Cheating Chicken Cordon Bleu
a recipe that serves 2 by
Ingredients:
2 boneless chicken breasts, cut length wise to make a pocket
2 thick slices of baked ham, Virginia ham found in the deli section
3 slices of Provolone cheese
1 1/2 cups of chicken gravy*; fresh, canned or jarred
Pepper to taste
Mushrooms, small can of sliced or 5 large fresh mushrooms cooked and sliced
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Place a slice of ham centered over a slice a Provolone, fold over and place a 1/2 slice between the folds of the ham. Do the same again with the other slice of ham.
3. Stuff a Provolone and ham fold into each chicken pocket.
4. Place chicken on a small deep glass baking dish sprayed with pam. Loosely cover and bake for 30 minutes.
5. Prepare to have gravy, mushrooms and pepper mixed and ready by the time the 30 minutes the chicken has cooked is up. At that time, skim any fat in chicken dish and add the gravy mix over the breasts.
6. Bake 10 minutes more and set for 5 minutes before serving chicken with gravy and mushrooms.
Note:
If you do not have chicken breast use 4 thick slices of chicken cutlets and sandwich the Provolone and ham fold between two cutlets at a time.
* See Quick & Easy Chicken and Beef Gravy to use fresh gravy, recipe in The Recipe Box under Gravies & Rubs.