Crock Pot Creamy Ranch Chicken
Crock Pot Creamy Ranch Chicken is one of my favorite creamy chicken slow cooker recipes.
I loved the way the Crock Pot Creamy Italian Chicken recipe turned out a few weeks ago so much that I had to try it with a packet of ranch dressing to see if it would taste as good.
It does! The Crock Pot Creamy Ranch Chicken recipe tastes just as good as the Creamy Italian Chicken did. The boneless chicken breast absorbed the ranch flavor and the chicken turned out so moist and tender.
That’s why I love cooking in the crock pot so much. No matter what type of meat you cook in a crock pot it turns out moist and tender.
By now you know I love chicken crock pot recipes. I hope you aren’t getting sick of all of my chicken crock pot recipes. I promise to share some beef crock pot recipes in the coming weeks. It’s just that I love chicken so much more than I do beef.
AND I can’t believe that chicken is so much cheaper than beef these days. The price of ground beef these days is unbelievable! It’s almost $10 a pound for ground beef here. OMG!!!!
It used to be that a person living on a tight budget could depend on serving ground beef to their family. It was cheap and you could really stretch a meal when you needed to. Not anymore. I really don’t know how many families are managing theses days with the prices of food.
Believe me, I ate a lot of spaghetti with meat sauce when I was a kid. My mom was a single mother with 3 kids to feed. Ground beef was something we ate a lot of.
Are you as shocked as I am over the price of ground beef these days?
So besides the fact that the prices are astronomical for beef I prefer chicken these days. I will be sharing more beef crock pot recipes when I catch beef on sale.
How to make Crock Pot Creamy Ranch Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breast halves
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 envelope Hidden Valley Original Ranch Dressing mix
- 22.6 oz family sized can cream of chicken soup
- 8 oz block cream cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Directions
- Place the chicken breasts in a single layer in a 6-quart crock pot.
- Mix the water with the ranch dressing mix and pour over the chicken breasts being sure to cover all sides.
- Place a double layer of paper towels over the top of the crock pot then place the lid over the paper towels.
- Cook on high for 2 1/2 hours.
- After 2 1/2 hours mix the cream of chicken soup, cream cheese, salt and pepper together.
- Spread the soup mixture over the chicken breasts.
- Replace the paper towels with another double layer of paper towels and put the lid back in place.
- Cook on high one hour, occasionally stirring the soup mixture to help smooth out any lumps of cream cheese.
- Serve the Creamy Ranch Chicken with a side of mashed potatoes.
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Crock Pot Creamy Ranch Chicken is one of my favorite creamy chicken slow cooker recipes. The chicken is moist and packed full of ranch flavor.
Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breast halves
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 envelope Hidden Valley Original Ranch Dressing mix
- 22.6 oz family sized can cream of chicken soup
- 8 oz block cream cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Place the chicken breasts in a single layer in a 6-quart crock pot.
- Mix the water with the ranch dressing mix and pour over the chicken breasts being sure to cover all sides.
- Place a double layer of paper towels over the top of the crock pot then place the lid over the paper towels.
- Cook on high for 2 1/2 hours.
- After 2 1/2 hours mix the cream of chicken soup, cream cheese, salt and pepper together.
- Spread the soup mixture over the chicken breasts.
- Replace the paper towels with another double layer of paper towels and put the lid back in place.
- Cook on high one hour, occasionally stirring the soup mixture to help smooth out any lumps of cream cheese.
- Serve the Creamy Ranch Chicken with a side of mashed potatoes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Chicken Breast
- Calories: 769
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Pam says
The recipe does not say how much water to mix with the ranch dressing mix
Arlene Mobley says
Pam 1/2 cup water.
Stephanie says
I really like this recipe! I’m going to have to try it along with the Italian recipe you have. I actually just made a recipe that involves chicken and a pack of ranch, too! When I post it, I’ll link back here, too. Thanks again!
Meghan says
Do we mix the chicken soup wth water or milk or just leve it plain
Arlene Mobley says
Hi Meghan
Step #5 explains how to mix the soup into the ingredients. Enjoy the recipe!
Ashleigh Whitt says
Can we use regular prepared ranch from a bottle instead of the packet? if so, how much?
Arlene Mobley says
Ashleigh
For this particular recipe, I would stick with the envelope of Ranch dressing. That is how I make it so I can say for sure how it would turn out.
Shari Soltow says
How much salt and pepper?
Arlene Mobley says
1/2 teaspoon slat and 1 teaspoon black pepper.
Cathy in WV says
I have fixed this recipe several times and LOVE it. I live alone, so when I make it, (after enjoying a meal of it) I divide it into individual servings and freeze it for future meals. My question is…sometimes the chicken breasts I buy are large, sometimes they’re smaller. Can you give me an idea of how much chicken to use by weight? 1 1/2 lbs? 2 lbs? Thank you in advance. I love your recipes!!
Arlene Mobley says
Cathy
I’m so happy to hear you love the recipe! It is also one of my favorites. I love having leftovers to freezer for meals through out the month. Makes dinner time so much easier when the freezer is packed with ready to go meals. 4 chicken breast halves weight about 2 pounds give or take a few ounces. Thank you!