Chicken Cordon Bleu

 This may not be exactly what you would call a light meal. However if you consider that traditional cordon bleu can have over 600 calories, I would say mine came in quite nicely with just 315 calories per serving.

There is no flour, no eggs, no frying! You do have to use real butter for the bread crumbs or it will not brown! I used dijon to make the bread crumbs stick. It worked great & tasted great! You cant ask for much more than that for a meal as good as this one.

Can you see the cheese?

Chicken Cordon Blue

4 boneless skinless chicken breast pounded to 1/4 inch thin.
8 slices of prosciutto or ham.
4 ounces gruyere cut into 1 ounce pieces.
2 TBS dijon mustard
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
2 TBS butter melted


Pound out your chicken breast to about 1/4 thick.  Lay two slices of prosciutto over each piece. Then put on the cheese and roll it up like a jelly roll. Use toothpicks to secure. Season with salt & pepper on all sides. Then brush with the dijon.

Mix the melted butter into the bread crumbs & roll the chicken in the bread crumbs and press well to coat.

Spray a baking sheet with some non-stick cooking spray.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes.
When it comes out of the over cover it loosely with foil & let it rest for 10 minutes.  If you do not do this part your cheese will just gush out and you will have chicken with a big hole in it.