Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts, boned and skinned
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 4 thin slices boiled ham (3-inch square)
  • 2 oz. Swiss cheese
  • 4 Tbsp. flour
  • 3 Tbsp. margarine, divided
  • 1/4 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 3/4 c. water
  • 2 tsp. chicken bouillon (or 2 cubes)
  • 1 Tbsp. chopped parsley
  • 1 tsp. chopped chives
  • 1/2 c. heavy cream

Method

  • Flatten each chicken breast.
  • Spread breast on a sheet of wax paper and cover with another sheet.
  • Using a mallet or edge of saucer, pound each breast until flat, about 1/4-inch thick.
  • Do not tear chicken.
  • Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  • Top each with a slice of ham.
  • Cut cheese into 4 bars.
  • Place a bar of cheese at one short end of each ham.
  • Fold long edges of cutlet over ends of bar of cheese, then starting at short end of cutlet, roll up, jelly roll style.
  • To hold each chicken roll together, fasten with string and wooden toothpicks.