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Champagne Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe

entrees, lunch, leftoversSheri Spallone2 Comments
Champagne Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe

Champagne Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe

Cook Time:  About 30 minutes  

Difficulty:  Easy

Are you looking for a new chicken recipe that will dazzle your family and guests? Consider our Champagne Chicken Cordon Bleu, a classic chicken dish consisting of chicken, ham, and swiss cheese, but Cherchies® style, with champagne mustard, of course! 

Cordon Bleu is fancy for "Blue Ribbon" or award-winning-(dictionary.com), so it is only fitting to use our award-winning Champagne Mustard in this tasty recipe. It is the pièce de résistance of this dish, hands down.

This deliciously rich recipe is family-approved yet perfect enough for guests or a romantic dinner for two! Serve our Champagne Chicken Cordon Bleu with our Cranberry Orange Salad for a complete meal. Bon Appetit!

Ingredients

Sauce Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) butter

  • 2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) flour

  • 1 Tablespoons (Tbsp) Cherchies® Champagne Mustard

  • 1/4 cup white wine (or could substitute chicken broth)

  • 1 cup milk (preferably warmed)

  • 3 Tablespoons (Tbsp) grated parmesan cheese

  • Salt and pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place Rice Krispies cereal in a resealable plastic bag. Gently roll over bag with a rolling pin, crushing the cereal.  Set aside.  

Slice chicken breasts in half lengthwise, but not completely through chicken.  This will create a pocket to stuff the chicken.  Sprinkle both sides of chicken with Cherchies® Garlic Seasoning and pepper and place on a baking pan or jelly roll pan.

Brush the opened chicken breasts with Cherchies® Champagne Mustard, and place ham slices (here we used ham from the deli, but leftover holiday ham is also perfect) and swiss cheese over the chicken breasts.

Fold chicken breasts in half and cut chicken bundles in half horizontally (if have large chicken breasts).  

Spread mayonnaise over chicken breast pockets, then sprinkle Cherchies® Select Grilling Rub and Seasoning over the chicken.  Generously coat the chicken breast pockets with crushed cereal mixture.

Spray coated chicken breasts with cooking spray and bake in the oven until the chicken is cooked completely, the crust is golden brown, and the cheese is melty (about 30 minutes).

While chicken is cooking, prepare the sauce.  In a medium skillet, turn the stove on low and melt the butter.  Combine melted butter with the flour, whisking constantly and cook (otherwise known as a roux) for a couple minutes to remove the raw flour taste. Add Champagne Mustard (or Cherchies® Hot Banana Pepper Mustard) and white wine, and stir until smooth.   Mixture should be thick. 

Slowly whisk warmed milk into roux, add parmesan cheese and continue to cook for a few minutes on low .  Season with salt and pepper to taste.  Turn off stove and remove pan from burner.  

To serve, arrange chicken on plates and top with the cheese sauce.  Serve with crusty bread and our Cranberry Spinach Salad for a complete meal.  Enjoy!




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Turkey and Cheese Waffle Panini Recipe

leftovers, lunch, entreesSheri SpalloneComment
Turkey and Cheese Waffle Panini Recipe

Turkey and Cheese Waffle Panini Recipe

Cooking Time:  10 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

My kiddos have begged me for a panini press for some time, and while the thought of having one more appliance didn't appeal to me, the idea of my kiddos cooking together did, so I am at an impasse.

Thank you Pinterest people for always providing such fabulous ideas!  You are all so creative, because while I was trying to justify another appliance, I ran across an idea to use my waffle iron and simulate a panini press!  Yipee! Impasse avoided!

I told my kiddos about my waffle discovery when they came home from school.  Low and behold, (I've never seen teens jump so fast at anything), they jumped up, grabbed some turkey, ham, butter, bread, our gourmet Champagne Mustard, Apple Butter Spread, Cranberry Preserves, Cranberry Mustard, and started experimenting...and mom smiled:)

As I mentioned in my "Cooking With Kids" Blog recently, my kiddos gobbled up their waffle sandwich creations before I had a chance to photograph them.  With Thanksgiving next week, I recreated one of their culinary inventions for you, which includes leftover turkey, Cranberry Preserves (Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same without something Cranberry), Champagne Mustard, and cheese. Oh my goodness...the flavor! The waffle sandwich possibilities are endless (grilled ham and cheese with Champagne Mustard would be nice too).  

Who knows, maybe I'll break down after all and get them a panini press for Christmas, since they love to cook so much!  Shhh, don't tell them.

BTW, stay tuned later this week.  Our newsletter (don't forget to sign up...www.cherchies.com...page down until you see the section for our newsletter, and enter your email) will be going out on this Friday with some fantastic deals on our cranberry products.  That's right, all three cranberry products mentioned will be on sale this weekend, beginning this Friday:)  Surprise!  

Here's our secret recipe (not really secret).

Ingredients (per sandwich)

Preparation

Turn on waffle iron.  Generously butter (or use cooking spray on both plates of waffle iron).  While waffle iron is warming, assemble the sandwich.

Spread one slice of bread with a small amount of Cranberry Preserves, and the other with Champagne Mustard.  Then add the turkey...

And don't forget the cheese!  My mouth is already salivating!  Place the sandwich on the waffle iron, close the lid, press down slightly, and wait for the waffle iron light to go off. 

 It's that easy to recreate something new with leftover turkey!  Let us know your favorite Cherchies® combinations.  Next time I think I'll add stuffing...saw that too on Pinterest...Thanksgiving reconstituted:)  I love it!  Enjoy!

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Champagne Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe

leftovers, lunch, entreesSheri SpalloneComment

Cook Time: 5- 7 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Folks, if you've never had lettuce wraps before, you're missing out!  They're tasty, satisfying, very low calorie, and a great way to use up leftover chicken!  

I'm always experimenting (playing with my food), and I love when something turns out amazing by chance.  I had never combined our Champagne Mustard with soy sauce, until now.  Wow!

I make these on occasion when my hubby travels, because they're quick and easy and oh so delicious, and not something my hubby would usually eat (more for me).

Recently, I made these wraps for myself for lunch and our 21 year old son happened to be home. His comment, "Mom the kitchen smells amazing, what did you make?"  I  said, "You wanna try?"  Guess what?  My biggest foodie critic, my 21 year-old tried them and loved them!  

The Champagne Mustard combined with soy sauce elevated these wraps to the next level.  You need to try these!  "Quick Cooking" is an understatement. This recipe only takes about 5-7 minutes and serves one, two if you share;)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Rotisserie chicken (found in most grocery stores), or cooked chicken
  • 1 green onion, sliced, green tops set aside
  • 1 cup packaged coleslaw mix
  • 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) Coconut oil (could substitute Olive oil)
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) Cherchies® Champagne Mustard (or substitute our Hot Banana Pepper Mustard for the spicier palate)
  • 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) Soy sauce
  • Leaves of butter lettuce, separated and washed

Preparation

Separate, wash, and arrange butter lettuce leaves on a plate.  Set aside.  Slice green onions, reserving green tops for the garnish at the end.

In a small bowl, mix the Champagne Mustard and soy sauce.   Turn skillet on to medium and add coconut oil.  Add onions, sauteing for two minutes, then add chicken.  After two more minutes, add the cabbage. the Champagne Mustard mix, and the sesame oil, stirring constantly.  You want cabbage to be tender-crisp, not mushy.

Turn off heat and divide mixture into lettuce cups.  Serve with soy sauce (optional).  Garnish with green onion tops (I forgot this step in the picture because I gobbled them up rather quickly). To share or not to share, that is the question;)  Enjoy!

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Spooky English Muffin Pizza Recipe

snacks, lunchSheri SpalloneComment
Spooky English Muffin Pizza Recipe

Spooky English Muffin Pizza Recipe

English muffin pizzas are not revolutionary, but I realized recently that I hadn't made them for my kiddos in years.  

I made these pizzas recently as an after school snack and the kiddos loved them!  Our children, like in most families, come home from school ravenous and often stare at an open refrigerator or pantry and roar, "Mom, there's nothing to eat"! My response, "guys, we have plenty of snacks".

...Crickets chirped.

I love it, my golden opportunity...to teach my kiddos something new!  My children (21, 14, and 12) have always loved to help in the kitchen, and today I decided it was time for them to cook their own snacks.

In honor of Halloween, I decided that today we would make goulish pizza snacks.  I had the English muffins split apart, the sauce, the cheese, and the condiments armed and ready for the hungry monsters to walk through the door.  Check!  They had fun, and I enjoyed the bonding.  Healthy snack created, and the roaring stopped.  Check!  Here's what they created...

Ingredients (for each muffin)

  • English Muffins, split apart into halves (I used multi-grain...my kiddos didn't notice)
  • Tomato or Pizza Sauce (1 Tablespoon (Tbsp)
  • 1 teaspoon of Cherchies® Garlic Seasoning
  • A dash of pepper
  • Shredded Mozarella or Mexican Cheese Blend
  • Cooked sausage (optional)
  • Olives, sliced for eyes (optional)
  • Jarred Banana Peppers (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Split apart English muffins with a fork.  Assemble the pizzas, starting with the sauce, the cheese, and then the toppings.  Sprinkle with Cherchies® Garlic Seasoning.

Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until the mini pizzas are melty;)

Here's what they look like without the crazy faces!  Enjoy!



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