Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chicken cordon bleu casserole. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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For the cheese sauce: In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the mustard, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt. Place chicken in a baking dish, add cheese and ham.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken cordon bleu casserole using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole:
- Take topping
- Take 6 tbsp unsalted butter
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
- Get 1 1/2 tsp crushed dried parsley
- Take 1 salt & pepper
- Get casserole
- Take 6 cup cooked chicken, diced or shredded (rotisserie chicken is excellent)
- Make ready 1/2 lb very thinly sliced deli-style honey ham, rough chopped
- Make ready 1/4 lb thin sliced baby Swiss cheese
- Make ready sauce
- Prepare 4 tbsp butter
- Get 4 tbsp flour
- Prepare 3 1/4 cup milk
- Prepare 2 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
- Get 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- Prepare 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- Take 1/4 tsp white pepper
- Get 1 salt
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Instructions to make Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9- x 13-inch baking dish. Set aside.
- Put cooked shredded or diced chicken on the bottom of the baking dish. Rough chop the ham and scatter it over the top of the chicken. Lay the Swiss cheese on top of the ham.
- To make the sauce: Melt the butter in a large sauce pot over medium heat. When butter is melted, quickly stir in the flour to form a smooth roux. Do not brown! Once the roux is smooth and bubbly, slowly pour in the cold milk while stirring briskly to make a smooth sauce. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens. Stir in the lemon juice, Dijon mustard, salt, smoked paprika and white pepper. Bring sauce just back to a low boil and turn off heat. Pour sauce evenly over the casserole, being certain to get some of the sauce around the edges of the pan.
- To make the topping: Melt the butter in the microwave in a medium sized microwaveable bowl. Heat it for 30 seconds at a time and stop once it’s melted. Take the bowl out of the microwave and stir in the panko bread crumbs, seasoning salt and crushed dried parsley. Sprinkle over the top of the casserole.
- Bake casserole uncovered for 45 minutes until hot and bubbly throughout and topping has turned a light golden brown.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes prior to serving.
This chicken cordon bleu casserole has layer after layer of great classic cordon bleu flavors, topped with a savory stuffing and baked until bubbly! Soon to be a family favorite, this chicken cordon bleu casserole is rich, hearty, and incredibly easy to prepare! A simple version of Chicken Cordon Bleu! Chunks of chicken and ham layered in a casserole with shredded cheese and a creamy white sauce, topped with buttery crunch and baked to golden perfection! Great comfort food, and also a good use of leftover chicken and ham.
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