FANTASTIC CHICKEN CORDON BLEU, ASHTON STYLE # 196

Cordon Bleu is a variation of chicken Kiev and if you wish the chicken can be eliminated and one can used thinly sliced veal. Of course the Chicken Kiev was begun in Kiev in Russia and Cordon Bleu was invented in France.
Using chicken is much cheaper than veal but either is very good and one can make either for special occasions. The
following recipe is with chicken and is of course less expensive. You certainly can use the veal if you wish as all other ingredients are the same.
INGREDIENTS:
12 thin slices of chicken or veal
6 slices of Swiss Cheese
6 thin slices of ham
5 whole eggs beaten
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1 stick of butter
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
DIRECTIONS:
1. place each slice of chicken into
a gallon size plastic bag and using
a food mallet pound the chicken until
each is very thin but not torn
2. salt and pepper each piece of chicken
on both sides
3. cover each piece of chicken with another
piece of chicken
4. add a slice of ham and a slice of cheese
on the bottom of the chicken and cover the
chicken, ham and cheese with another piece
of chicken and roll over and using a tooth
pick seal the edges
5. dip each piece into the flour and then the
egg and then the bread crumb
6. saute each side in butter about 10 minutes
on each side and serve
. pound edges to seal