Description
This gluten-free chicken cordon bleu makes a delicious main course for Christmas dinner with its crunchy crust and the melted cheese dripping out.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 chicken breasts
- 4 slices of ham (check the ingredients to make sure it is low FODMAP)
- Grated cheese*
- Gluten-free flour
- Gluten-free brand crumbs (I used bread crumbs from the brand Consenza, which is sold in several European countries)
- 2 eggs
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cut the chicken breasts open in the length. Don’t cut them open entirely, make sure the sides are still connected on one side, so you can open and close them.
- Put a slice of ham on one-half of the chicken breast and sprinkle some grated cheese on top. Season with pepper and salt. Close it with the other half of the chicken breast.
- You can keep the chicken breasts together by putting some toothpicks into the sides. Like this, you’ll make sure that the filling will remain in place. Make sure to warn your guests that you put toothpicks into the chicken or remove them yourself directly after baking because you don’t want people to choke on a toothpick.
- Whisk the eggs and put them into a deep plate. Put the gluten-free flour and the gluten-free bread crumbs into two other deep plates.
- Roll the chicken breasts in the flour. Make sure all sides have been covered. Then roll them in the egg mixture and finally through the breadcrumbs.
- You can put the chicken cordon
bleus in the fridge for a while now. If you do that you make sure that the crust will stay in place. I baked them immediately and that also worked well. - Heat some oil or butter in a pan. Fry the cordon
bleus on medium heat until they have browned on both sides (this takes about 10 minutes). Lower the heat and leave them to simmer with a lid on the pan until the chicken is cooked.
Notes
*Yellow cheese contains little lactose, therefore most people with a lactose intolerance tolerate it. If you have to eat entirely lactose-free, you can use slices of lactose-free cheese. In several European countries, this is available from the brand MinusL.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
