This EASY Baked Ham & Cheese Stuffed Chicken with a wickedly delicious Mustard Cream Sauce tastes like Cordon Bleu, minus the crunchy coating, but is about 5x faster to make!
EASY BAKED HAM AND CHEESE STUFFED CHICKEN
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This reminds me of Cordon Bleu. Yes, minus the crunchy coating. But also minus all those calories. And this is about 8 times faster to make. I kid you not! 10 minutes of active effort and dinner is on the table. And what a dinner!!! I can’t get enough of this!
I really love stuffed chicken breast recipes. I think it’s a terrific way to bake chicken breast without it ending up dry and boring. Actually, I only bake chicken breast if it’s been marinated or brined. Otherwise I just find it lacks flavour and can go from perfectly cooked and juicy to overcooked and dry in 3 minutes. Yes, really. And you’d never find a chef in a restaurant baking a plain chicken breast. Not a chance.
However! Stuff it with something and boom! You’ve transformed what could have been a rather bland baked chicken into something absolutely and utterly incredible!
This is super easy to make. No pounding chicken, no rolling it up and tying with strings. Just cut a pocket into the chicken, stuff in ham and cheese and bake. Yep, it’s that easy!
Oh wait, I lied. I smear a bit of mustard inside the chicken (because ham + cheese + mustard is a fab combination), then sprinkle the outside of the chicken with salt and pepper, paprika and garlic powder. It makes a TERRIFIC crust for the chicken – and adds flavor. 🙂
The sauce for this dish is super quick to make and tastes incredible. It’s a mustard cream sauce that takes 1 minute to make and is the perfect accompaniment to the chicken. It adds moisture and even more flavor to an already delicious chicken meal!
I really hope you give this a go. Watch the recipe video and you’ll see how ridiculously fast and easy this is to make – and how incredibly delicious it is!
- 2 - 4 slices ham (depending on size) (Note 1)
- 2 pieces of Swiss cheese (or other cheese of choice) (Note 2)
- 2 chicken breasts
- 2 tsp Dijon Mustard (optional)
- 3/4 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp finely grated parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper
- 6 toothpicks
- Preheat oven to 390F.
- Place ham onto a work surface, then top with cheese and roll up into a tight bundle.
- Cut a pocket into each chicken breast, taking care not to cut all the way through. See recipe video for guidance.
- Smear 1 tsp of mustard inside each breast. Stuff with ham bundle. Fold over the top of the breast, then seal with 2 - 3 toothpicks.
- Sprinkle each side of chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika. Place on baking tray, drizzle with oil and bake for 25 minutes.
- Serve with Sauce!
- Place ingredients in a microwave proof bowl. Mix until smooth. Microwave for 2 x 30 seconds on high, stirring in between, until warmed through and smooth. Serve with chicken!
2. As with ham, use as much cheese as can fit into a bundle that will fit inside the chicken breast pocket. I use Swiss Cheese because I like how it melts yet still holds its form, rather than melting out of the chicken when it bakes.
Is the oven temp really supposed to be 390?
Yes