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Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty

April 8, 2018 By cookingintherockies 8 Comments

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Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty

Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty, a totally different way to indulge in Chicken Cordon Bleu! Yum!

Happy Masters Sunday! I have my TV on. Do you? It’s always so exciting to watch! If you like watching golf of course! 🙂 I’m rooting for Rory! it would be fun to watch him get a career grand slam! Also, Speith, I want him to win also…

I know that you are probably wondering what a “Fatty” is? Well, essentially, it’s meat mixture placed over bacon, topped with goodies, rolled up, and smoked. I mean seriously, how can you go wrong? Plus, you get to say, “I smoked a Fatty” and your not doing something illegal! (Except in Colorado of course). This kind of Fatty is more up my alley anyway!

To continue with the whole, “trying to make more comfort foods while I can theme”, but realizing that grilling season is upon us (or at least in Colorado), a Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty seemed appropriate! I loaded up the ground chicken with shallots, garlic, and spinach then made a meatloaf out of it. I put it over the bacon and topped it with Swiss cheese and ham. OMG! It gets better, instead of a barbeque sauce, I basted with a honey mustard glaze while I smoked it! It’s so fun to cut into when it’s done, the cheese is all melty and delicious! Just like a giant slice of chicken cordon bleu!


Here is a great video on how to make a “basket weave” to wrap your fatty in! If you don’t want to take the time to weave your bacon, just lay the strips out vertically and overlap just a bit to hold everything in place! Click here to see how to “roll the fatty”!

Enjoy! Have to finish watching the Masters!

Bacon

If you don’t want to do a basket weave for your fatty, this way will work just fine. This is 10 strips of bacon which is less than what you will need for the weave!

A wrapped fatty

The “Fatty” is ready for the grill! Look at this beauty!

My Fatty on the Grill

Ah, look how pretty the fatty looks on the grill!

Off the grill!

It’s a great thing when it looks exactly as it’s supposed to! Letting it rest for a few minutes before I cut into it!

The fatty off the grill

I couldn’t wait to see how the inside looked on this fatty! Looks fantastic!

Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty
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Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty

Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty, a totally different way to indulge in Chicken Cordon Bleu! A chicken meatloaf stuffed with ham and swiss cheese, wrapped in bacon and cooked on the grill! Yum! 
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 3 hours hours
Resting time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 3 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
Servings 0 people
Author Heather Blake

Ingredients

For the Chicken Meatloaf

  • 1 pound ground chicken or turkey
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 cup diced shallots or onion
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 5 ounces fresh spinach
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 cup panko bread crumbs
  • 2 teaspoons marjoram
  • 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper

Honey Mustard Glaze

  • 1/2 cup Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • Pinch salt and pepper

Other Ingredients

  • 1 pound thick cut bacon
  • 6 slices Swiss Cheese
  • 6 slices Deli ham of your choice

Instructions

To Make the Meatloaf

  • In a large saute pan over medium heat warm up the olive oil. Add the shallots and the garlic and saute until translucent. About 5 minutes. Add the spinach and a pinch of salt and pepper and cook until the spinach is wilted about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. 
  • In a large bowl combine the chicken, egg, breadcrumbs, marjoram, mustard, salt and pepper and the cooled spinach mixture. Get in there with clean hands and mix well.  Place in the refrigerator for a half hour to set up. 

To Make the Honey Mustard Glaze

  • In a small bowl whisk together the mustard, honey, and vinegar. Add a pinch of salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

To Make the Fatty

  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Either make a bacon weave (see video) or line with 10 strips of bacon vertically.  
  • Remove the chicken from the refrigerator and drop onto the bacon. Form into a square leaving 2 inches around the edges on all sides. On one side of the chicken, place 3 pieces of cheese and top with a layer of ham and then more cheese. 
  • Lift up the cheese side of the loaf with the parchment paper and carefully start rolling. With each roll try and tighten as you go pulling they paper carefully away as you go. When it all rolled up, tighten to seal with your hands. 

To Cook your Fatty

  • Heat your grill to 325 degrees. Place the fatty seam side down and baste with the glaze. Cook for 2-3 hours or until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees and the bacon is browned!  About 1 hour into cooking, flip over the fatty and baste again. 
  • Remove from grill and let rest 10 minutes before slicing. 

Filed Under: Main Courses, On the Grill, Protein Dishes, Recipes Tagged With: bacon bomb, Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty, fatty, honey mustard, meatloaf wrapped in bacon, spinach

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Comments

  1. Larry says

    April 9, 2018 at 10:10 AM

    Looks great Heather – it’s been awhile and I need to make one.

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      April 22, 2018 at 10:26 AM

      One of my favorite things to make!

      Reply
  2. Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) says

    April 9, 2018 at 6:32 AM

    Man I bet that was good
    Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) recently posted…Chicken Spinach Lasagna RollsMy Profile

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      April 22, 2018 at 10:27 AM

      Next time I make one, I’ll invite you and Bob over!

      Reply
  3. Bernard Ber says

    April 9, 2018 at 12:15 AM

    5 stars
    What a gorgeous meatloaf. I never thought of making Chicken Cordon Bleu out of meatloaf or of grilling meatloaf for that matter. Lots of goodies in there. Thanks for the great idea. I will post this innovative recipe later today on my Reddit Web page at:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskRedditFood/

    Reply
  4. Linda C Morris says

    April 8, 2018 at 7:24 PM

    5 stars
    Lovely Heather, Oh my gosh! Your “Chicken Cordon Bleu Fatty” looks absolutely glorious and beyond delicious! How do you “design” and develop such magnificent recipes?! Thank you again … and again.

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      April 22, 2018 at 10:31 AM

      Thanks Linda! I have dreams of recipes! 🙂

      Reply

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    January 8, 2019 at 11:00 AM

    […] be told, I’m obsessed with Chicken Cordon Bleu. Earlier this year, I rolled it up into a “fatty” which was delicious. This time, I stepped it up and made the ultimate comfort food, pot pie. […]

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