Instant Pot Chicken Corden Bleu Pasta

The dish as a whole is bland. The chicken is just a flavorless mass that adds this weird texture to the dish. It just doesn't taste like cordon bleu. The chicken needs to be browned and seasoned first to give it some flavor, and instead of using deli ham, get a ham steak and dice it up, because the deli ham just clumps into massive balls instead of separating. I would also add toasted bread crumbs as a garnish, and lots of them, because cordon bleu is supposed to be breaded.

This is soooo good!! And easy to make.

Definitely nailed the flavors!!

Used half and half and 1 jar alfredo and 4 cups broth. Doubled chicken and swiss

My kid eat it 😋 win

TLDR - If we try this again, shred and use "pure" Swiss cheese. Also, try thicker pieces of ham - maybe about 1/4" thick. Would be good to use up leftover ham from holiday dinners. I really wanted to love this. But it was pretty bland and tasted nothing like Chicken Cordon Bleu (to me). To be fair, I tried an "Alpine" shredded cheese blend (with Swiss and Gruyere) instead of just Swiss, because I was lazy and couldn't find pre-shredded Swiss cheese. Use real Swiss cheese next time. One (adult) child said they didn't like the ham, which made me realize that I couldn't taste the lovely saltiness of the ham at all. Maybe thicker pieces would work better for this recipe?

Family was not a fan. 😔

Oh man, this was heavy but I'll definitely do it again with some tweaks. I don't care for jarred Alfredo sauce so I made my go to:. https://whi.sk/iQl7U . I think I'll use double the ham and half the cheese next time. I also mixed in steamed broccoli and added toasted panko bread crumbs to add some crunch.

I traded the Alfredo sauce for heavy cream and put it in when everything cooked in the pressure cooker