This recipe is a case in point, I can manage to dip the chicken in the egg, and cornflake crumbs as I only have to grab hold of a little corner of it, but Mick has to do the actual slitting of the meat. If he wasn’t here to do it I guess I’d have to snap on latex gloves, a bit like the CSI folks on telly.
Cordon Bleu Crunch
Ingredients:
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 cups of cornflakes, crushed
1 egg, beaten
A drizzle of vegetable oil
2 slices deli ham
2 chunks of cheddar cheese, I’m guessing about ½ an ounce each.
Directions:
- Pre-heat BBQ grill to low. Or heat oven to 350°F.
- Put cornflakes in a resealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin. Put crumbs on a plate.
- In a small, shallow bowl beat egg.
- Brush a sheet of heavy-duty foil with a little vegetable oil. Or if baking in oven, cover a cookie sheet with foil and brush with oil.
- Make a slit in the top of each chicken breast, but don’t cut right through. Make 2 horizontal slits in each side to form a sort of pouch.
- Dip chicken in beaten egg, then in cornflake crumbs until coated. Place chicken on foil, or cookie sheet.
- Wrap a slice of ham around each chunk of cheese, and press into the pouch in the top of each chicken breast. Top with some more cornflake crumbs to seal the gap.
- Bake chicken on the BBQ grill, or in oven, for approximately 35-40 minutes.
15 comments:
I am with you Jan... I am not a fan of handling raw meat or smelling it for that matter. If I didn't love eating meat so much, I would be a vegetarian. The cordon bleu looks fantastic!
OH my god Jan that looks so good. I am not a huge fan of handling meat either. My husband does most of it. I am really telling ya, I just eat that!!
Oh, yum, yum, yum!!! That looks sooo good with the cheese flooding out! How great that this can be prepared on the grill! I'm a big fan of cornflake crumbs; they taste so good as breading and the provide a wonderful crunch! I can slice up the meat just fine, but it's the egg dip that gives me the willies. I LOVE eggs, just not on my fingers. I wash my hands about 10 times after breading with egg! I like the glove bit ... I may do that. Just think, no more raw eggy meatloaf fingers!
I've been thinking about breading something in cornflakes - that is so funny.
Looks yummy! Thanks to hubz.
Ive never used cornflakes like this before - great idea Jan. It looks very professional too!
Hoo, Hoo, I love cordon bleu! I have had to get over my squeamishness in handling raw meat - no hubby around to do it! But, I am fanatic about washing my hands afterwards! Much love - Raquel XO
This looks so good even my picky son might try it. You are right. Handling raw chicken is just awful. I am a fanatic about disinfect the counters after I worked with raw chicken.
My boys will love this! Thanks for the recipe!
Candy
I'm making this tomorrow, I all but licked the screen.
I miss this!! I use to eat all the time when I used to live in Japan!! Hmmm sounds really yumm!
Looks delicious!
I'm a vegetarian and the few times I have cooked raw stuff - I think it was chicken - I had a plastic baggy around my hand and used tongs. I run out of the room when hubby cooks it too... As far as cutting it up - not gonna happen LOL
GORGEOUS food. Gorgeous. That is funny -- such a good cook not wanting to handle raw food. How do you do with eggs?
Those look great! Just look at the cheeses spilling out of them.
Pam & Cheryl, it's funny that we should all dislike handling raw meat.
Paula, the egg is not so bad for me, it's just messy. I know what you mean about the hand washing, before, after, and 10 times inbetween.
Em, thanks, cornflakes make a great crispy coating.
Beth, thank you. (bow or maybe curtsy) :-)
Raquel, we're all coming out of the woodwork now, all us peeps who hate handling raw meat. You need to get some of those CSI glurves. :-)
Lisa, yeah! Another "confessions of a raw meat handler." Hope picky son likes this one.
Candy, thank you so much for stopping by, I hope your boys enjoy it.
Brittany, Yuck! But then I haven't cleaned my screen in eons. :-)
Dhanggit, merci et bon appetit.
Lori, thanks.
PG, Avert your eyes. I have plenty of non meat recipes on here that would delight a vegetarian.
Pam (OKC) thanks. Eggs are just messy, but meat - Yuck!
Kevin, Ta very much!
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