How to Use cordon bleu in a Sentence

cordon bleu

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  • How does chicken cordon bleu 50 miles from nowhere on a minus-30 day sound?
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2021
  • Coach Dead not being able to decide between the chicken cordon bleu and the beef tips.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The truck includes empanadas with a number of savory fillings like shrimp and cordon bleu.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022
  • Even his cordon bleu, which costs $16 including two side dishes, was stuffed with stuffed ham.
    Kim Severson, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2018
  • They may be stuffed with butter, cheese or ham and then breaded, like chicken Kiev or chicken cordon bleu.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Inspired by the classic French flavors of chicken cordon bleu, this dish features a tangy mix of Dijon mustard, deli ham and Swiss cheese, with fresh thyme for depth.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 22 July 2014
  • In downtown McAllen, Maria Noelia sat on an iron bench near shops that hawked puffy quinceañera dresses in pink and purple and restaurants that pitched chicken cordon bleu and lobster tails.
    Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The restaurant has been known to top its New York-style pizza with calamari, foie gras, Caesar salad, and chicken cordon bleu (although not all at once).
    Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Chicken cordon bleu with mashed potatoes, vegetables, and some cake.
    Rachel Torres, Harper's Magazine, 15 Feb. 2020
  • The social hour includes an NA drink and appetizers with a cash bar; entrees are chicken cordon bleu or a half-rack of barbecue ribs.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The customer pays eighteen euros for a five-and-a-half-pound tacos, filled with five different meats (merguez sausage, ground beef, chicken nuggets, grilled chicken, and chicken cordon bleu).
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The eatery, from married owners Pilar and Juan Zavala, makes empanadas filled with flavors common (ham, chicken, beef) and not (bacon egg and cheese, spicy chicken cordon bleu).
    Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2021
  • At Mélisse, Scaramuzza is flexing his own perspective with new dishes like a lobster toast and a riff on chicken cordon bleu made with a chicken wing.
    Andy Wang, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Think cheesy barbecue chicken with cheddar and chopped onions, cordon bleu with Swiss cheese, ham and honey mustard, and Nashville Hot with piquant dipping sauce.
    Compiled By Celestina Blok, star-telegram, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, home to 2 million dead (including Chopin) and stuffed like a chicken cordon bleu, has already taken to leasing out its grave sites in 10-year increments.
    Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2018
  • Despite the proliferation of cooking shows on TV and YouTube, most of us don’t have the time, talent, or inclination to don the white apron and whip up a cordon bleu meal for ourselves or our families.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Bibimbap, choux pastry, cordon bleu and Saigon cinnamon.
    Ashley May, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Entrees include prime rib, salmon, ham, shrimp and scallops, filet mignon, redfish, rigatoni, pork, shrimp, lamb, chicken cordon bleu and vegetable ravioli.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 29 Apr. 2021
  • That includes many frozen foods found in grocery stores, including chicken cordon bleu and chicken Kyiv products that appear to be cooked through but are only heat-treated to set the batter or breading.
    CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Besides dishes such as sole meunière, boeuf bourguignon and veal cordon bleu, there was also beef stroganoff, osso buco and tarama spread, a Greek-style appetizer based on salmon roe.
    Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 30 July 2022
  • Entrees include prime rib, salmon, ham, shrimp and scallops, filet mignon, New York sirloin, redfish, rigatoni alla vodka, pork loin, shrimp scampi, leg of lamb, chicken cordon bleu, shrimp and vegetable ravioli.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Dinner was filet mignon, chicken cordon bleu or exotic mushroom ravioli.
    Shay Spence, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2019
  • Entrees include chicken cordon bleu, lobster ravioli and sirloin steak.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 29 Apr. 2021
  • As delicious as traditional chicken cordon bleu tastes, prepping and stuffing chicken breasts is time-consuming.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2022

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