Foolproof Chicken Cordon Bleu

Name: Foolproof Chicken Cordon Bleu
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 25 , Ritz crackers (about 3/4 sleeve); 4 slices, hearty white sandwich bread, torn into pieces; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 8 thin slices, deli ham (about 8 ounces) (see note); 2 cups shredded, Swiss cheese; 4 , boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 2 pounds total) (see note); , Salt and pepper; 3 large, eggs; 2 tablespoons, Dijon mustard; 1 cup, all-purpose flour

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2010, Cook's Country TV

Main Courses

Chicken

30-Minute Suppers

If we couldn't make chicken cordon bleu easier to prepare, at least we could make it foolproof.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1½ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Once a necessity at any fashionable dinner party, chicken cordon bleu has been relegated to a tired option at wedding halls around the country. We wanted to restore this once-elegant recipe to its former glory.

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