Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken cordon bleu has been one of my favorite dishes since I was a kid. I was watching Hell's Kitchen last night where they made some and it got me really wanting to find a recipe that I could make on plan. Unfortunately, I didn't find one that fit the lean and green specifications, but saw a mason jar recipe that gave me an idea of how I could make one. I put together some ingredients and sent off to nutrition support. Got the approval and tried the recipe out tonight! This dish tasted so good and is definitely one that I will make again very soon. Since the recipe takes several steps, I decided to take pictures along the way.

Ingredients:

5.5 oz raw chicken breast
2 extra lean turkey bacon slices
2 Tbsp egg beaters
1 slice thin sliced swiss cheese (or reduced fat swiss cheese) - I used Sargento thin slice (40 cal)
1 Tbsp almond flour
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp dried basil
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2) Start heating up bacon in a pan. Make sure it doesn't get crispy.

3) Lay out chicken breast and thin out with meat tenderizer. I tried to lay mine out in a long shape that would fit height-wise in the ramekin once rolled up.

4) Put the egg beaters in a small dish. Take about a tsp and pour over one side of chicken at a time.

5) Mix almond flour with all the seasoning. Spread 1 tsp on one side of the chicken.

6) Flip chicken over and repeat on other side with the egg beaters and almond flour

7) By this time the bacon should be finished cooking. Place on the chicken followed by the cheese.

8) Now it's time to roll the chicken up and put in the ramekin (greased with Pam spray). Once it's rolled up, turn the roll on it's side and press down into ramekin so that it's as flat as possible. You can see the center of the roll is right at the top of the ramekin.

9) Now pour the remaining egg beaters equally over the top of the chicken.

10) Spread the remaining almond flour mixture over the top of the chicken.

11) To keep the topping moist, spray the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray a couple times over the top.

12) Bake for 20 min. Spray another couple of times and place back in oven.

13) Bake for 20 more minutes.

14) Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes. Remove from ramekin, serve with 3 servings of greens and ENJOY!!