When is National Chicken Cordon Bleu Day?
Tuesday April 4thNational Chicken Cordon Bleu Day is held each year on April 4th, a blue ribbon dish that incorporates chicken, ham, and cheese..
Cordon Bleu, French for "Blue Ribbon," translates to "Blue Ribbon." This dish is a spin on the popular Veal Cordon Bleu dish. It is a flattened chicken breast wrapped around ham (or occasionally prosciutto or Canadian bacon) and cheese, such as Swiss or Gruyere. Toothpicks hold the chicken together until being dipped in an egg wash and breaded. The chicken is then dipped in an egg wash and breaded.
The first recipe we were able to find was in a Cincinnati Gourmet Demos edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer in March 1964. Despite several myths, it is an American dish. Demos says in his column that he suggested chicken rather than veal "to be different." It has been a popular dish since...
