Chicken Fried Cordon Bleu Sandwiches
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All the crunch and excitement of fried chicken in the comforting, familiar hug of a sandwich.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 20g butter
- 20g flour
- 300ml whole milk
- 50g parmesan, grated
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- 8 slices of bread, crusts cut off
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 4 tbsp yellow mustard
- 8 slices of cheddar
- 8 slices of Swiss cheese
- 8 slices of ham
- 200g corn starch
- 300ml buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 300g flour
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp cayenne
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
Instructions
- Heat a little oil in a frying pan on a medium-high heat and add your chicken breasts. Season in the pan and fry for 3 mins on each side, until golden and tender. Shred with a fork and set aside.
- Heat some butter in a small pan over a medium heat. Add the flour and cook out for 1 min, before adding your milk gradually in small increments, beating all the while. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 2 mins. Remove from the heat and add your parmesan, mustard, salt and pepper and stir to combine. Add your shredded chicken and stir to combine.
- Spread a slice of bread with mayonnaise on both sides. Top with 4 slices of Cheddar, 5 slices of ham, ¼ of the chicken mixture and 4 slices of Swiss. Add another slice of bread with mayonnaise on top.
- Heat a little oil in a hot frying pan. Add your sandwich and fry on each side until the toast is golden and cheese starting to melt. Leave to cool.
- Put your cornstarch in a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together your buttermilk and egg. In a third bowl, combine your flour with all the spices and seasoning.
- Dip your sandwich in the cornflour, buttermilk and seasoned flour in turn. Leave the sandwiches on a rack for 10 mins for the flour to absorb into the buttermilk.
- Fill a large pan a third of the way with vegetable oil and heat to 170C. Gently lower your sandwich into the oil one at a time and fry for 4 mins, or until they are golden, crisp and craggley.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
