Upgrade your dinner tonight with this French cuisine classic adapted to keto
Nutritional values per serving: Kcal: 650 | Protein: 35g | Fat: 51g | Net Carb: 2.6gClick to get more Easy, Healthy Recipes
Preparation Time
15 minutesBaking Time
30 minutesDifficulty Rating
1Health Level
4Serves
4

Ingredients
- Boneless Chicken, raw, with skin 1 lb (448 g)
- Ham, 6 oz (170 g)
- Butter, 2 ounce (56 g)
- Garlic, minced, 1 garlic clove (4 g)
- Almond flour, 2 Tbsp (13 g)
- Vegetable Stock (Broth), ½ cup (118 g)
- Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon (15 g)
- Sauce, Worcestershire, 1 tsp (6 g)
- Thyme, 1 handful (2 g)
- Black Pepper, ground
- Salt, to taste
- Swiss Cheese in slices, 6 oz (170 g)
- Olive oil, 1 tbsp (15 g)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
- In a pan, melt the butter. Add the garlic and allow to brown slightly. Add flour and cook 1 minute.
- Add to the pan the stock a little bit at a time, stirring continuously until the mixture is smooth. Then add mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and thyme. Bring to a boil while whisking, and reduce heat. Simmer 1 minute.
- Pound chicken to ¼ inch (½ cm) thick. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- In a separate pan, warm 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add the flattened chicken pieces skin-side-down, and allow to get lightly crispy, about 1 minute;.
- Top the chicken with ham pieces.
- Optional: roll up the layered chicken-ham combinations, and slice from the long ends into four pieces.
- Place the chicken+ham pieces in a baking dish greased with butter.
- Pour the sauce from steps 2-3 over the chicken, then top with the slices of cheese.
- Bake for approximately 30 minutes.
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I’m making this for dinner what side can I serve with it other than a salad?
Hi, Selkins1. You can have cooked greens, “riced” (grated) or mashed cooked cauliflower, or “skinny” pasta (also known as shirataki).
Should you cover or not when you put in over to cook for 30 minutes
Hi, Selkins1. Either way is fine.
Hello there, what can i use instead of Worcestershire sauce?
Hi, Ibon6522. You can use soy sauce or tamari sauce instead.
I’m confused because I identified that I don’t eat meat, and my dinner states Chicken cordon bleu casserole. What’s my substitute?
Hi, mmarable. The system appears to consider only red meat to be “meat.” Apologies. To swap out items in your menu, click on the adjacent edit tool, then select an alternative from the pop-up list. If you don’t see something you like, then you can choose something from our keto recipe collection. Note that you can substitute tofu for any chicken or turkey.
Hi, it says boneless chicken. Is that breast or thigh? Thanks.
Hi, icewater. Either is fine – just be sure to use the skin!
I accidentally got skinless thighs, do I need to add an ingredient to have more fat or is it ok as is?
Hi, Ppaula. If you can find where to add 2 more tablespoons of oil, that’s great. If not any extra helps.
The photo shows noodles. Or at least it looks like that in the dish. Why??
Hi, Steph3hansen. That photo is left over from the earlier non-keto version of the recipe. I have reported the glitch to tech support.
How do I add the ingredients to the shopping list and how do I add a recipe to my meal plan?
Hi, Mzburton65. The tech team is currently working on an upgrade that will enable that. Meanwhile, you can use any recipe you want for meals, just make sure to right-size the portions so that the calories match what you are allotted.
Im allergic to nuts. What can i use in place of almond flour?
Hi, Martistarr. You can use coconut flour.
I made the casserole last night and doubled the recipe so I could share with my family. There was so much excess butter the recipe called for 4 oz , which is a whole stick of butter and with doubling the recipe it was 2 sticks of butter. Also the slices of swiss cheese on top were melted but stuck together. Any ideas on what I did wrong.
Hi, Linda. If you leave the skin on the chicken when cooking, you can reduce the butter amount to 2.5 ounces (per 4 chicken thighs) – you can also trade that half ounce for a tablespoon of olive oil, and saute the skin side of the chicken pieces before adding it to the rest of the recipe, so that it would be soggy. As for the cheese, try shredded instead of sliced.
The recipe only calls for 2 oz of butter. To double the recipe you would only need 4oz which is 1 stick not 2 sticks of butter. An easy mistake.
Are these stats (Kcal: 600 Proteins: 40 Fat: 48 Carbs: 3) for the entire meal or for 1 serving?
Hi, Kandrus71. For 1 serving.
What is the serving size of the meals?
Hi, DIXXY2531. The serving size of this dish is 1/4 of the recipe, or about 8 ounces.
Can I serve this with a side of steamed broccoli or cauliflower?
Hi, Lucidgls. Yes – but again, make sure that the portion size is now more than 1 cup raw (1/2 cup would be better).
So if your on the keto menu, can eat additional veggies and fruit? Or should you only eat the menus listed?
Hi, Linda. You can eat extra low-carbohydrate vegetables such as greens, celery, scallions, turnips, and kohlrabi, but the only extra fruit allowable are the ones tha aren’t sweet – cucumbers and zucchini.
Can I use Turkey instead of ham?
Hi, Flomo8700. Yes, turkey is great here.
do you have this and other recipes for just one person?
Hi, mirandebe. Try our reference here: http://www.trimdownclub.com/reducing-the-size-of-recipes.
Delicious! I didn’t have Swiss cheese, so I substituted Provolone and it was still GREAT! I also didn’t have any Worchestershire Sauce, but still DELICIOUS! Every recipe has been great so far. I am questioning if the planned menu’s offer sufficient vegetables, but there are LOTs of substitution options with greens, so I am not worried. And I am losing weight, and super pleased with my macros…perfect as long as I follow the plan! – Steve
Hi, Steve. That’s wonderful! We wish you continued success here, and are happy to help however we can.
I added some zucchini noodles and it tasted great! I hope it won’t make it “bad” by adding that 🙂
Hi, Fariascitlali. If the amount of zucchini equaled up to 1.5 cups (about 1 medium zucchini), the dish would still be keto.
Do you work out as well or no?
What kind of noodles would be best with the recipe, and what alterations need to made to the recipe to accommodate the noodles?
Hi, Teromero. Konjac noodles (also known as “skinny” or “shiratake” noodles) have no nutritional value, so they are great. You can also use greens instead of noodles.
in the recipe picture it looks like there is noodles mixed in but the recipe doesn’t mention noodles. is there supposed to be noodles in this recipe?
Hi, r52morris65. Noodles are just a serving suggestion for people who like the main recipe, but aren’t following a keto diet.
ok. how do you pound ground chicken to 1/4 inch thick.
what happens to garlic??
Hi, MBollinger. The recipe has been updated – the chicken is just regular raw chicken, and the garlic is browned just after the butter has been melted. Thanks.
awesome…ill make it next week…really sounds good!!