Homemade Cordon Bleu Recipe

Slit your chicken breast open like a wallet.

Place on plastic wrap and cover with parchment paper.

Using a rolling pin or another utensil, flatten your chicken breast as much as possible. Remove the parchment paper and then season with salt and pepper.

Place your slice of ham, then your slices of cheese. Wrap your chicken fillet to form a ballotine, making sure to tighten the plastic wrap well. Repeat the process a second time with another piece of plastic wrap.

Poach your ballotine for 5 minutes in boiling water until the chicken fillet turns white. Remove the plastic wrap from the ballotine and let it cool.

Coat the ballotine in flour, then in egg and breadcrumbs. Repeat this process twice. Immerse the ballotine in a pot of oil at 160°C until golden brown on each side.

To finish, bake for 5 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.