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Mini Chicken Cordon Bleu for Bacon Lovers!

Mini Chicken Cordon Bleu for Bacon Lovers

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This mini chicken cordon bleu is a bacon lover’s twist on the classic comfort-food favorite. Made with tender chicken tenders, crispy bacon, Swiss cheese, and a buttery Ritz cracker coating, this easy chicken cordon bleu recipe is savory, crunchy, and sure to be a hit at the family dinner table.

  • Author Adam Wood
  • Prep Time 20 mins
  • Cook Time 20 mins
  • Total Time 40 mins
  • Yield 8 tenders 1x
  • Category Dinner, Mains
  • Cuisine French

Ingredients

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  • 8 boneless, skinless chicken tenders
  • 10 slices of bacon, diced, cooked half-done and drained
  • 4 slices Swiss Cheese
  • 15 Ritz crackers crushed
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp chicken bouillon
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup flour
  • toothpicks

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup honey
  • ¼ cup mustard
  • ¼ tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Place chicken tenders on cutting board and cover with a sheet of plastic wrap.
  2. Next, using the smooth side of a mallet, gently pound to desired thickness, I chose about 1 cm thick.
  3. Now, remove plastic wrap.
  4. Cut Swiss cheese into long, skinny pieces.
  5. One piece should cover half of the length of the chicken tender and the complete width of the chicken tender.
  6. Next, place a cut slice of Swiss cheese onto the chicken tender.
  7. Add one heaping tablespoon of bacon pieces.
  8. Roll up, starting from cheese side and secure with two or three toothpicks.
  9. Repeat for remaining chicken tenders.
  10. Now, combine eggs with one cup water and whisk to create an egg wash.
  11. Prepare the flour mixture by stirring together flour, paprika, bouillon and salt.
  12. Now, prepare the breading in a separate bowl by adding crushed Ritz crackers.
  13. Then, gently roll each tender in egg wash first, then flour mixture, then egg wash again and lastly cracker crumbs.
  14. Place gently on a large plate until all tenders are coated.
  15. Now, preheat oven to 350°F.
  16. Then, heat 2 inches of oil in frying pan.
  17. Gently and slowly remove toothpicks and carefully place chicken tenders in pan of hot oil.
  18. Cook only until golden brown.
  19. Remove from oil and heat and place on ungreased, glass baking pan.
  20. Bake for 15-20 minutes until cheese oozes out.
  21. Serve hot with honey mustard dipping sauce.

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

  1. Combine all honey mustard ingredients and stir until thoroughly incorporated.
  2. Chill until ready to serve.