Rolled Chicken Cordon Blue with a Zing

Serves: 4

Chicken Cordon Blue is always a favourite in the house. This one is made into a roll and then served on top of veggies. Adding hot pepper jelly gives it a yummy zing.

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Lawry’s garlic Salt to taste or salt and pepper

2 eggs beaten

¼ cup milk

1 cup breadcrumbs

½ cup grated parmesan cheese

¼ cup finely chopped parsley

8 slices ham

Hot pepper jelly

4 slices Swiss cheese

3 cups broccoli flowerets

3 cups cauliflower flowerets

1 can artichoke hearts

Can of black olives

1/4 cup oil

2 tbsp Lawry’s garlic salt

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Ingredients – Balsamic Dressing

¼ cup balsamic vinegar

¼ vegetable oil

2 tbsp honey

1 heaping tsp wholegrain Dijon mustard

Salt to taste

Directions

1. Filet the chicken in half and sprinkle with garlic seasoning or salt and pepper

2. Put chicken in between two pieces of saran wrap and pound each breast

3. Beat eggs and milk together in a bowl

4. Mix bread crumbs, parmesan cheese and parsley into a plate

5. Dip chicken into eggs and then coat with breadcrumb mixture

6. Press down so breadcrumbs are well coated onto chicken

7. Lay each piece of breaded chicken on to a piece of saran wrap and overlap the chicken to the next piece by an inch

8. Add a layer of ham on top of the chicken

9. Spread hot pepper jelly on top of ham

10. Add a layer of Swiss cheese on top of jelly

11. Using saran to pull up the chicken on the long, roll the chicken up tightly

12. Seal with saran and put in freezer for 20 minutes

13. In the meantime put broccoli, cauliflower, artichoke, olives, oil and garlic salt in a bowl and toss well. Place in a 9 x 11 inch baking dish

14. Preheat oven to 390˚F

15. Remove saran wrap and cut chicken roll in 2 inch slices and lay on top of vegetables facing up

16. Bake for 30 minutes and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese

17. Bake for 10 minutes and then broil for 5 minutes until mozzarella is nicely toasted

18. If veggies are not fully cooked take chicken out and put on a platter and cook veggies until tender

19. Make balsamic vinaigrette and pour over veggies, mix well

20. Serve chicken with veggies

Cordon blue and veggies

Ingredients and filet chicken

Eggs and breadcrumbs cheese

Overlap each piece of chicken

Add layer of ham

Spread red pepper jelly

Layer of cheese

Roll it up tight and freeze

Veggies tossed in oil & spice

Add cut rolled chicken

Ready for mozzarella

Sprinkle mozzarella

Chicken ready

Veggies ready for balsamic

Yummy chicken & veggies

double yummy