I love Chicken Cordon Bleu, but it is a lot of work to make, so when I do I make a lot and freeze them for future dinners. But I thought there must be an easier way. So I turned it into chicken strips wrapped with cheese and prosciutto and breaded before being cooked in an air fryer. This makes a great appetizer or entree for adults and kids alike!
It’s fairly simple to gather and prep the ingredients. Just slice the chicken into strips, make sure your mozzarella cheese is sliced, combine the flour and seasonings, beat the eggs with water, and combine the parmesan with the bread crumbs. The prosciutto comes sliced and placed between sheets of paper.
Now place a slice of mozzarella on the a chicken strip, fold around the chicken if it’s too wide or break off some of the cheese. Then take a slice of prosciutto and wrap it around the chicken and mozzarella. Try to cover all of the cheese.
Now we are ready to bread them.
Dip in the flour, then the egg, then the bread crumbs. With each step make sure the chicken strip is fully coated. If I cannot enlist someone else’s help for this process, I use one hand to take the chicken from the flour through the egg and into the breading. Then I use the other hand just for the breading part. Otherwise you start getting a huge build-up of the flour, egg and breading on all of your fingers.
Ok, time to cook. I spray the bottom of my air fryer basket, put the strip in, this will take two batches, and then spray the top of the chicken. I recently learned that you should use a non-aerosol cooking spray for this. I guess with some air fryers, aerosol sprays will eventually chip the coating off of the air fryer basket.
Put the basket in the air fryer, turn on to 360 degrees and cook for 5 minutes. I have a little mozzarella seeping out, but overall I did a good job getting it all coated. Flip the chicken over and cook at 360 degrees for another 5 minutes.
The chicken should be at 165 degrees at this point and is ready to eat. I like dipping them in warm marinara sauce.
Enjoy!
Chicken Cordon Bleu Fingers
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- Knife and cutting board
- 3 Medium to Large Bowls
Ingredients
- 2 each chicken breasts
- 24 slices mozzarella cheese
- 12 slices prosciutto
Flour Mixture
- ½ cup flour
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
Egg Wash
- 2 each eggs
- 2 tbsp water
Breading
- 1 ½ cup bread crumbs Italian seasoned
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese shredded
Instructions
- Cut chicken breasts into strips, about 6 strips per breast.
- Mix flour mixture.
- Beat eggs and water.
- Combine bread crumbs and cheese.
- Put a slice of mozzarella cheese (break slices in ½ if they are too wide) on each side of the chicken strip and wrap with prosciutto. Set aside and finish the rest.
- Dredge in flour mixture, eggs, and then bread crumbs. Set aside and finish the rest.
- Spray bottom of air fryer basket with a non-aerosol cooking oil spray and place chicken strips in basket. Spray the top of the chicken strips.
- Turn on air fryer to 360 degrees and cook for 5 minutes. Flip over, cook at 360 degrees for 5 minutes. Check temperature to see if the internal temp of the chicken has reached 165 degrees.
- Serve with warm marinara as a dipping sauce.
- Enjoy!