Pork Cordon Bleu

I bought some pork loins from supermarket and was thinking what to do with them. I saw cheese and ham in my fridge, and thought of trying out Pork Cordon Bleu. I was a little hesitant to cook it at first. It seemed like a lot of work and preparation. After trying out, it was not as bad as I thought of.

It was worth the efforts. Seeing my husband finishing the dish makes it worth my day. You can expect my two fluffy dogs sneaking out at my kitchen, hoping to find bits of food on the floor. I hope you can try out this dish. It's really simple, classic good food.

Ingredients: (serves 2)

Food ingredients
- 4 pc boneless pork loin (I bought pre-cut pork loin)
- 2 hams, sliced to strips
- 2 pc cheese (I use kraft singles), sliced to strips

For coating:
- Breadcrumbs
- Plain Flour
- 1 egg beaten

Seasoning:
Salt & pepper

Cooking Directions:

1) Tendorise the meat with a meat mallet or use the back of your knife.

2) Make a small cut at the fats of the pork loin. (Refer to cooking notes 1)

Make small cuts at the fats

Cuts at fats of pork loin.

3) Season lightly the pork with salt and pepper.

4) Place the ham and cheese on top of the pork. Then place another piece of pork loin on top of it. Make sure that you are not greedy about filling up the meat with the ham and cheese. (Refer to cooking notes 2)



Placing the ham & cheese on the pork

Cover another peice of pork loin on top

5) Coat the pork loins with plain flour.

6) Shake off excess flour, and coat with the beated egg.

7) Lastly, coat the pork with breadcrumbs.

8) Prepare oil for shallow frying in medium low heat.

9) When the oil is heated, place 1 side of the pork loin and cooked till brown. Then, flip to fry the other side. Flipped it twice on both sides to ensure it will not get burnt.

10) You can remove from pan when both sides are cooked till golden brown.

11) Cut the pork cutlet when it is cold. The cheese will ooze out!

Additional notes:

1) Making cuts at the fats of the pork loin will ensure that the meat will not shrink much during the frying process. It will also make it easier to chew during eating.

2) Ensure that the ham and cheese stay within the pork loin. This is because when the cheese melts, it will spill out and cause oil to splitter during the frying process. Do ensure everything is wrapped within the meat.