Pretzel-Crusted Chicken with cheddar cheese sauce

On Saturday morning I am usually watching The Food Network, Paula Deen's Best Dishes was on and she made this dish and I knew I had to try it!  It was very simple and not a lot of ingredients go into it so I gave it a shot!  It seemed rather healthy, I mean before the cheese sauce, but if you know Ross you know he is much more satisfied if something has cheese in it!  I have noticed most of my recipes I share involve cheese.  You can always try it without the cheese sauce but life is short.

Crunchy cheesey goodness :)

Pretzel-Crusted Chicken with cheddar cheese sauce

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard 

1 1/2 cup crushed pretzels

2 Tbsp. minced fresh thyme

1 1/2 lbs chicken cutlets

1/4 cup olive oil

For cheese sauce

2 Tbsp. butter

2 Tbsp. flour

1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

2 cups milk

Make it:

In a shallow dish whisk eggs and mustard together.  In a separate dish mix pretzel and thyme.  Dip the chicken in the egg mixture and then in pretzel.  

In a large skillet heat olive oil over medium heat.  Cook half of the chicken at a time.  I used rather large chicken breasts and cut them in half.  After the outside got nice and crispy I transferred the chicken to a 350 degree oven to finish cooking.  

In a large skillet melt the butter over medium heat and add the flour.  Cook, whisking constantly for 2 minutes.  Slowly add milk whisk until smooth.  Cook, until thick and bubbly and add the cheese.  Stir until the cheese is smooth and spoon over chicken.