quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Don’t get scared this is easy. Serves 2.

I’m told that this dish was invented in France a looong time ago to honor the knights that wore the blue belt with a white uniform. Thus white meat, veal or chicken with the ham ,blue belt and the white cheese.

4-6 chicken tenders or 2 boneless skinless breasts pounded to about ½ in thick

Pre heat oven to 250 deg.

1 egg beaten with a little milk

about a cup and a half bread crumbs. I like Progresso Italian
a couple of dashes of dried basil
a couple of dashes of powdered garlic
salt and pepper

2 slices of boiled ham
3-4 slices of swiss or provolone cheese

Heat up a frying pan med. heat, big enough to handle the chicken. Put in enough olive oil to coat the bottom and a little more.

dip the chicken in the egg stuff then the bread stuff. Then fry it. Put it in a casserole dish and put the ham then the cheese on it.

Put it in the oven.

Drain all but a little bit of the oil out of the pan and put it back on the stove. Add 1 tbsp. of butter, 1 tbsp. of flour and whisk it around ‘til there is no more dry flour. Add about 1 and a half cups white wine and a little salt and pepper. Stir and heat until it’s thick. Take the chicken out of the oven. The cheese should be melted by now. Serve with the sauce over top. Some folks like to serve it on a bed of egg noodles. We just have it with the carb. De jeur and some salad and crusty Italian bread. If you’re going to do the poppop’s homemade bread thing you might want to do the bread first then lower the temp to 250 for the chicken.

SERVE IT UP!! With the carb, salad, bread and the rest of that white wine!!!