Slow Cooker Ranch Style Chicken
Easy weeknight crockpot recipe: Slow Cooker Ranch Style Chicken. Top with bacon, herbs and fresh tomatoes with cracked pepper! Serve over rice!
Friends, I asked over on my Instragram story if people still loved to use their slow cooker? Hand raised! I love mine, especially when I have chicken in the fridge to cook, or I have a long day and I just want to get dinner going.
Slow Cooker Ranch Style Chicken
This easy Creamy Ranch Chicken Recipe is a good one to make, any time of year. You can find these ingredients regularly in your grocery store:
- Chicken breasts
- Chicken broth
- Garlic, dried dill, salt and pepper
- Cream cheese
- Parsley, tomatoes
- Bacon
- Brown cooked rice
Quick Brown rice at Trader Joe’s
Cooking tip: Did you know you can buy pre-cooked brown rice in the FREEZER section at Trader Joe’s?
Pop it in the microwave for a couple minutes and it’s delicious!
It doesn’t take long to make the sauce, and then a side of rice, or zucchini noodles. This would be delicious served over spaghetti squash, too, if you’re going the low-carb route.
How to serve the chicken
As mentioned, you can serve this dish over rice, pasta, zucchini noodles or spaghetti squash! Here are some of my favorite recipes:
How to make zucchini noodles with a peeler recipe
Best Parmesan Basil Brown Rice Recipe
Or my friend Gina’s Creamy Cauliflower Puree – so good!
Julie Child quote
I love this saying: People who love to eat are always the best people. – Julia Child
Have you ever gone out to dinner, or gone to a party, where someone refuses to eat, and they actually bring more attention to themselves by not eating? I’m sure there are reasons why a person wouldn’t be joining in, but my point is – eating is so intimate and personal, and when a member of the group can’t participate, the joy of a meal just isn’t complete.
It really does bring you closer to the person you are dining with, when the conversation is good, and the sharing is a beautiful thing.
So, back to Julia Child. She had it right.
Easy weeknight dinner
We recently served this chicken dish.
I mean, it is SO simple.
But everyone loved it.
Set this dish down in the middle of the table for your hungry people!
Four people who love being with each other and eating a healthy, simple meal together.
Enjoying an intimate few hours at the table, a glass of wine, and sharing lives!
Happy hosting!
Get the Recipe:
Slow Cooker Ranch Style Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, halved
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 10 cloves garlic, pressed
- 2 tsp dried dill
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 4 tomatoes, quartered (or chopped)
- 8 pieces bacon, cooked and chopped
- Brown cooked rice
Instructions
- In a slow cooker, arrange the chicken. Mix together the broth, garlic, dill, salt, and pepper. Pour over the chicken.
- Cook the chicken on low for 4-6 hours, or on high 2-3 hours, or until chicken is done (170 degrees F).
- Transfer the chicken to a platter and cover to keep warm; reserve the liquid.
- To make the sauce, add the cream cheese, 1 cup of chicken reserve stock, and 3/4 cup parsley to a small pan. Cook on low, stirring to make a sauce.
- Pour the sauce over the hot chicken, and top with tomatoes, bacon and remaining chopped parsley! Serve over brown rice.
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