Pickens Family Cookbook
Chicken Cordon Bleu
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6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, pounded to
1/4 inch thickness
6 slices Jarlsberg cheese
6 thin slices Polish ham
3/4 cup crumbs from day old
3/4 cup fresh grated Parmesan
5 T.. Butter
2 T. vegetable oil
1/4 cup dry white wine
2/3 cup chicken stock
3/4 tsp. fresh ground pepper
1 small box mushrooms
Directions
• Mix Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs together in a pie
tin.
• In another pie tin beat up a
couple of eggs and some water 3/4 cup crumbs from day old • In third pie tin put flour
3/4 cup fresh grated Parmesan • Flatten chicken breasts by pounding between waxed pa-
per-line and put cheese and
ham on rough side of chicken
topping with cheese and ham
and rolling and securing with
tooth picks.
• Roll in flour, egg, bread and put in refrigerator and let it set. Sauté chicken in 3 Tablespoons clarified butter and vegetable oil.. When cheese oozes they are done about 10 minutes. Cover loosely and keep warm in oven.
• Sauté mushrooms. Pour off fat from skillet. Add wine and bring to a boil scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan. Boil until reduced to 2 ta- blespoons. Add stock and boil until reduced by half. Remove from the heat and whisk in re- maining 2 tablespoons butter. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste. Pour over
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