It’s 5:30pm on a Tuesday night.
Your entire family just got home from all of their busy days. Your kids had sports and music practice, leaving them hungry. You and your spouse just got off work and the last thing you want to do is prepare a gourmet meal.
And between homework, chores and play time, there’s little time for anything extra. Like, say, meals.
You’re all hangry and tired and you need food stat.
I cannot even tell you how many time my family has been in this exact situation. Since then, we’ve put together tons of easy Slow cooker and InstantPot recipes that can be thrown together in 5 minutes in the morning, or taken care of in less than 30 (cooking time included!) in the evening.
So when you see this horribly, hangry weeknight situation headed your way like a runaway train, give this recipe a try:
Slow Cooker Crack Chicken
I’m not kidding when I tell you this magical fact about Slow Cooker Crack Chicken:
it takes 4 ingredients and less than 5 minutes to put together.
No joke.
Also everyone – from my husband, to my 4 year old and even my in laws – all LOVE this!
It’s super simple to make:
Put 4 chicken breasts in the bottom of a (linked) slow cooker. It’s totally ok for them to be completely, totally frozen. Keep it easy.
Dump 2 packets of ranch dressing mix over the chicken breasts.
Then place 2 blocks of cream cheese on top of the chicken.
Set the slow cooker to low for 8 hours, then hustle out the door to work & school.
When it’s almost time to serve the Crack Chicken, microwave some bacon, crumble it, an stir it in. Bonus points if you also microwave a broccoli steamer to serve the Slow Cooker Crack Chicken over.
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Slow Cooker Crack Chicken is Low Carb, THM:S, and Ketogenic. Be sure to visit my Recipe Index for more Low Carb/Keto recipes!
Macros:
410 Calories
32 Fat
4 Net Carbs
28 Protein
Slow Cooker Crack Chicken Recipe
- 4 Chicken Breasts, frozen (about 2 pounds)
- 2 Ranch Dressing Seasoning Packets
- 2 8oz Blocks of Cream Cheese
- 8 slices Bacon, crumbled
- Place the frozen chicken in a lined slow cooker. Shake the ranch dressing mix over the top.
- Top the chicken with both blocks of cream cheese, then cover and set to cook for 8 hours on low.
- minutes before serving time, shred the chicken and mix the cream cheese in with everything in the slow cooker. Microwave the bacon (directions linked above), then crumble, and stir into the chicken.
Throw this together in the morning, & then drop me a line and let me know how you like it!
xoxo,
Gretchen
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Can this be made in the instant pot? I just received one early for Christmas so am new to this but I’m always forgetting to even do the crockpot and this recipe sounds wonderful.
I’m trying it in my pressure cooker tonight and can let you know how it turns out!
Any update on trying it in the Instant Pot?
Is this 4 net carbs total or per serving?
Can you cook this on high?
Which brand of ranch seasoning do you recommend? All the ones I found are very high in carbs (typically 1-3 carbs per 1/2 teaspoon)!
Just made this chicken and holy moly, it’s good! We’re always looking for new low carb recipes to add to our meal prep rotation and this was added! Thanks so much!
Can i use ranch dressing instead?
Made this last night very delicious 👍👍
Yes! Sooo glad you loved it!
4 whole chicken breasts ? 2 blocks of cream cheese and two packets of ranch seem like alot???
Yep, that’s correct!
You could always half it and use 2 breast 1 pkg ranch and 2 block of cream cheese
I don’t know the answer to this question, but I agree. Not only is it super high carb, but all commercially made ranch dressing I find has MSG, or gluten hidden as “other seasoning”. I make my own. I bought bags of onion powder, garlic powder, and buttermilk powder from Amazon, then added spices I already had on hand. People loved it so much I gave it all away as gifts, and the non=celiac people never missed the sugar, gluten or carbs. Just google homemade gluten free ranch dressing mix- there are dozens of recipes out there and they have different spice combos. I add chipotle powder to mine for a a spicy version my kid loves.
Hi I agree with you! “Low carb recipe” but do not want to make with chemical laden packaged dressing- it is not healthy! Thanks for the tip on homemade ranch. Never heard of powdered buttermilk.
What r people serving with the crack chicken?
Great recipe just looking for serving size? I see there’s 8 servings to recipe. Tia
My chicken is already thawed. What happens if I use thawed chicken instead of frozen?
How long would you cook fresh chice on low?