Crack Chicken
Chicken, cream cheese, ranch and bacon — crockpot crack chicken, chicken bacon ranch pasta, crack chicken penne, sandwiches and casserole for busy weeknights.
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dinnerCrockpot Chicken bacon ranch pasta
Easy and great for nights where you don’t want to have to worry about dinner
Jazmine NortheyIngredients
- 2-3 Chicken Breasts
- 4-6 strips Cooked Bacon
- 1/4 tbsp Garlic
- 1 cup Sharp cheddar cheese
- 1-2 Ranch dressing seasoning pack
- 8 oz Heavy whipping cream
- 16 oz Noodles of choice
- 8 oz Chicken broth
Instructions
- 1Add Ingredients to Crock Pot – Place the chicken, bacon, garlic, ranch seasoning mix and chicken broth in a crock pot. Add everything except for the heavy whipping cream, pasta and the cheese.
- 2Cook Ingredients – Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or cook on high for 3-4 hours. Cooking time will vary adjust time as needed.
- 3Remove Chicken – Shred the chicken and return back to the crock pot. You can shred the chicken easily with a hand held mixer or a stand mixer
- 4Stir in additional ingredients – Then stir in the heavy whipping cream, pasta and cheddar cheese. Cover and let sit for a few minutes to allow the cheese to melt
- 5Serve and Enjoy – Serve immediately in a large bowl while warm and enjoy.
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Four ingredients you already keep on hand turn into a dinner everybody at the table actually finishes. It shreds, it stretches, and it goes over pasta, rice, buns, or straight into a casserole dish.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on the mornings when they know the afternoon is going to get away from them — chicken in the slow cooker before work, dinner waiting at six.
Every recipe here starts with chicken breasts and ends creamy: Crockpot Crack Chicken, Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta, Crack Chicken Penne, Crock Pot Crack Chicken Sandwiches, Crack Chicken Casserole, Slow Cooker Crack Chicken and Rice, and Chicken Bacon Ranch Roll-ups.
Quick Tips
- 1
Soften the cream cheese
Set the 8 oz block on the counter 30 minutes ahead, or cube it, so it melts smooth instead of leaving white lumps in the sauce.
- 2
Shred then stir back
Pull the chicken out after 4 hours on high, shred it with two forks, and return it to the pot for 15 minutes to soak up the ranch sauce.
- 3
Cook bacon separately
Crisp the bacon in a skillet and crumble it over at the end so it stays crunchy instead of going soft in the slow cooker.
- 4
Hold back the pasta
Boil penne or elbows 1 minute shy of the box time and fold them in last, so they don't turn to mush in the sauce.
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