Air Fryer Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken Cordon Bleu is a classic chicken dish stuffed with cheese and ham and then the chicken gets breaded and cooked in oil. You can make this dish a lot healthier by air frying the chicken.

Whenever I’m planning my next blog posts and recipes one of the things I like to ask myself is can I air fry that? Air fryer recipes are pretty popular on this blog and people love them. On Instagram, my air fryer chicken parmesan had over 1.5K likes. Chicken Cordon Bleu can be easily made in the air fryer and all it takes is 8 to 12 minutes of cook time. This depends on how thick your chicken breast is. The last ones I got at the store were pretty thick, and my normal cooking time for air fryer chicken breasts didn’t work. Which is normal.

What is Chicken Cordon Bleu

A cordon bleu or schnitzel cordon bleu is a dish of meat wrapped around cheese, then breaded and pan-fried or deep-fried. Veal or pork cordon bleu is made of veal or pork pounded thin and wrapped around a slice of ham and a slice of cheese, breaded, and then pan-fried or baked. – Wikipedia

How do you make chicken cordon bleu in the air fryer?

• First, start off with some chicken breast. They have to be thawed. Pound it very thin by placing a piece of plastic saran wrap over the chicken and use a rolling pin to pound it. This makes a lot of noise, but it’s well worth it.
• Place a slice of cheese and ham in the middle and starting the chicken breast up like you would when making a cinnamon roll.  Use a toothpick to secure the chicken and keep the ham and cheese from falling out.
• Dredge the chicken in some egg wash(this is just an egg whisked together with a fork) and the dip the chicken in the bread crumbs.
• Place the chicken in your air fryer basket and set the timer to 350 for 8 to 12 minutes. When you slice into the chicken roll up it should no longer be pink in the middle.

How do you bake chicken cordon bleu in the oven?

Follow every single step up until step 3. Turn your oven to 400 degrees and place the chicken breasts on a baking sheet. Bake them for 20 to 25 minutes.