CHICKEN CORDON BLEU
Instructions:
- 2 whole boneless chicken breasts
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
- 4 slices cooked ham, 1/8 inch thick
- 6 tbsp. flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tbsp. water
- 6 tbsp. fine dry bread crumbs
- 4 tbsp. butter
- Remove skin from chicken breasts and discard.
- Between two pieces of wax paper, flatten breasts with a wooden mallet until quite thin.
- Cut each into 2 pieces crosswise.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Lay a slice of cheese and slice of ham on each piece of breast and roll.
- Mix eggs with water and dip chicken in egg, then in flour, then in egg again and finally in crumbs.
- Melt butter in a flat baking dish and bake chicken at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Makes 4 servings.