Name: Chicken Cordon Bleu
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: nonstick cooking spray; 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves; 0.25 teaspoon salt; 0.125 teaspoon ground black pepper; 6 slices Swiss cheese; 4 slices cooked ham; 0.5 cup seasoned bread crumbs

Ingredients

4 serv.

nonstick cooking spray
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
0.25 teaspoon salt
0.125 teaspoon ground black pepper
6 slices Swiss cheese
4 slices cooked ham
0.5 cup seasoned bread crumbs

Instructions

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1 Gather all ingredients. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 7x11-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
2 Pound chicken breasts to 1/4 inch thickness.
3 Sprinkle each piece of chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. Place 1 Swiss cheese slice and 1 ham slice on top of each breast.
4 Roll up each breast and secure with toothpicks.
5 Place in the prepared baking dish and sprinkle chicken evenly with bread crumbs.
6 Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink, 30 to 35 minutes.
7 Remove from the oven, and place 1/2 Swiss cheese slice on top of each breast.
8 Return to the oven until cheese has melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove toothpicks and serve immediately.