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    Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Crack Chicken with Keto Option

    May 11, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

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    There’s a reason they call this crack chicken.

    Crack Chicken is an Easy Crowd Pleasing Instant Pot Recipe! The perfect BBQ sandwich for the Summer on 5DollarDinners!

    Because you can’t stop eating it. The reason it’s so irresistible – ranch, bacon, cheese with the chicken —> SUPER-DEEEEEELICIOUS!

    Turns out – the flavor combination in this recipe has been declared the dinner version of “crack” – just like there is Christmas crack (saltines, caramel, chocolate) – also known as Saltine Toffee Candy!

    It’s like the Lay’s slogan – you can’t eat just one potato chip! (Or however they worded that!)

    You can’t eat just one of these sandwiches.

    Personally, I think this is best on a warmed pretzel roll! But it would also be delicious on warmed ciabatta bread or sweet rolls/sandwich buns.

    Whatever bun you pick, I hope you enjoy this amazing chicken!

    KETO!

    If you are eating keto or low carb, just skip the sandwich part and scoop the crack chicken right out of the slow cooker onto your plate.

    Serve with a spinach salad, or just mix in some spinach to get your greens in there!

    Can you make this in the slow cooker?!

    Absolutely!

    Add the chicken, ranch dressing, bacon pieces into the slow cooker. You might add 1/4 cup of water if your slow cooker runs hot or cooks too hot.

    Cook on low for 8 hours, and then shred the chicken into the sauce and stir in the cream cheese and shredded cheese in the last 30 minutes of cooking.

    POTATO TOPPER!

    We made this again recently and served it over baked potatoes….YUM!!!!!

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    Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Crack Chicken {Keto Option}

    Skip the bread on this one and enjoy this keto-friendly shredded chicken.
    Prep Time10 minutes
    Cook Time25 minutes
    Servings - 4 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 4 small boneless chicken breasts
    • 1 cup hot water
    • 16 oz. cream cheese
    • 1 packet ranch dressing mix
    • 4 slices bacon
    • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
    • Side: Veggies
    • Side: Fruit

    Instructions

    • Let the cream cheese soften, then combine with the ranch dressing mix.
    • Place the chicken breasts in the base of the electric pressure cooker with the hot water and add the cream cheese-ranch combo on top of the chicken.
    • Steam valve: Sealing.
    • Cook on: Manual/High for 15 minutes. If cooking frozen chicken breasts, cook on Manual/High for 23 to 24 minutes.
    • Release: Natural or Quick.
    • Just before your meal, cook the bacon in a skillet and then crumble it.
    • Once cooked, strain off excess liquid and shred the chicken into the creamy sauce and mix in the bacon crumbles and shredded mozzarella cheese.
    • Serve Instant Pot Crack Chicken with side of fruit and veggies.

    Crack Chicken is an Easy Crowd Pleasing Instant Pot Recipe! The perfect BBQ sandwich for the Summer on 5DollarDinners!

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    Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Electric Pressure Cooking 101, Instant Pot Recipes Tagged With: best18IP

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    1. Debbie says

      May 13, 2018 at 1:16 pm

      How do you make in a crock pot

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