There are a number of ways that you can enjoy you chicken as a family. You can decide to make chicken cordon blue and contrary to what some may think, preparing this meal is not so hard and can be done by anyone provided they pay some attention. For those who would like to go further with it, there are a number of recipes you can get online or in the recipe book that can help you in a great way. When preparing this meal, there are a number of steps that you can follow.
First, you need to start by doing what is called defrosting of chicken breasts. These breasts should be enough so that to every person expected at the table gets one. After you are through with the defrosting process, beat the breast so that they come out in a flat shape. The next step is to bring slices of ham and place each on your pound chicken breast. Once done, cover the ham with cheese (your preferred kind).
The third step is to roll up the breast and holding them in place with toothpicks or twine. This is meant to ensure that the ham is secured and also achieve desired results when cooking. Take your chicken and roll it in the egg mixture. Ensure that all the whole chicken is covered well in the mixture.
The next step involves rolling what you have formed so far in bread crumbs. For that extra flavor, using seasoned bread crumbs will not be a bad idea, so you can consider doing that in advance so as to give you a family a treat. You can also make use of parmesean cheese or garlic powder.
Before taking the chicken to the oven, it is better to cook it in an open pan with oil for some minutes. The essence of doing this is to brown the chicken’s outsides. Cook the chicken in the oven for around half an hour at about 350 degrees. But at if at end of 30 minutes you realize the chicken is not well cooked, you can put it back and give it some time. Once it is ready, take out of the oven, get rid of the toothpicks and twine then serve. It is better to have some sides to serve it with.
When preparing Chicken cordon blue meal what you should consider most is the number of people you are expecting, since it is not that kind of meal that you can cook for a short period of time to cater any extra guest. There are a number of ways that you preparing this meal depending with what you are using but the above method is the basic one which can be used by anyone. Despite the fact that it takes some time to cook it, the process of doing it is not that hard. Keep in mind that you want to the resulting meal to be tasty so do try and not overdo anything as you cook.
