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This delicious ham stuffed chicken breast with Swiss cheese is really nice served with sautéed mushrooms and perhaps some boiled rice or potatoes on the side. Stuffed chicken breast recipes are really no harder to make than regular fried chicken recipes, so if you are looking for something different for dinner tonight, what about this tasty ham stuffed chicken breast with mushroom sauce? Serve this stuffed chicken breast hot with the Swiss cheese still molten and oozing out of it. Everyone who enjoys fried chicken will enjoy this tasty and unique Swiss cheese stuffed chicken breast with mushroom sauce because the flavors combine so perfectly, plus it is really simple to make.
Swiss Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast with Mushroom Sauce
If you like fried chicken recipes, why not try some stuffed chicken breast recipes? This one is especially good and combines the flavors of Swiss cheese and ham with tender chicken and a crispy breadcrumb coating. The mushroom sauce goes very well with this stuffed chicken breast recipe. Stuffed chicken might be very different from your usual deep fried chicken recipes but use mushrooms, cheese, ham or your favorite ingredients to stuff chicken before you cook it and you will love the taste of this finished dish. It looks great too.
You can use different fillings in stuffed chicken recipes but ham and cheese is a classic variation and Swiss cheese is very good, both in texture when melted and in flavor. If you prefer, you can serve this stuffed chicken breast with sautéed mushrooms on the side rather than mushroom sauce. French fries go nicely with stuffed chicken breast recipes or you can serve mashed potatoes if you want to.
You will find this stuffed chicken breast with Swiss cheese recipe quite similar to chicken cordon bleu, in that it is stuffed. It is a very simple recipe to make but the result is spectacular and your whole family is sure to enjoy this deliciously different dish. You can even serve stuffed chicken breast for a special event or special occasion because it looks impressive and tastes impressive too.
Stuffed Chicken Breast with Swiss Cheese
Ingredients -
8 chicken breast halves, no skin or bones
2 beaten eggs
¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper
4 slices cooked ham, cut in half
4 slices Swiss cheese, cut in half
1 ⅓ cup fine breadcrumbs
⅓ cup all purpose flour
1 cup milk
Vegetable oil
For the Mushroom Sauce:
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
½ cup chicken broth
½ cup warm milk
½ cup thinly sliced mushrooms
2 tablespoons butter
Salt and white pepper to taste
Preparation:
Put each chicken piece between two sheets of wax paper and pound gently with the smooth part of a meat mallet to flatten.
Sprinkle salt and pepper on the chicken.
Mix the eggs with the milk and dip the chicken in this mixture.
Place a slice of ham and cheese in the center of each chicken piece and brush the slices with the milk and egg.
Fold the ends over the ham and cheese and roll them up, securing with toothpicks.
Dredge the chicken, first in the flour, then in the rest of the milk mixture.
Roll each chicken piece in breadcrumbs, cover, and refrigerate for an hour.
Heat half an inch of oil in a heavy skillet over a low to medium heat. Fry the chicken for 20 minutes, turning often, until golden.
To make the mushroom sauce, melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat and sauté the mushrooms until golden. Add the flour and stir well. Add the broth and milk gradually and cook over a medium heat, stirring all the time, until the sauce starts to boil and gets thick.
Simmer on a very low heat for 5 minutes, stirring a lot.
Season to taste.
Drain the chicken and serve it with the mushroom sauce.
(Serves 8)