Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake. It's creamy pasta, melty swiss cheese, chicken, and ham all baked together and topped with homemade breadcrumbs. Don't let all this diet talk deter you from making this dish! My Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake is a total winner!
A delicious French classic, chicken cordon bleu is made of chicken breasts stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese.
My EASY Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe.
All the flavour, all the crunch, healthier and far easier!
You can cook Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake
- You need 2 cup of Heavy cream.
- You need 2 tbsp of Salted butter.
- You need 1 packages of Pasta noodles(spaghetti, fettuccine, penne).
- You need 1 box of Cream cheese.
- You need 1 tsp of Garlic powder.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Onion powder.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Olive Garden garlic and herb seasoning/you can use whatever kind u have on hand.
- You need 3/4 cup of Cooked chopped bacon.
- It's 2 large of chicken breast or 3 small ones.
- You need 1/2 lb of Black Forrest ham--it came out to be about 6 slices when I had it cut at deli.
- It's 1 cup of Swiss cheese/half in sauce and half as topping.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Pepper jack or Monterey Jack-add some to sauce and some as topping.
- It's of Bread crumbs- I used garlic and herb Parmesan Panko type crumbs.
Served with an incredible Dijon cream sauce. An easy Chicken Cordon Bleu which is quick to prepare, and baked rather than fried. All the flavour, all the crunch, a beautiful golden crumb, and it's better for you! Wrap the chicken in the plastic wrap, twist the excess plastic, and roll the chicken while twisting the sides in to tighten and firm up the roll of chicken cordon bleu.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake instructions
- Boil pasta and Drain. I boiled my noodles in the broth that I cooked my chicken in, along with bay leaf and some other spices and bullion cube that I had added/cooked it in.
- Heat cream cheese on stove until melted. Stir in the heavy cream, and butter & stir it until combined. Add onion/garlic powder. Add and Stir about a cup of cheese until smooth..
- In a bowl I combined the cooked shredded chicken, ham, and bacon, some seasonings and tossed around..
- Spray Pam in baking dish, and layer noodles, and the chicken/bacon/ham mixture from bowl. Pour sauce over top and spread evenly. Sprinkle top with about 1/2 cup cheese and bread crumbs..
- Bake at 350°F for about 20 minutes or cheese is melted. Let cool for about 5 min..
And even though Chicken Cordon Bleu is not a difficult recipe to master by any means, I just don't have the want or will to stand stuffing chicken breasts before breading and cooking them. I wanted all the same flavours but in an easy, no-fuss way and that's when I decided to do a pasta bake. Ingredients in Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole. Penne Pasta - you could use any short cut pasta that you want. I love penne because the ridges hold Bake until heated through and the cheese is melted.
