Delicious chicken stuffed with ham and cheese coated with panko bread crumbs.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Swiss
Keyword cheese, chicken, ham, smoked gouda
Prep Time 45 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 2stuffed chicken breasts
Calories 475kcal
Ingredients
The Chicken
2skinless boneless chicken breasts
2tbspdijon mustard
¼cupchopped fresh chives
2slicesblack forest hamdeli-sliced (thin/regular)
2piecesthickly cut mozzarella 0.25" x 3"
2piecesthickly cut smoked gouda0.25" x 3"
Panko Coating
½cupplain panko bread crumbs
pinchsalt and pepper
¾tsponion powder
¾tspgarlic powder
¾tspdried parsley use 2 tsp if using fresh parsley
Dredge
¼cupflour
1largeeggbeaten
Instructions
Prepare the chicken
Lay out the chicken breasts on a cutting board. using a sharp knife, butterfly them and open like a book being carefull not to cut all the way through.
Brush the chicken breasts with a liberal coating of dijon mustard and sprinkle with chives.
Lay the ham flat on the the counter, stack the mozzarella and smoked gouda on top of each other and place them in the centre of each slice of ham. Wrap the cheese up like two small packages. Place one in the centre of each butterflied chicken breast.
Fold in both sides of each chicken breast to cover the ham and cheese. Tie and secure each breast with three pieces of kitchen twine
The coating
In a medium bowl, mix the panko, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper and parsley.
In its own bowl, beat the egg.
Dredge and coat the chicken
Dust the chicken with flour, dip in the beaten egg and the roll in the panko mixture.
Brown & cook the chicken breasts.
Heat 2 tbsps of canola oil in a frying pan and sear the chicken breasts on all sides until golden brown. Add more oil if needed. You are not fully cooking them at this stage.
Put them in a baking dish and cook at 350℉ for half an hour or until the internal temperature reaches 165℉
Notes
Experiment with other cheeses in place of smoked gouda. Asiago, smoked gruyere even gorgonzola are delicious choices. There are lots of great cheeses out there, leading to endless possibilities.Calories are based on 1 medium size stuffed chicken breast.