Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich

Chicken cordon bleu sandwich in slow cooker are so good! Use fresh or frozen chicken breasts in Crockpot to make this. It’s so easy you just throw it all in in the morning and it’s ready for dinner.

The best way to get all the flavors you love with this dish is to make shredded chicken cordon bleu! That way all the cream cheese sauce can soak into each piece and give it the most flavor possible. This is definitely one of our favorite Crockpot recipes on our site. (affiliate links present)

Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich Recipe

Low and slow is best but could be simmered in a pot with the same ingredients. If you want these toasted you can pop them in for a few minutes and make air fryer sandwiches that are lightly browned on top. They are great for a crowd or if there are just a few of you and want to enjoy it for lunch and dinnertime too. It saves quite well too so leftovers will never be wasted.

You may have made our Crockpot chicken sliders in the past, but want a new twist to it. We have made this with hot sauce to make them super spicy, bbq sauce which is super easy and now we have this cheesy mixture. If you’ve ever had this at a restaurant you know there are 3 basic flavors mixed together.

Chicken, ham and cheese is where it’s at. “Typically” you’d see a whole breast sliced and rolled with a slice of your other meat and sliced cheese in the middle. Then you have to roll those back, up, on to a baking sheet they go and you have to keep a close eye on them so it doesn’t dry out. A lot of work if you ask me.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breasts
• Garlic powder for flavor
• Salt and pepper are the basic seasonings
• 1 package of cream cheese softened
• Shredded Swiss cheese
• Diced ham steak works
• 24 oz of small store bought rolls, Hawaiian rolls are a bit sweet and are great

Substitutions

Of course you can make your own homemade buns if you’d rather but we are all about easy and quick meals. As far as anything in between the layers you could put stuffing on top, another thin slice of ham that is cooler or maybe some cold tangy coleslaw. Dairy free is possible with lactose free cream cheese and Swiss, Daiya is a great brand for that alternative. These works great with leftover ham steak too.

with Frozen Chicken

You can cook this with defrosted or frozen chicken in a Crockpot. You can literally throw it all in and walk away. Even if you forget about it for an extra hour it just gets even more tender. It’s a very forgiving dish for sure.

How to Make Crock pot Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwiches

• Place the chicken breasts into the bottom, top with the seasonings below or ones of your choice for flavor.
• Add cream cheese cut into cubes on the top so it can melt and make this creamy gravy of sorts.
• Cover and cook on low until they are tender enough to shred really easily with 2 forks, if not they need more time
• Stir so all ingredients are well coated.
• Add the ham and 1 cup of swiss cheese to the chicken and stir to combine.
• Spread the chicken mixture over bread or Hawaiian rolls sliced in half.

Can you cook on high?

I never recommend the high setting with slow cooking just because the texture is better overall on low.

These are best eaten warm but leftovers served on small slider buns cold are a wonderful lunch too. Either way you’ll follow the instructions below to make initially. You will get very tender meat this way and will only need 2 forks to break it apart into pieces. Then you can top it in the middle of bread or otherwise.

For a lower carb meal I suppose you could skip the bread and just serve with some veggies or something, but we aren’t counting calories here. 😉

What Kind of Cheese is on Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich?

Whether you’re making this as an easy slow cooker recipe or on the stovetop there are “typical” ingredients usually used. We have always used a white cheese, typically Swiss. If not everyone in your family is a fan of that stronger flavor you could definitely use something else like provolone or even Jack for a bit of heat.

Sandwich Sauce

Other than a slice of cheese we typically don’t add much else but recently added a smear of Homemade Sriracha Mayo and that kicked it up a notch! Served as a sandwich recipe you would only want to make to order. Reason being is you may have leftovers and that will save well, but you don’t want it inside of bread and then have to scoop that out.

You COULD even transition this into a soup mixture if you added a few cups of chicken broth with a can of cream of chicken soup. This will create a thick sauce with the same meatiness to it. Served as a Crockpot chicken soup you could serve those rolls on the side to kinda’ scoop it up.

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