Spring is here, but because the weather isn’t cooperating, there haven’t been many days that I’ve wanted to go outside and grill yet. I’m craving grilled burgers but still wanting some of the colder weather comfort food.
Making Chicken Cordon Bleu is a process, but a tasty dinner that’s well worth it. To make it a lot easier, I turned it into a burger that you can cook in a pan on the stove top with the wonderful flavors of Chicken Cordon Bleu and satisfies my burger and comfort food cravings.
This is a great burger to make in the spring, fall, or winter when you aren’t using your grill. The patties are a little soft and won’t hold up well on an outdoor barbecue.
This is a very quick meal. Just mix the burger ingredients together and make 4 patties. Put those on a plate and collect your buns and toppings.
You could prepare everything the day before and come home to a dinner almost ready to eat.
When you are ready to cook these, heat up a large, nonstick pan over medium low heat and add a little olive oil.
Cook on each side about 4 to 5 minutes with a lid on the pan. The chicken patties should reach and internal temperature of 165 degrees.
When your chicken patties are cooked, remove them from the pan and set aside for a minute or 2. Put your ham in the pan and cook on both sides for about 1 minute to heat through.
Put the ham on top of the chicken patties and return them to the pan. Top with cheese and put a lid on the pan. You can turn off the burner. It’ll only take a minute or so to melt the cheese.
I set this aside and toast the burger buns and heat up the marinara sauce in the microwave.
Build your burger and Enjoy!
Chicken Cordon Bleu Burger
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Large nonstick sauté pan and spatula
Ingredients
Burger Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken
- ¼ cup bread crumbs
- ¼ cup marinara sauce
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp sage
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
For Cooking:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Toppings:
- 4 slices mozzarella
- 4 slices ham thin sliced
- 4 each burger buns
- 8 tbsp marinara sauce warmed up
- Fresh spinach
Instructions
- Mix all burger ingredients together, divide into 4 patties.
- Heat a large nonstick sauté pan on medium low heat and add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pan. Add the 4 patties, top the pan with a lid, and cook on each side about 4 minutes, make sure patty reaches 165 degrees.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Add the ham to the pan and cook on both sides a minute or 2.
- Put ham on top of the burger patties and return to the pan. Top with a slice of mozzarella, cover the pan, turn off heat and melt the cheese for a minute or 2.
- Time to build the burgers.
- Toast the burger buns and smear 1 tablespoon of marinara on each side of the bun.
- Put the burger on the bottom bun, top with fresh spinach and the top bun.
- Enjoy!