If you are looking for a really flavorful yet super simple recipe for dinner then I urge you to give this recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu made in the slow cooker a try. It was a HUGE hit with the family and I was told by all to put this in the “cook again” recipe file.
The only thing I would have done differently in this recipe is use smaller chicken breasts. The ones I used were HUGE and were a bit much to eat. If you look at the picture you can see that these were some big chicken breasts!
I know that many people shirk at recipes that call for “cream of” soups, but I find that there are times that it is worth using them. Chicken is one of those meats that just does not get more tender the more you cook it in the crock-pot. It just gets drier. The key to cooking chicken in the crock-pot is to cook it with liquid, and this cream of chicken soup & milk mixture does the trick there, and then make sure you don’t overcook your chicken. I would check chicken at the lower point of the time range given and only cook longer if your chicken is not cooked through. But it really should be.
I hope you enjoy!
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a bowl whisk together the cream of chicken soup and milk until combined.
- Pour half of the soup & milk mixture in the bottom of a 6-7 quart oval crock-pot.
- Arrange chicken breasts on top of the soup mixture.
- Lay slices of ham and then slices of Swiss cheese over the top of the chicken breasts.
- Pour remaining soup & milk mixture over everything.
- Cover top of chicken, ham & Swiss cheese with the dry stuffing mix.
- Pour melted butter and water over the top of the dry stuffing mix.
- Cover crock-pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours or on high for for 2-3 hours.
Notes
Because I used very large chicken breasts I only used 4. But if you were using smaller breasts you can easily use 6. You might also want to try this with chicken tenderloins.
Serve with your favorite vegetable, a side of some nice crusty French bread and you have dinner on the table!
http://crockpotladies.com/recipe-categories/entrees/crockpot-chicken-cordon-bleu/
This looks scrumptuous and so easy. I’ll be doing it in my solar oven, before long. Crock pot cooking is so easily transferred to the solar oven and you have such wonderful recipes. Thanks for sharing. Come visit when you can.
I made this Sunday for lunch. It was Fabulous!!!!!!!!!
That is Awesome Bambi, thanks for letting us know how much you enjoyed this recipe!
Made last night for dinner. Was so good. Can’t wait to eat leftovers for lunch today. Thanks!
So glad you enjoyed this recipe Michelle!