicken Cordon Bleu

This is a good food to have by itself or with a sauce to cover it. Either way it's enjoyable.

2 Chicken Breasts
3 Eggs
2 Cups of Flour
4 Slices of Ham
4 Slices of Mozzarella Cheese
Salt & Pepper to taste
(COOKING TIME 20-25 MINUTES INCLUDING SEARING)

With the sharpest knife in your drawer 

Place your palm pressing on the top of the breast and slice towards the center of it like if you were cutting a bagel. Make sure you don't go thru the whole breast.

Turn breast over and slice the same way now slicing the thicker part of the breast. 

This will make your one thick piece of chicken breast into a long thing piece of chicken. Almost perfect to roll you ham and cheese.

Place a Zip-Lock bag over the chicken and pound all to a desired thickness. Make sure you feel with your hand to see how thick it is.  For this time I made them about 1/4 of an inch thick.

Salt and Pepper the breast and place the Ham and Cheese making sure that the flattened chicken overlaps the cold cuts. 

Roll the chicken making sure the cold cuts do not come out at the flap or sides(pictured left). Use excess chicken from side to close out sodes of the roll. Once both breasts are rolled up get your egg wash and flour ready for covering. 3 Eggs in a bowl like bellow with teaspoon of Salt and same of Pepper. On a separate bowl mix 3 cups of flour with a teaspoon of Salt and also the same of Pepper.

Take each roll and dredge in Flour all around (above left) and the place in Egg wash (above right). 

After covering roll with egg wash (above right) take over to the flour once again and cover all making sure you cover very well the ends (above left).

 Pre heat your oven to 350 Degrees. Turn on frying pan to high. Once the oil is ready(Trick: Dip you finger in the egg wash and then drip the little bit of egg into the Oil. If you see bubbles coming from the egg that means your Oil is ready. MAKE YOUR YOU USE A PAIR OF EXTRA LONG TONGS. Take the first roll and sear the ends and the flap.

Turn quarter of the way so you don;t burn the outside. Once all sides are brown place into cooking sheet lined with aluminum. 

Place roll flap side up (above right) or flap to the side (above left) and cook in for 20 minutes in your 350 degree pre heated oven. If you place it with flap side down all the cheese will ooze out.

Take one roll out after 20 minutes and slice it down the middle. All the chicken has to be a white color. This means your chicken is done.  If not place the pieces cut side up (once again so the cheese will not ooze out) and cook for an aditional 5 minutes. After the cooking is done let your rolls sit for about 5 minutes.

Slice thin and place in plate and ENJOY.

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See you later

Leo