Chicken Cordon Bleu
—·French
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Ingredients
- 4 slices ham
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
- 8 plain chicken schnitzels
- 2 cups breadcrumbs
- Zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp finely chopped sage
- Salt & freshly ground pepper
- 1 egg, lightly whisked
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 30g butter
- Steamed chat potatoes, to serve
- Green beans, to serve
Instructions
4 steps
- 1
Trim ham and cheese slices to fit size of schnitzel. Sandwich ham and cheese between 2 pieces of schnitzel. Secure with toothpicks.
- 2
Combine breadcrumbs, lemon rind and sage on a plate and season with salt and pepper. Dip each chicken parcel into egg and then coat with breadcrumb mixture.
- 3
Heat olive oil and butter in a frying pan and cook chicken on both sides until golden brown and cooked through. Remove chicken from pan and keep warm. Add lemon juice to pan and stir with a wooden spoon to loosen sediment from pan. Boil for 1 minute.
- 4
Remove toothpicks from chicken and arrange on serving plates with steamed potatoes and beans. Drizzle over the pan juices and serve.
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