Chicken Cordon Bleu

Ingredients

• 6 medium skinless,boneless,chicken breast halves

• 1 5-ounce container semisoft cream cheese with garlic and herbs

• 3 Oz very thinly sliced fully cooked ham

• &#189 Cup fine dry seasoned bread crumbs

• 1 Tbs snipped fresh parsley

• &#189 Cup milk

• 1 Tbs butter or margarine

• nonstick spray coating

Instructions

• 1. Place each chicken breast half,boned side up, in a zip lock bag. Working from the center to the edges, pound lightly with the flat side of a meat mallet to ¼-inch thick. Remove chicken from zip lock bag. Spread chicken with cream cheese. Place ham, cutting to fit, over each chicken breast. Fold in the long sides of the chicken and roll up into a sprial starting from the short edge. Secure with wooden toothpicks.
• 2. Combine bread crumbs and parsley in a shallow dish. Dip chicken rolls first in milk and then into the bread crumb mixture to coat.
• 3. Spray a 2-quart rectangular baking pan with nonstick coating. Place chicken rolls,seam side down, in prepared baking dish. Drizzle with melted margarine or butter.

• 4. Bake in a 400 degree F Egg on a plate setter for 30 to 35 minutes or until lightly browned and chicken is tender and no longer pink.Serve hot.

Notes

5.To serve as appetizers chill for 1 to 24 hours,slice each roll crosswise into ½ inch slices.Serve chilled.Makes about 40 servings.

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