When I first discovered my love for cooking I tried making traditional Chicken Cordon Bleu until I felt I had perfected it. After I moved to the middle east and no longer ate pork, I came up with my own version of this dish. Now years later I have once again reinvented it, eliminating any frying, adding feta cheese instead of cheddar and a flavorful cumin garlic sauce. So, here is my updated version of this much loved dish.
Ingredients
4 chicken breasts, no skin or bone
2 cups seasoned bread crumbs-or enough to coat chicken breasts
2 eggs whisked with 1/4 cup water
1 floret of broccoli cut into long bite size pieces, boiled or steamed until just tender.
1 cup of crumbled feta cheese
Garlic salt for seasoning
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Spray baking pan with non stick cooking spray
Using a kitchen mallet, pound chicken on each side making it thin. Prepare all 4 breasts in this manner.
I set up an assembly line of:
A dish with the breadcrumbs
A dish with the whisked egg
A dish with the broccoli
A dish with the feta cheese
Take a piece of chicken and lightly sprinkle it with garlic salt, top with feta cheese and broccoli. Roll the chicken up and place seam side down on the tray. Continue this process with each piece of chicken. After you have completed all of the chicken, take a piece and carefully holding it together, roll it in egg wash and then in bread crumbs. Place on prepared baking pan.
Place tray in preheated oven, let chicken cook for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and pour Garlic Cumin sauce over chicken and place back in oven. Let this cook an additional 30 minutes or until chicken is completely done.
Garlic cumin sauce
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
3 cloves garlic chopped
1/2 cup flour
2 cups water-chicken bouillon
1 cup milk
1/4 tsp. cumin
Directions
Melt butter in sauce pan on low heat, add garlic, saute until light brown, add flour and whisk well, let mixture bubble, add water and milk, stir until thickened and smooth, add cumin,salt and pepper to taste.
Wow, love this, stuffed chicken breast is delicious. I think the feta and broccoli sound wonderful and the sauce is perfect with it.
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thanks so much Suzanne!
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Oh my goodness – yum!!
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thanks dear. It is one of our favorites and still people request it fried and more traditional so I do it that way when asked! I have high cholesterol and so I try not to fry and this has worked out well.
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Oh, that sounds and looks so good! 😋
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Thanks Erika! xx
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Yummy!!!
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🙂
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I’m salivating!
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Thanks Sarah!
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Yum-O Lynn-right up our alley for sure!!! xoxoxoxoxo B-2
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thanks bestie xoxo hope the trip is going well
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Yes heading over to a Great-Great Uncle’s for dinner tonight one of my favorite Greek Dishes “Dolmades” stuffed grape vine leaves Woo-Hoo and a real Greek Salad and feta and bread. Oh Yum. I think I gained a few pounds. xoxxoxoo LOl
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Yummmmm xoxo
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xoxoxoxoxo just ate! belly is full-my twins are not sure they really like grape vine leaves as they are an acquired taste-they loved the salad! lol xoxoxooxoxox
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I love grape leaves xoxo
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me too, me too…xoxoxoxoxo b-2
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xoxo yumm
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Loving this
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Thanks! how are you doing these days? I hope you are feeling well and comforted. xx
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I am feeling fine Lynn instead of taking every second as they come now it is every day. I hope you are doing well. 🙂
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I am glad you are feeling better xx
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🙂
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This looks amazing. I eat a lot of chicken and this adds a new flavor I am looking forward to trying. Thank you so much for sharing.
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Thanks Jonathan!
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Yummy Lynn, this I like! And do I see an update to your blog site? 🙂
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haha well I was thinking it has been almost a year so it was time. I don’t know how I feel about it, but it is way easier for viewing on a phone. thanks Terry!
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I like it! 🙂
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🙂
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Such a great twist on Chicken Cordon Bleu! Love the feta and broccoli, and especially like that you baked it. Yum! 😋
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Thanks Jean!
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Yum…..you just gave me the very thing I am going to make for dinner tonight…LOL stuffed with spinach and feta….thanks…yours are beautiful…..xxakt
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Spinach would be amazing xxx
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I love stuffed chicken breast and your version with the Feta looks wonderful.
Your post reminded me of a somewhat similar dish I used to make with goat cheese and sun dried tomatoes in the filling. Now I’ll plan on making it again! Thanks for the reminder. 🙂
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Oh yumm that sounds great chef!
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It really is. I’ll try to remember to photo and post it. Sometimes I don’t have the patience for it… 🙂
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yes it is a tiring task!
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This sounds very yummy Lynn. I haven’t done a stuffed chicken breast in awhile, and these are the flavours I like, so this can only be great !!! xxx
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I really like feta. This will be a definite try for me.
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Wow… Now Im hungry though you can never get that kind of food anywhere!
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yes so true
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We’re having chicken tonight, Lynn so I might try this one.
Leslie
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thanks Leslie! x
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❤
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That looks delicious. I remember missing bacon when I was in Abu Dhabi. I think I would purchase it at a place called Sweeneys? in the back…..he he.
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haha
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This looks absolutely delicious, Lynn. I love chicken and feta has such a wonderfully unique flavour. The green of the broccoli adds to the attraction of the dish. I’ll try this next time we have chicken breasts.
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thanks Millie x
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Yum Yum Yummmmmm!
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Thanks xx
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I’ve now eliminated pork too for health reasons.
No frying is my kitchen motto! This sounds so good. I’d love to try that garlic cumin sauce. I love cumin!!
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I also just love cumin! X
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This looks really delicious Lynn! (K)
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Thanks K xx
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Lynn this looks absolutely delicious! I am always looking for new chicken recipes, can’t wait to try it 🙂
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Thanks Marisa xx
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Looks delicious
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Thanks Ritu
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Oo, Oo, Oo!! I might could actually do this!! Looks sooo yummy!!
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you could for sure!
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Oh, I bet Paul would love this…and I just got some feta today. It’s quite a happy coincidence! As for me…well, I can just make mine without it.
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This looks wonderful, dear Lynn!!
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Thank you sis xxxxx
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xoxo Hugs sis!!
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Thanks sweetie xoxo
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Looks great lynn
http://www.mumbaitomelbourne.com/food-and-health-blog-posts/lasuni-paneer-cottage-cheese-in-garlic-sauce
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Thanks
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This looks great Lynn and is on for trying here 😀
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Thanks dear!
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I made it today, just changed the slice dishes a bit. It is very warm here now, around 30 C – 88 F, so too warm for the sauce for me. It was very, very delicious 😀
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So glad dear Irene!! thanks for telling me!xxx
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Gorgeous chicken dish, and so full of flavor Lynn! Do you eat pork any more? (I’m actually thinking bacon, lol!) Just wondering. 🙂 xoxoxo
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No I don’t eat pork and of course the kids were not raised with it so we eat turkey bacon xoxoxo
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I am a huge feta cheese fan! The recipe sounds delicious, I have to try…
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Thanks!
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Wow!! Yummy !! Great recipe, Lynn 🙂
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Another winner for the files! I don’t turn the oven on in the summer, but this looks wonderful for when the weather cools off.
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Thanks so much!
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Scrumptious! A sneaky way to get my kids to eat their veggies….just hide it in the chicken!
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yes so true! hiding haha
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My kind of food 😀 Such a creative and delicious version!
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Thanks Antonia!
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This looks delicious!
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your so kind x
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This looks very tasty Lynz.. and thank you for the step by step guide 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by Sue. It’s so great to see you!!
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Like I said before, this will be our dinner for this evening! 🙂
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Hope you like it!
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Yum! Lynn this sounds fantastic!!
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Thanks dear xo
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Great post!
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