primal chicken cordon bleu

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 2 (3 1/2) pound whole chickens
• 6 slices ham
• 6 slices swiss cheese (optional)
• 1/4 cup almond meal
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
• cut chickens into wings, drumsticks, thighs, and breast portions. split breasts down the middle and debone the 4 breast halves. pound breasts to about 1/4-inch thickness. place chicken drumsticks, thighs, and wings into prepared baking dish in a single layer, placing chicken pieces as close together as possible. layer ham, then swiss cheese over the chicken legs, thighs, and wings. lay the breasts on top.
• mix together almond meal and olive oil in a bowl until crumbly. sprinkle mixture over top of breasts.
• bake in oven until a thermometer reads 165 degrees f (75 degrees c) in the center of the the thickest part of a thigh, about 1 hour.