Chicken Cordon Bleu Roulade: Creamy Dijon Sauce
This Chicken Cordon Bleu With Creamy Dijon Sauce is the ultimate in flavor and time. The recipe comes together in 40 minutes and will become a new protein-packed favorite.
The Swiss Origins of Chicken Cordon Bleu
Chicken Cordon Bleu sounds decidedly French, though its roots come from the culinary traditions of Switzerland. Swiss cuisine is a testament to precision and quality. This dish found its beginnings in the early 20th century, the blend of flavors and textures is brilliant.
Recreating this dish into a low-carb recipe was one of the first things I created on my ketogenic diet journey. Funny, after 10+ years on a keto lifestyle I’m just now sharing it with all of you.
Crafting the Classic: Chicken Cordon Bleu Roulade
Ingredients:
- 1.5 lb Chicken breast, thinly sliced and flattened with meat tenderizer
- 12 ounces ham, shaved
- 10-12 ounces Swiss Cheese, slices or shredded
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
Creamy Dijon Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup onion, finely diced
- 1 clove Garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup chicken broth, divided
- 2/3 cup heavy cream or heavy coconut cream, divided
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
Preparing Your Chicken Cordon Bleu Roulade
- Preheat Your Oven: Begin at 375℉ to ensure a perfectly cooked dish.
- Prepare the Chicken: Slice and pound the chicken breast to an even thickness. This is crucial for the perfect roll.
- Layering: On a parchment-lined baking sheet, create a rectangle with the chicken, topped with ham and Swiss cheese.
- Rolling: Carefully roll the chicken using the parchment edge, seasoning with salt and pepper.
- Baking: Bake for 30 minutes, then let it rest for 5 minutes.
Creamy Dijon Sauce: The Perfect Accompaniment - Sauté: With 10 minutes left on the chicken, start your sauce. Sauté butter, onion, and garlic.
- Deglaze: Add half the chicken broth, scraping the pan for flavors.
- Simmer: Mix in mustard and cream, and let it simmer, stirring occasionally.
Serving Your Masterpiece - Slice the chicken roulade, drizzle with the creamy Dijon sauce, and prepare to be transported to the Swiss Alps with each bite.
A Dish Beyond Borders
While Chicken Cordon Bleu has Swiss origins, its popularity has become a global symbol of culinary sophistication. In my kitchen, it’s a dish that not only celebrates Swiss heritage but also speaks my love language of flavor and easily made, delicious food.
Whether for a family dinner or a special occasion, this dish is sure to impress. Enjoy!
Beyond This Dish
Incorporating lower-carb dishes into your life is part of a healthier approach. The standard American diet has abandoned nutrition for processed foods of efficiency. What we know is the SAD diet is wreaking havoc on our lives, our health, and a growing pandemic of obesity and disease.
Our body is like a computer program. It knows how to process whole foods. The body struggles with processed foods, chemical additives, “natural” additives, and a variety of poor ingredients. The “program” doesn’t know what to do with them. It pushes fats into cells, responds with insulin to the blood sugar spikes, and throws the entire operating system into chaos.
That chaos is where the opportunity for damage and disease are allowed to happen.
If you are interested in learning more, reach out to me on Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok to ask how you can make changes in your diet to improve your body’s ability to live and breathe.
Need a sweet treat? Try these Mint Chocolate Cake Cookies
Chicken Cordon Bleu With Creamy Dijon Sauce
Equipment
- Oven
- Stove Top
- Baking Pan
- Saucepan or skillet
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
Chicken Cordon Bleu
- 1.5 Lb Chicken Breast, thinly sliced Flatten chicken with flat side of a meat tenderizer for even pieces
- 12 Ounces Ham, shaved
- 10-12 Ounces Swiss Cheese, slices or shredded
- 1 Sprinkle Salt and Pepper
Creamy Dijon Sauce
- 2 Tbls Butter
- ¼ Cup Onion, finely diced
- 1 Clove Garlic, minced
- ½ Cup Chicken Broth, divided in half
- ⅔ Cup Heavy Cream or Heavy Coconut Cream, divided in half
- 1 Tbls Dijon Mustard
- 1 Tbls Mustard
- 1 Salt and Pepper, to taste
Instructions
Chicken Cordon Bleu
- Preheat oven to 375℉
- Prepare chicken breast by cutting each breast into 2 or 3 slices and pounding to an even plane with the flat side of a meat tenderizer. Or place between parchment paper and flatten with a rolling pin or large canned good.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. You will this to roll your recipe for baking and allow for easy clean up.
- Lay chicken into a rectangle, making sure to overlap each cutlet.
- Next, top your chicken rectangle with ham, then with swiss cheese.
- Using the edge of the parchment, begin to roll the chicken slowly and press to gently shape.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper to your taste
- Bake for 30 minutes at 375℉
- Allow chicken to rest for 5 minutes before slicing and topping with the creamy dijon sauce.
Creamy Dijon Sauce
- When the chicken has 10 minutes left on its cook time, begin the dijon sauce.
- Preheat a saucepan or skillet, add the butter, onion, and garlic. Saute for a minute or two, allowing the onions to slightly brown on the edges.
- Add half the chicken broth to the pan. This will lift the flavors. Stir well, scrapping the sides of the pan.
- Add the mustard and heavy cream, stir well and allow the sauce to simmer for the next 5 minutes. Make certain to stir occasionally to ensure the sauce isn't burning.
- TO SERVE: Slice chicken roulade into 1/2 inch slices, spoon dijon sauce on top and enjoy!
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Notes
Let Food Be The Medicine, Thy Medicine Be Thy Food
Hippocrates
Interested In A Keto Diet?
With information overload on the ketogenic diet, it’s easy to form a negative opinion of eating pounds of bacon, cheese, and hundreds of grams of fat every day. The TRUTH? A well-formulated nutritional keto diet is NONE of those things.
A nutritional keto diet prioritizes your meals being planned around your specific protein requirements. The fats primarily come from those naturally occurring whole foods you are consuming. The goal? A minimum of 30 grams of fat per day for vitamin absorption. Beyond that, it is for satiation and your protein choices. Most days fall between 30g and 100g of fat. This allows your body to tap into stored fat as an energy source.
If you would like to learn more, check out the KICKSTART which provides all the information to start a nutritional ketogenic diet and how you can maximize results by incorporating protein-sparing modified fasts, refeed days and calorie surplus days called refeeds.
