Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

Sometimes, you just need a warm, comforting supper; something that will fill your belly and keep you satisfied.

This casserole (or, as I like to call it, hotdish) is admittedly not the most healthy on earth. But, trust me, Terri’s recipe is worth the extra calories.

Let me show you how it goes together.

Here’s what you’ll need: 1 whole chicken (I used a rotisserie chicken), thinly sliced honey ham, thinly sliced baby Swiss cheese, butter, flour, milk, lemon, Dijon mustard, salt, smoked paprika and white pepper.

For the topping you will need: more butter (duh!), panko bread crumbs, seasoning salt and parsley.

Roughly chop the ham.

Butter a baking dish. I like to hold onto a stick of butter with the wrapper, but if you like to get your hands greasy, that’s alright, too.

Place the shredded or diced chicken in the bottom of the pan.

Put the chopped ham on top.

Place the sliced cheese on top of the ham.

Now make the white sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and cook until bubbly and smooth. Slowly add the milk. Cook until thickened. Add the lemon juice …

… mustard, salt, paprika and white pepper. Bring up to a boil and remove from heat.

Pour the sauce over the chicken/ham/cheese in the pan.

Time to make the topping: Melt the butter. Stir in the breadcrumbs, seasoning salt and parsley.

Just look at that buttery goodness. Mmhmm.

Sprinkle the topping over the sauce-laden chicken/ham/cheese. Oh yeah.

Bake at 350ºF until bubbly and the topping is lightly browned.

Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving. Then, dig in!

Recipe Notes:

1. I thought this was brilliant. It tasted a lot like Chicken Cordon Bleu, only richer and creamier. Which is always good, in my book.
2. The sauce didn’t seem to want to thicken up too well for me. Next time I might add a bit more flour.
3. The lemon in the sauce was brilliant. It added just the right amount of tang.

Thanks so much to Terri for sharing this delicious recipe! Make sure to check out her blog, That’s Some Good Cookin’, for more lip-smacking recipes. This Cinnamon Roll Cake looks insane. And this Browned Butter Banana Bread sounds scrumptious.

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Newly-married Erica Kastner shares her wonderful recipes and amazing food photography on her blog, Cooking for Seven. She also writes about crafts and posts more of her beautiful photography in her personal blog, EricaLea.com. There really isn’t much that this amazing young lady can’t do, and we’re thrilled she does some of it here.

Original article and pictures take http://tastykitchen.com/blog/2012/07/chicken-cordon-bleu-casserole/ site