Chicken Cordon Bleu in Pastry Recipe

Chicken Cordon Bleu in Pastry Recipe Chicken Cordon Bleu in Pastry Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 5

Baking chicken breasts in a flaky dough makes them turn out moist and delicious every time. This fancy dish is nice to serve family as well as guests.

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Chicken Cordon Bleu in Pastry Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
  • Yield: 4 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 tube (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent rolls
  • 1/4 cup spreadable chive and onion cream cheese
  • 4 thin slices deli ham
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each)
  • 4 slices Swiss cheese

Directions

  • On an ungreased baking sheet, separate dough into four rectangles; seal perforations. Spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese lengthwise down the center of each rectangle. Place ham widthwise over dough. Arrange chicken in center of each rectangle. Wrap ham around chicken. At each long end, pinch dough together around chicken, forming points.
  • Bake at 375° for 15 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in the chicken reads 170°. Top with slice of Swiss cheese; bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted and pastry is golden brown. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 428 calories, 26 g fat (12 g saturated fat), 66 mg cholesterol, 807 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 21 g protein.

Originally published as Chicken Cordon Bleu in Pastry in Taste of Home Meals in Minutes Calendar Annual 2003, p11

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Reviewed on Oct. 12, 2011 by Lisa33991

Haven't tasted it yet but just put it in the oven, the only modification I made was to use chicken cutlets instead of full breasts to cut the fat & cholesterol . This is the easiest dish I've made in a long time! Plus it's pretty, even before it's cooked!

Reviewed on Jul. 26, 2011 by blajr

I make a very similar recipe but I do pre-cook the chicken first; I spread the onion-chive cream cheese mixture on 1/4 sheet of puff pastry; top with chicken, then I wrap swiss cheese slice into the ham first to prevent it from leaking out, then wrap the puff pastry like a present. My family loves this meal!

Reviewed on Apr. 08, 2011 by foodiemomma

My biggest hint: use two chicken breasts instead of four and slice them in half horizontally. The meat cooks fully by the time the crescent rolls become brown (if not sure about the meat being fully done even then, just pop into the microwave for a minute after baking, that usually takes care of it.) Our family really enjoys this recipe!

Reviewed on Feb. 28, 2011 by zdb2010*

OK, this is a really good recipe and everything but I do like my chicken fully cooked please - I looked at the recipe and decided the chicken would definitely need pre-cooking a bit. I pre-cooked it for about 12 mins and then assembled them and cooked for AGES longer - the pastry and ham bits were a bit past it by the time the chicken was finally done. Next time I will fully cook the chicken first.

Reviewed on Feb. 21, 2011 by wendydms

This recipe is easy and delicious. I cooked it for 25 minutes, covering the cookie sheet with foil after the first 15 minutes to protect the pastry from burning, and it came out perfectly. I also used a light/medium colored cookie sheet. I suspect if I had used a dark nonstick cookie sheet, the pastry would have burned.

Reviewed on Feb. 09, 2011 by Gina640

This was Delicious! My fiance' loves chicken cordon bleu sandwich from a local pizza shop and i have tried other recipes but they were always missing something. We Both Loved This! Yummm!

Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2010 by thecampinglady

This is very quick and easy to make. It is a huge sucess at our house. We have had it at least once every other week for about 3 months now. Has a good blend of flavors.

Reviewed on Jan. 13, 2010 by Granny Grey

This tasted delicious, however, the crescent roll baked faster than the chicken did so that part was a little bit overdone. I think next time I am going to use chicken cutlets instead of breasts. The cream cheese makes this recipe wonderful and it's so nice and easy to make.

Reviewed on Nov. 14, 2009 by myboyjack08

This is one of our family's favorites. There are never any leftovers. Be careful about oven temps and darkening the crust too much to get meat done.

Reviewed on Oct. 30, 2009 by mjohnmeyer

I have made this recipe countless times, both for just my husband and I, as well as for friends. Everyone LOVES it! I make it exactly as the recipe states (though I usually add a bit more cream cheese to my pastry), and there's never any leftovers! This recipe was long ago added to my Family Favorites Book! SO good!

 
 

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