Escalope cordon bleu
Escalope cordon bleu, or "cordon bleu", is a great classic of French family cooking: a cutlet of poultry (often chicken) that is folded over a slice of ham, béchamel sauce and strips of cheese, then breaded and baked in the oven.
It's a delicacy that most French children have eaten at home, or at the canteen.
It's a delicacy that most French children have eaten at home, or at the canteen.
6,223 5/5 based on 3 reviews
Last modified on: March 31th 2024
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
4 chicken breasts - 2
250 ml Bechamel sauce - 3
4 slices ham - 4
250 ml Comté cheese - 5
156 ml flour - 6
150 ml breadcrumbs - 7
2 Eggs - 8
30.96 ml butter - 9
30 ml oil - 10
salt - 11
pepper
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 1 min. | 32 min. | 1 hour 33 min. |
At what time:
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ? - Work this out...
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 2 min.
Filling the cordons bleus
Place a chicken fillet in front of you, on a sheet of baking paper laid out on a chopping board.Turn the tip of the fillet towards you.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Slit the fillet from top to bottom with a knife, but without cutting it in 2 completely...
Stage 3
...we want to be able to open it as a wallet afterwards.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Lay a second sheet of baking paper over the fillet, then tap it (quite hard) with a pan...
Stage 5
...to flatten the fillet finely.
Season the top and bottom of each fillet with salt and pepper.
Season the top and bottom of each fillet with salt and pepper.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Spread a layer of béchamel over the top of the fillet.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Place a slice of ham on top, fill in the holes and cut off any excess fillet.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Spread a second layer of béchamel over the ham.
Stage 9 - 2 min.
Place large slices of Comté cheese a little to the right of the middle of the fillet.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Using the sheet of baking paper, fold the chicken breast over itself...
Stage 11
...then peel off the top sheet of paper.
Your cordon bleu is ready for breading.
Your cordon bleu is ready for breading.
Stage 12 - 20 min.
Do this for all the chicken fillets and set aside in a cool place.
Stage 13 - 2 min.
Stage 14 - 1 min.
Roll a cordon bleu in flour to flour it completely, tapping to remove excess flour.
Stage 15 - 1 min.
Dip the floured cordon bleu into the beaten eggs.
Stage 16 - 1 min.
And finally in the breadcrumbs.
Stage 17 - 20 min.
Place it on the final plate.
Do this for all the cordons bleus.
Do this for all the cordons bleus.
Stage 18 - 4 min.
Stage 19 - 8 min.
...and brown them well on each side (about 3-4 minutes)
Stage 20 - 20 min.
Then bake for 20 minutes at 180°C (360°F).
Stage 21
When the cheese just starts to come out, you can be sure that your cordons bleus are ready.
Stage 22
Serve immediately.
Remarks
This recipe can be used with other poultry, but also with veal escalope.
If you don't have Comté, use another cheese to suit your taste.
It's a recipe that all children love, which is why you can easily find many ready-made cordons bleus on the market, inexpensive and, alas, of very mediocre quality.
Try making them yourself, you'll see what a success you'll have!
The recipe can easily be prepared in advance, filling the fillets first, then putting them in the fridge for the next day and breading/cooking, or even freezing them for later.
Once breaded, however, it's best to cook them without delay, or freeze them.
If you don't have Comté, use another cheese to suit your taste.
It's a recipe that all children love, which is why you can easily find many ready-made cordons bleus on the market, inexpensive and, alas, of very mediocre quality.
Try making them yourself, you'll see what a success you'll have!
The recipe can easily be prepared in advance, filling the fillets first, then putting them in the fridge for the next day and breading/cooking, or even freezing them for later.
Once breaded, however, it's best to cook them without delay, or freeze them.
Keeping
Enjoy immediately.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4,600 Kcal or 19,259 Kj | 361 gr | 212 gr | 291 gr |
| 230 % | 139 % | 20 % | 44 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 218 Kcal or 913 Kj | 17 gr | 10 gr | 14 gr |
| 11 % | 7 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,150 Kcal or 4,815 Kj | 90 gr | 53 gr | 73 gr |
| 57 % | 35 % | 5 % | 11 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 21.89 €
- Per person : 5.47 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Hasselback or "Swedish-style" potatoes, Small cheese and bacon rolls , Green bean and potato salad with paprika, Potato gratin, ... All |
 | Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spiced butternut gratin, Gratin "grilled inside", Spinach on toast with bechamel, Harvest Gratin, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, ... All |
 | Breadcrumbs: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Scallops au gratin, Sesame fried scampi, Tomatoes Provençal, Wiener Schnitzel, Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pretzels, Hazelnut and orange cake, Flamiche, Grapefruit cake, Pink Reims biscuits, ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
French dressing (vinaigrette)
Here is a very simple recipe, but it could completely transform, maybe even transcend, your salad.1.0M4.5 7 min. July 7th 2011
Four quarters
It's "the simpliest cake in the world", called four quarters, because it's made with 1/4 eggs, 1/4 sugar, 1/4 flour and 1/4 butter.310K3.7 1 hour 15 min. February 21th 2011
Quail egg canapés
This starter is a small canapé consiting of a toasted and buttered bread slice covered with a slice of smoked ham topped with a fried quail egg.323K5 54 min. February 21th 2011
Salmon chard rolls
For this dish only the green part of the chard is used. The blanched leaves are rolled around grilled salmon portions. The rolls are served coated with a savoury lemon sabayon, or the sauce of your choice.162K3.8 1 hour 21 min. August 8th 2010
Courgette tart with mint
Fried rounds of courgette in a puff pastry case with a feta and mint filling. You will find that this combination of feta with mint gives an agreeable fresh lift to this tart.159K4.1 1 hour 23 min. June 11th 2011
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2024-06-16)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.