CHICKEN CORDON BLEU 
3 lg. chicken breasts, boned, skinned and cut lengthwise
6 thin slices boiled ham
6 oz. natural Swiss cheese, cut in 6 sticks
1/4 c. flour
2 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. chicken flavored gravy base
1 (3 oz.) can sliced mushrooms, drained (1/2 c.)
1/3 c. Sauterne wine OR apple juice
2 tbsp. flour
Toasted sliced almonds

Roll chicken pieces, boned side up, on cutting board. Working from center out, pound chicken with a wooden mallet to make cutlets 1/4 inch thick. Sprinkle with salt. Place a ham slice and a cheese stick on each cutlet. Tuck in sides of each and roll up as for a jelly roll. Skewer or tie securely. Coat rolls with the 1/4 cup flour, brown in butter, and remove to 11x7 baking pan.

In the same skillet, combine 1/2 cup water, the gravy base, mushrooms and wine OR apple juice. Heat, stirring in the crispy bits from the skillet. Pour mixture over chicken in the baking pan. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/4 hours or until tender. Transfer to serving platter.

Pour juices over chicken and garnish with toasted sliced almonds. Serves 6. Each serving is 350 calories OR 4 meat exchanges, 1/2 bread exchange, 2 fat exchanges.

 

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