This baked chicken cordon bleu recipe is easy, low calorie, and delicious!
The recipe comes from one of my best-selling cookbooks, and I even made this chicken cordon blue recipe with Rachael Ray! Really… she loved it, and you can see a video of us making chicken cordon bleu recipes below.
Recipes chicken cordon bleu don’t have to be high in calories to be delicious. This traditional French dish can be made for just 309 calories, and in just 25 minutes.
This chicken cordon bleu baked recipe is not like the frozen chicken you pick up in the grocery freezer section. It is more traditional, more flavorful, easier to make and much lower in calories.
I got to make this Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe with my TV pal Rachael Ray… you can see the video below.
Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe
This cordon bleu chicken recipe is one of my most popular recipe from my Detox Week Cookbook.
My recipe of cordon bleu chicken is low in calories, hearty and filling, and goes perfectly with a crunchy salad. I keep things easy and pick up a bag salad from the store when I make this. But you can serve it with Roasted Brussels Sprouts, low calorie Scalloped Potatoes, or a Homemade Salad Recipe.
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Chicken Cordon Bleu Ingredients (shopping list!)
- How to Make Chicken Cordon Bleu
- Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe (recipe card!)
- VIDEO Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe (Audrey and Rachael Ray!)
Below you will find chicken cordon bleu bake time, a shopping list, how to guide and even a printable recipe card!
Now you can make easy chicken cordon bleu for less calories, more flavor, and know that it’s Rachael Ray approved!
Find the best chicken cordon bleu recipe below, along with a shopping list, printable recipe card, how to video and more…
Chicken Cordon Bleu Ingredients
Baked chicken cordon bleu recipes can be made easily, and with just a handful of ingredients.
In this section we will review the ingredients for our low calorie baked chicken cordon bleu recipe, and they are all in a handy “shopping list format”.
In the recipe card below you can use the ingredient multiplier. You pick how many servings you want to make and the multiplier will do all the math for you… This section below will help you at the grocery store.
This shopping list will help you make the best recipe for chicken cordon bleu. I recommend taking a screenshot on your phone so that you have the shopping list handy the next time you go grocery shopping.
Shopping List for Chicken Cordon Blue:
- Olive oil spray
- Chicken breasts (boneless and skinless)
- Dijon mustard
- Prosciutto
- Gruyere (provolone cheese also works)
- Panko bread crumbs (or Gluten-free Panko bread crumbs)
- Fresh thyme
These easy chicken cordon bleu recipes can be found in my best-selling cookbook Detox Week… But you can also find the full recipe and video below.
This homemade chicken cordon bleu recipe became extra popular when I made it on the Rachael Ray Show! And yes, you can find the video for that below. Rachael loved it, and I got a ton of messages from readers and watchers saying it was the best chicken cordon blue they had ever had!
Up next you’ll learn how to make chicken cordon bleu in the oven…
How to Make Chicken Cordon Bleu
Below you will learn how long to cook chicken cordon bleu in the oven, chicken cordon bleu cooking time. How to prep this French chicken dish without having to stuff it, and more…
This baked chicken cordon bleu recipe is sure to be one of your favorites! I recommend prepping several batched (less the Panko crumbs) and freezing them. This way all you have to do it make dinner is defrost, top with Panko and bake!
Below you will learn chicken cordon bleu cook time, how to prep them without having to stuff the chicken breasts, and more…
How to Make a Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe in the Oven:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and lightly spray a large, rimmed baking sheet or 9×13 casserole dish with olive oil.
- Add the chicken breasts to the prepared baking sheet. Smear the top of each chicken breast with 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard.
- Top each with prosciutto, then cheese, then Panko bread crumbs, and finally the chopped thyme. Lightly spray the tops with olive oil and move to the oven.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until the juices run clear and the internal temp is 165 degrees.
- Serve hot, right out of the oven.
Now that you know how to cook chicken cordon bleu, we can move onto the recipe card and the video.
Up next, a sharable recipe card and a video of Audrey and Rachael Ray making this wonderful recipe…
Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe
This baked chicken cordon bleu recipe is sure to become one of your favorite chicken recipes!
It’s low in calories, easy to make, and super impressive! Make sure to check out the video of me making this with Rachael Ray below…
Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe (WITH VIDEO!)
Ingredients
- Olive oil spray
- 4 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- 2-4 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 4 slices prosciutto
- 1/2 cup Gruyere cheese shredded (provolone cheese also works)
- 1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs or Gluten-free Panko bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and lightly spray a large, rimmed baking sheet or 9×13 casserole dish with olive oil.
- Add the chicken breasts to the prepared baking sheet. Smear the top of each chicken breast with 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard.
- Top each with prosciutto, then cheese, then Panko bread crumbs, and finally the chopped thyme. Lightly spray the tops with olive oil and move to the oven.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until the juices run clear and the internal temp is 165 degrees.
- Serve hot, right out of the oven.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Audrey and Rachael Ray Making Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe
I always have so much fun cooking with my TV pal Rachael… and this was an extra fun recipe to make together.
She still talkes about this wonderful recipe for chicken cordon blue when I see her, it’s THAT GOOD!
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I’m so glad you loved the recipe!! Thanks you for sharing your modification!!
This is a great recipe! I made it tonight and it was so good. I used boneless, skinless chicken breasts and it turned out great. I also used a different cheese, Gruyere, and it was really good.
I’m so glad you loved the recipe!!
This is a great recipe! I made it tonight and it was so good. I used boneless, skinless chicken breasts and it turned out great. I also used a different cheese, Gruyere, and it was really good with