Chicken Cordon Bleu Soup

Chicken Cordon Bleu Soup

This soup is amaze-balls, smooth and creamy, easy to make, and basically your dream come true.  It has all the delicious flavor of the traditional chicken cordon bleu recipe, with a fraction of the time required to make it. Win!

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• ¼ cup butter


• ¼ cup flour


• 2½ cups half and half 


• 2½ cups milk


• 1 Tablespoon chicken base, or two chicken bullion cubes crushed


• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened


• 2½ cups chopped rotisserie chicken (cooked chicken breast will work)


• ½ cup cooked and chopped bacon


• 1 cup cubed ham


• 2 cups grated Swiss cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large sauce pan melt butter and then add the flour to make a roux. Cook for about a minute. Add the half and half, milk and the chicken base. Heat for a few minutes and then add the cream cheese. While continuously stirring, bring to a boil and add chicken, bacon. and ham. Take off heat and stir in Swiss cheese. Bring back to the stove on low heat and stir until cheese is melted.

TIPS

I halved the amount of cream cheese from the original recipe because flavor-wise it still tastes the same and we should always half the amount of cream cheese if we can, right?!  I've also made this soup with a combination of swiss and mozzarella cheese (if swiss is too strong a flavor for you or your kiddos) and it still was delish.

Recipe adapted from Chef in Training