Chicken Cordon Bleu Sauce | Favorite Family Recipes (2024)

This Chicken Cordon Bleu Sauce is incredible! It is so creamy and the flavor is to die for. I could eat the sauce alone with a spoon and be completely happy.

A Chicken Cordon Bleu without a delicious, creamy sauce is like a French fry without ketchup. It just ain’t right. This easy sauce is the perfect complement to our homemade Chicken Cordon Bleu, or significantly enhances flavor and elegance to store bought Chicken Cordon Bleu. It is rich and creamy, just as a good chicken sauce or gravy should be!

Ingredients in Chicken Cordon Bleu Sauce

This sauce tastes delicious over Chicken Cordon Bleu, which consists of chicken breast, ham and swiss cheese. But you could also drizzle it over roast beef, turkey, steak, meatballs, fried chicken, anything you like! Here’s what you need to make this deliciously easy creamy sauce:

• Butter – about six tablespoons.
• Chicken broth – half a cup of any kind of chicken stock or chicken broth that you have on hand.
• Oneteaspoonchicken bouillon granules – find them in the soup section of the grocery store.
• Cornstarch – one tablespoon to start, but you may want to add a bit more if you want your gravy thicker. You can use a couple of tablespoons of flour if you don’t have any cornstarch at home.
• Onecupheavy whipping cream
• Black pepper – half teaspoon or so, to taste
• Basil– either fresh or dried basil. This is optional but adds a delicious flavor to the sauce.

Tips for Making this Gravy

• To reduce mess, make your chicken cordon bleu in a skillet, and then make the sauce in the same skillet.
• If you are baking or roasting your chicken cordon bleu, the sauce can easily be made in a saucepan on the stove.
• Add a bit of basil or some paprika to add another dimension to your sauce.
• Give it an extra kick by adding a teaspoon of chili powder, hot sauce, or diced jalapenos to the sauce.

More Ways to Use this Sauce

There are many delicious dishes besides cordon bleu that are made even better with this sauce. Here are some ideas:

• Use it as a pizza sauce! Spread this creamy sauce over pizza dough, then add mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, onions, garlic, bacon, green peppers, parmesan cheese, red onions, all your favorite toppings, and bake. Delicious twist on traditional pizza!
• Give your ketchup and bbq sauce a break and use this cordon bleu sauce for chicken nuggets. The kids will love it!
• Try it as a warm dip for French bread, carrots, cucumbers, broccoli or cauliflower.
• Serve over rice, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, etc.

Frequently Asked Questions

5-Star Reviews

Here are just a few of the 5-star reviews we have received on this recipe. See our comment section for more!

I have been searching for a good chicken cordon-bleu sauce recipe for awhile now! First I made chicken cordon-bleu with a mustard sauce a few months ago, it was okay but missing something. Second I made a blue apron meal with chicken cordon-bleu and a creme fraiche sauce, it was okay but still missing something. Lastly, with my frozen chicken cordon bleu from round 1 I made this sauce but added some parmigiana cheese and it was phenomenal! Use this sauce! You will not regret it!

– Eli

I love this a recipe and it’s super easy. My family loves it. We like to put over our veggies too.

-Jessica

Getting ready to make this a second time. Made it last week, and it was wonderful. The left overs can be used on veggies, like asparagus or over scrambled or fried eggs!

-Joyce

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