by: Gerhild Fulson / Cookbook Author, Blogger, German Oma!
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Does a chicken cordon bleu recipe, aka Hähnchenrouladen, sound difficult? Try my easy German version and impress your guests! Hey, don't just wait for company. Your family will love this too!
If you're looking for great dinner ideas for company and want German chicken recipes, you may not think about Cordon Bleu.
To me it always sounded very extravagant and very expensive and very French and very difficult. And, it really didn't sound like any German food I knew.
However, it's really nothing more than the very German rouladen made with chicken breast. And, doing it this easy way, you don't even have to pound the chicken breast to make it thin.
Just cut a pocket inside and stuff. However, if you want, you can pound it and then roll it up with the ham and cheese. That's how I did it in the photo above.
The easy way is shown by my granddaughter below.
Here's my 12-year old granddaughter, Lydia, making these. She did these all by herself, from cutting the pockets to stuffing to breading.
In fact she loves these so much that now that she's older she has done a bit of experimenting. I gave her my Vortex Plus Instant Air Fryer Oven and she converted her recipe to one that works in it.
Here's what her new version looks like:
As soon as she's perfected the recipe, I'll add the link to it here. She's totally enjoying 'experimenting' on it. Her parents eagerly enjoy her results!
I was surprised to find out that this original recipe appears to come from Switzerland and not France. The term 'Cordon Bleu' is French and translates as 'Blue Ribbon' and is the name of a cooking school.
As a recipe, it is simply a meat, wrapped around cheese, breaded, and then either pan-fried or deep-fried.
There are many versions of this with Schnitzel Cordon Bleu one of the more popular German ones. It uses veal instead of chicken.
But, always willing to tackle something new, I experimented. I soon realized it's neither expensive nor very French nor very difficult.
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Always willing to tackle something new, I experimented with this recipe. I soon realized it's neither expensive nor very French nor very difficult.
Frying this chicken roulade is an alternative, but using the oven is so much easier. I find this is such an easy chicken recipe that I'm not only going to save it for company.
It's such a great dish for just my hubby and me!
There are so many yummy possibilities to serve with these Hähnchenrouladen. Here are some of my favorites:
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Does your chicken cordon bleu recipe, aka Hähnchenrouladen, sound difficult? Try this easy version and impress your guests!
It's really nothing more than the very German rouladen made with chicken breast. And, doing it this easy way, you don't even have to pound the chicken breast to make it thin.
Prep Time
40 minutes |
Bake Time
30 minutes |
Total Time70 minutes |
Makes 4 servings
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08.31.2021 revision update
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