Chicken Cordon Bleu from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, (1 1/4 lbs total)
1 tbsp Dijon-style mustard
3 slices lean ham - (1 oz ea), cut into halves
3 slices reduced-fat Swiss cheese - (1 oz ea), cut into halves
Nonstick cooking spray, as needed
1/4 cup unseasoned dry bread crumbs
2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
3 cups hot cooked rice

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Pound chicken breasts between 2 pieces of plastic wrap to 1/4-inch thickness using flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin.

Brush mustard on 1 side of each chicken breast; layer 1 slice each of ham and cheese over mustard. Roll up each chicken breast from short end; secure with wooden picks. Spray tops of chicken rolls with cooking spray; sprinkle with bread crumbs.

Arrange chicken rolls in 11- by 7-inch baking pan. Cover; bake 10 minutes. Uncover; bake about 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center.

Stir parsley into rice; serve with chicken. Serve with vegetables if desired.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 1/2 Starch, 3 Meat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 290; Calories from fat 17%; Total Fat 5g; Saturated Fat 2g; Protein 29g; Carbohydrates 27g; Cholesterol 70mg; Sodium 442mg; Dietary Fiber 1g.

Comments: Pounding boneless chicken breasts to a uniform thickness flattens them so that a savory ham and cheese filling can be easily rolled up inside.

Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"07-26-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"

Servings: 6

“That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.”

~ Madeleine L'Engle (1918--) American author.

 

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