About This Recipe
A delicious homemade meal prep made with 5 ingredients! This Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken is packed with protein and goes great multiple ways.
Instructions
- Add your cream of, ranch seasoning mix, and milk into the bottom of your slow cooker.
- Mix those around until combined.
- Trim the fat off your chicken breast and add them into your slow cooker.
- Give everything a mix and do your best to submerge your chicken breast into your mix as much as possible.
- Break your cream cheese up and place it on top.
- Put your lid on and let everything cook on low heat for 4-5 hours or until your chicken reaches 165F/73C.
- Around 30 minutes before it's done, give everything a mix until your cream cheese is fully incorporated.
- Optionally make some pasta.
- Optionally shred your chicken (use 2 forks or a hand mixer to quickly shred) and then add your cooked pasta in.
- Portion it out and store it in the fridge.
💡 Notes & Tips
- Reduce the sodium by looking for lower sodium alternatives or by making your own cream of + ranch seasoning mix at home. Per-serving macros above include 12 oz pasta + reduced fat cream cheese (whole recipe: 3870 cal / 126g fat / 48g sat fat / 7204mg sodium / 312g carbs / 30g fiber / 35g sugar / 372g protein). Whole recipe without pasta: 2634 cal / 118g fat / 48g sat fat / 7204mg sodium / 81g carbs / 0g fiber / 23g sugar / 312g protein (reduced fat CC) or 2121 cal / 53g fat / 10g sat fat / 7612mg sodium / 80g carbs / 0g fiber / 11g sugar / 331g protein (fat free CC). Storage: 4-5 days in the fridge, freezes great; reheat 2-3 minutes in microwave stirring halfway. Homemade ranch seasoning: 1 tbsp dried parsley + 2 tsp dried dill + 2 tsp garlic powder + 2 tsp onion powder + 3/4 tsp salt + 1/2 tsp black pepper. Homemade cream of: 2.5 cups broth + 1/2 cup fat free milk + 3 tbsp corn starch + 1/2 tsp salt + 1/4 tsp each black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder.
Source: This recipe is from
The Protein Chef.
Used with attribution.
Full original recipe with photos and notes available at the source link.
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