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.
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Last modified on: March 31th 2024
Keywords for this recipe:For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
12 chicken breasts - 2
750 g Bechamel sauce - 3
12 slices ham - 4
750 g Comté cheese - 5
300 g flour - 6
450 g breadcrumbs - 7
6 eggs - 8
90 g butter - 9
90 g oil - 10
salt - 11
pepper - Total weight: 6,330 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 1 min. | 32 min. | 1 hour 33 min. |
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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 |
| 14,737 Kcal or 61,701 Kj | 1,084 gr | 635 gr | 874 gr |
| 737 % | 417 % | 60 % | 132 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 233 Kcal or 976 Kj | 17 gr | 10 gr | 14 gr |
| 12 % | 7 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,228 Kcal or 5,141 Kj | 90 gr | 53 gr | 73 gr |
| 61 % | 35 % | 5 % | 11 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 65.66 €
- 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: Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Hasselback or "Swedish-style" potatoes, Jura bread, Two-cheese quiche, ... All |
 | Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spiced butternut gratin, Spinach Mornay, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Italian style gratin, Montlebon toast, ... All |
 | Breadcrumbs: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Curried tuna cubes, Escalopes in a sesame crust, Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Tomatoes Provençal, Crab Cakes, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Muffin dough, Chocolate almond cookies, Grapefruit cake, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, ... All |
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