Chicken Cordon Bleu Nuggets

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup dried breadcrumbs
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 cup flour
• salt
• pepper
• 6 slices deli ham (about 5 ounces, cut lengthwise into 4 strips each)
• 6 slices swiss cheese (about 5 ounces, cut lengthwise into 4 strips each)
• 1 large boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 24 chunks

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 spray 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
• 3 in a bowl, beat the eggs with a splash of water.
• 4 on a plate, combine the breadcrumbs and thyme.
• 5 on another plate, combine flour with a pinch each of salt and pepper.
• 6 lay 12 ham strips on a work surface.
• 7 top each with a cheese strip.
• 8 place a chicken chunk toward the end of each strip and roll up to enclose the chicken.
• 9 working with 1 chicken nugget at a time, lightly coat with the flour, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs.
• 10 transfer seam side down to the prepared baking sheets.
• 11 lightly spray the nuggets with cooking spray and bake until crisp, about 20 minutes.