Crack Chicken

You’ll be addicted to Crack Chicken faster than you can say bacon, ranch, and cheese! This creamy dish can morph to sandwiches, dips, pasta, or even soup. #crackchicken #chickenrecipes

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Crack Chicken, Crockpot Chicken Recipes

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 4

Total Time 4 10

Servings people

Calories 265kcal

Author Kathleen

Ingredients

2 pounds chicken breasts boneless and skinless
2 (8-ounce) blocks cream cheese, cut into cubes
2 (1-ounce) packets dry ranch dressing mix
8 ounces bacon cooked and crumbled
6 high-quality rolls
6 slices extra sharp cheddar cheese
1 red onion thinly sliced
prepared barbecue sauce

Instructions

Pat the chicken breasts (2 pounds) dry with a paper towel. Place them in the crockpot. Top evenly with cream cheese cubes (2 blocks) then sprinkle the dry ranch (2 packets) evenly over the top. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4 hours. Chicken is ready when it can easily be shredded with a fork.
When the chicken is cooked, shred it. Add cooked bacon (8 ounces). Give the mixture a stir to evenly combine everything.
Spoon one portion of the chicken mixture on half of a good quality roll, top with cheese and set under the broiler just until cheese has melted.
Spread BBQ sauce on the second half of the bun and top with a thin slice of red onion. Serve.

Notes

Cream Cheese: This recipe calls for two 8oz blocks of cream cheese. I typically use plain cream cheese, because I think the flavor of the final sauce holds up without embellishment. But, if you’re interested in using savory-flavored cream cheese, that’s totally fine! However, I would recommend doing only one block flavored. That balance (one flavored, one plain) helps to make sure that flavor in the flavored block doesn’t become overpowering and ruin your chicken. Two blocks of flavored cream cheese might be too much additional flavor.
Bacon: Where bacon’s involved, I don’t mind the extra work, just don’t overcook it. It’s a fun addition to the flavors – I mean, who doesn’t love bacon? I crumble up the cooked bacon and mix it into the cooked chicken and sauce. It adds a nice crispy texture that really works on a sandwich. If you want to skip cooking the bacon, you might consider adding 1 bacon flavor container of cream cheese (replacing 1 plain block of cream cheese).
Cooking: You may be wondering if this crack chicken needs any additional liquids – like chicken broth or water. But I can assure you that it does not. As the chicken cooks, it will release juices naturally, which will provide ample fluid for the final dish.
- The one tricky bit to this recipe is that you can overcook the chicken, so be careful. Like any slow cooker chicken recipe, if you cook it too long the chicken will dry up. Cooking the chicken on the low setting is a good idea if you aren’t going to be around the house to turn off the crockpot when it’s done.

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