December 22, Chicken Cordon Bleu Salad

This is a salad dedicated to one of my favourite dishes, Chicken Cordon Bleu.
Chicken breast represents Chicken schnitzel. Bacon represents ham. Cheese represents cheese sauce.

Ingredients

1 chicken breast
1 rasher of shoulder bacon
1 egg
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
1/4 cup plain flour
1 tsp mixed herbs
1/4 cup croutons
1 slice cheese, diced
Lettuce

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.
Cut chicken breast into thumb sized pieces and pan fry until golden.
Beat egg and brush over chicken pieces.
Mix breadcrumbs, flour and herbs then sprinkle mixture over chicken.
Cook chicken in oven for 3 minutes on each side to make coating golden.
Cut bacon into small squares and pan fry until crispy.

Serve

Toss lettuce in a bowl with cheese, croutons and bacon.
Place chicken pieces on top.



Croutons

Today's croutons were lightly brushed with oil then sprinkled with chicken salt then grilled at 180C until golden.