20 minutes
These bundles are a healthy twist to a Cordon Bleu chicken - ham and cheese stuffed breast meat breaded and sauteed.
Ingredients
* 2 (6-ounce) pieces boneless, skinless chicken breast meat
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 4 thin slices provolone cheese
* 4 thin slices prosciutto cotto
* 12 thin spears asparagus, trimmed of tough stems and blanched in salted water 2 minutes, drained
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 cup chicken stock or vegetable stock
* 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
* 1/2 lemon, zested and juiced
* 1/4 cup chopped, flat-leaf parsley, a handful
Directions
Some markets sell "thin cut" chicken meat for a premium price. With a sharp knife, cut the chicken breast yourself is easy. When chicken is on sale, stock up. Plastic storage bags can be stacked and frozen. Each portion will thaw in minutes and ready to use for dinner any night of the week. Plus, by halving and pounding out the breast meat, you are stretching your dollar and the meat to provide twice as many portions.
Halve the chicken breast horizontally and separating each into 2 cutlets.
Place each halved cutlet in an individual freezer plastic storage bag. Add a tablespoon of water to each bag and pound into1/8-inch thick cutlets.
Arrange the 4 cutlets on your work surface. Season cutlets with salt and black pepper on the side facing up. Cover each piece of chicken with 1 slice cheese and 1 slice ham. Starting on 1 side of the breast, place a small bundle of 3 asparagus spears. Wrap and roll the chicken around the asparagus.
Heat about 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, a turn of the pan, in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. When hot, using tongs, add the chicken roll-ups to skillet with seam side down. Season the roll-ups with salt and black pepper. Cover the pan loosely with tin foil and cook 4 to 5 minutes, turn roll-ups over and cook another 4 to 5 minutes. Remove cooked roll ups to a serving plate.
Add 2 tablespoons of butter and 2 tablespoons flour, stir in the chicken stock (or vegetable stock) and Dijon mustard, scraping up any drippings from the bottom of the pan, and simmer 1 minute. Remove from the heat, add the lemon zest, lemon juice and parsley and spoon over chicken.
