Chicken Cordon Red?

@porwest (96134)
United States
April 8, 2020 7:05pm CST
So, my plan was to make Chicken Cordon Bleu tonight. BUT, it IS a bit of an elaborate dish. In other words, there are a few steps to it. Cut the breasts in half, pound them out to flatten them, put some swiss cheese in and some ham, season, blah blah blah and blasé. Roll them up. Dip them in egg, dip them in a seasoned bread crumb and flour mixture....and so so on and so forth. I had to go down to my Mom's and help her with a bag of leaves. The wife wanted to take care of the trash pickup and recycling, plus she wanted to pick up some twigs in the yard. Time was limited. So I decided to just cut the breasts in half and did not pound them. Seasoned the bottom halves and added the swiss cheese and the ham, a little parmesan. Put on the top layer of the other halves of chicken breast and poured pasta sauce over the top, then seasoned a bit more and sprinkled some more parmesan on top of that. Chicken Cordon Red? lol. Even if bleu is not blue. I think this will still turn out delicious. I will definitely let anyone know in my responding comments. But really, with stuff like this can you really go wrong?
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• Rupert, Idaho
9 Apr 20
Still has the same ingredients mostly....so should be good! Hope you enjoyed
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
9 Apr 20
It turned out really delicious, and it was nice hearing the wifey making all those "mmm" sounds as she ate it.
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
10 Apr 20
@MommyOfEli2013 I think I am mostly out of chicken as well, Although I think I have a package of bone in chicken thighs in the freezer. Those would be good on the grill if the weather ever gets nice enough to actually fire the damn thing up.
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• Rupert, Idaho
10 Apr 20
@porwest Lol, well that is awesome! Glad you both enjoyed it and it turned out great. I don't think we have any chicken to be able to make my own.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Apr 20
That really sounds delicious.
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
9 Apr 20
It turned out really good. Better than I expected. I guess certain things you just can't go wrong with.
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
9 Apr 20
@Nevena83 One thing I absolutely love about chicken. So many ways to enjoy it and each dish stands on its own.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Apr 20
@porwest Yes, the chicken is very grateful for the various combinations.
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• United States
9 Apr 20
I’m sure it was just as good even though you didn’t pound the meat
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
9 Apr 20
No, didn't pound my meat.
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• United States
10 Apr 20
@porwest it was good though? Yea
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
10 Apr 20
@just4him (318960)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Apr 20
I'm sure it turned out well.
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@just4him (318960)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Apr 20
@porwest I'm glad it turned out well.
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
9 Apr 20
It turned out better than expected. I think with stuff like this, though, you really can't mess it up. This is definitely something I plan to make again in the future.
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@JudyEv (346396)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 20
Sounds a great meal to me.
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
9 Apr 20
I was surprised it turned out as good as it did. I will still make the traditional style again of course. But I think it is best suited for a weekend meal when you have more time to prepare it.
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@LindaOHio (183917)
• United States
9 Apr 20
Should taste just fine. It's almost like chicken parm. Hope you enjoyed it.
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
9 Apr 20
Actually, now that you mention it...yeah...that's probably almost exactly what it is. Especially I did put parm in it as well. Hmm.
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• United States
9 Apr 20
Looks good and I'm sure it was delicious
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Apr 20
You'll chow down well.
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@porwest (96134)
• United States
9 Apr 20
It was lip smackin' good.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
9 Apr 20
i love it, sometimes the best things are the ones when we head a slightly different direction!