This is one of those dishes that you see in some restaurants but never try to make it at home thinking it is too much work. Well good thing is that isn’t really hard to prepare and you only need some basic ingredients.

The Cordon Bleu is going to be the star of the dish, some great sides to serve with it are: mashed potatos, roasted vegetables or your favorite green salad.

Preparation time: 1 hour
Yields: 4 portions

Ingredients:

• 4 chicken breasts
• 8 slices of mozzarella cheese
• 8 slices of ham
• 1 egg´
• 1 cup of all purpose flour
• 2 cups of bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp of mustard
• 2 tbsp of garlic powder
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• Oil to fry

Method:

1. In a large bowl, mix the chicken breasts with the mustard, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cover both sides of each breast really well.
2. On a cutting board, place a chicken breast and using a rolling pin, pound the chicken until around 1 cm thick.
3. Repeat the same step with all the chicken breast pieces.
4. Take a chicken breast piece and put two slices of mozzarella cheese, then two slices of ham.
5. Roll the chicken really tight. Put it in the freezer for 20 minutes.
6. Again, repeat the same process with the remaining chicken breasts.
7. While the chicken is in the freezer, prepare three plates. One with bread crumbs, other with all purpose flour and the third one with a whisked egg.
8. Roll each piece of chicken into the plate of all purpose flour. Then dip them into the whisked egg. Next step is to cover them with the bread crumbs.
9. In a skillet, over medium heat, add the oil to fry the chicken.
10. Fry each Cordon Bleu until golden on each side.
11. Serve them with your favorite sauce on top!