Semolinas Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Recipes

Steps:

• For chicken, in a shallow dish, combine breadcrumbs, thyme, salt, and pepper; set aside.
• Brush both sides of chicken breasts with mustard. Dredge chicken in breadcrumb mixture.
• In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat.
• Add chicken, and cook for 4 minutes.
• Add remaining olive oil to skillet, turn chicken, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Place chicken on a cutting board; let rest for 5 minutes.
• Cut chicken crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• For cheesy pasta, in a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
• Add garlic and ham; cook for 2 minutes.
• Add flour, salt, and pepper; cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in half-and-half.
• Cook, stirring frequently, for 4 to 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
• Add cheese, stirring until melted.
• Add hot cooked pasta to pan, tossing gently to coat with sauce.
• Spoon creamy cheesy pasta onto serving plates.
• Place sliced chicken over pasta.
• Garnish with fresh thyme, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, heat cream and cream cheese over medium heat until smooth, stirring occasionally. Stir in 1 cup Swiss cheese, onion powder, garlic salt and pepper until blended., Drain pasta; stir in chicken, bacon and ham. Add sauce; toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and the bread crumbs. Bake, uncovered, 18-22 minutes or until heated through.

Steps:

• Chop ham; mix with parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, parsley and oregano.
• Holding knife parallel to work surface and starting from a long side, cut each chicken breast in half (cutting almost but not all the way through). Spread breast halves open and pound with meat mallet till even thickness.
• Sprinkle each breast with a heaping tablespoon full of the ham mixture. Roll each breast jelly roll style and secure with toothpicks.
• Cut core from each tomato, place tomatoes in boiling waterfor 10 seconds, cool under running water,peel and dice, set aside.
• In skillet, over medium , cook chicken rolls in EVOO until browned on all sides and loses pink color throughout (about 10 mins.) Remove to plate to keep warm.
• In drippings,in skillet, heat chicken broth and diced tomatoes to boiling stirring to loosen brown bits from bottom of skillet. Reduce heat and simmer over low for five minutes to blend flavors.
• While chicken rolls are browning, cook pasta as directed.
• Toss with remaining ham mixture. Discard toothpicks in chicken rolls and cut into 1/2 inches thick slices. Serve over pasta.

Steps:

• Brown chicken; add ham, garlic and parsley.
• Add Alfredo sauce.
• Heat and toss with pasta.
• Put in casserole; top with bread crumbs, parmesan, and fontina.
• Place under broiler and brown.