Crack Chicken Instant Pot Recipe
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This Instant Pot Crack Chicken Recipe is one of those recipes I have heard about forever! Now thankfully, I had done a bunch of running cause while this is keto-friendly, this was not WW-friendly.
This is a fantastic dinner; I love that it will make for the perfect leftovers! There are so many ways to serve this chicken, and it makes quite a bit. We took some home and had the chicken in wraps for lunch.
Instant Pot Crack Chicken Recipe Directions:
Chicken Breasts– I used boneless skinless chicken breasts for this recipe. I find they shred for this type of food well and also don’t make more grease when cooking as thighs would.
Bacon-This will need to be cut up into slices to be cooked in the instant pot on saute.
Cheese– Almost any cheese will work in this recipe; I used a cheddar-based one.
Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning– You can use packets or dry ranch seasoning from a container to make this. I have a container of dry ranch seasoning because of how much we use. If you want Homemade Ranch Seasoning is amazing in this dish!
Garlic Herb Seasoning– I found this McCormick Garlic and Herb seasoning; it is amazing,, even just on grilled chicken breasts.
*You could substitute Italian seasoning for the Garlic and Herb Seasoning*
*Smoked Paprika would add a nice flavor as well to this dish*
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How to Make crack chicken in instant pot:
Season your chicken breasts with paprika, salt, pepper, and Garlic herb
We made this in an 8 Quart Instant Pot, but it would easily also fit in a 6 Quart Instant Pot without a problem. I love how fast the Instant Pot cooks your dinner! We have some crazy nights with the kids in the house, so the speed is a factor some nights for getting dinner on the table.
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Turn your Instant pot into saute to allow it to start to warm up to start cooking your bacon, and also warm it up for getting the Instant Pot to pressure.
Cut up and start to cook up your bacon; now it cooked slowly with the whole pound in there so we ended up splitting it up to cook faster.
Once your bacon is cooked, remove it from the pot and place it in a bowl.
Brown your chicken breasts; we did do this in the bacon grease. We did four breasts removed them then browned one.
When your breasts are browned, remove them from the Instant Pot.
Pour in your broth, and then use a whisk or spoon to scrape along the bottom and side to get the seasonings left behind.
Put in your browned chicken breasts.
Next, drop in your cream cheese and then season.
Cover and seal with the lid.
Set for high pressure for 15 minutes.
Allow the Instant Pot to release pressure naturally.
Take the lid off once the pressure is released; I may be paranoid I make sure by flipping the steamer nozzle one more time to make sure it is released.
Remove the chicken and shred it; you can use bear claws. We did it the old fashion way with a meat fork and a regular fork.
Next, mix in the two cups of cheese into the broth mixture and then add back in the shredded chicken.
Keep some bacon on the side, and then mix most of the bacon into the instant pot.
Cover with the lid for 5 minutes to allow the cheeses to melt, and prep time for your other sides.
Serve and enjoy!!
How To Serve Crack Chicken:
- On a Brioche Bun with more cheese and bacon
- In a wrap
- Over pasta
- Over rice
- Serve on top of Broccoli
- Serve in a baked potato
- Over Quinoa
- As a dip to your crackers
what to serve with crack chicken
Serve Over: White Rice, Brown Rice, Garlic Butter Egg Noodles, Cauliflower Rice, Baked Potatoes
Bread: Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread, Garlic Parmesan Bisucti Pull Part Bread, English Muffin Garlic Cheese Bread, Easy Cheesy Monkey Bread, Corn Bread
Side Dishes: Air Fryer Bacon Asparagus, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Oven Roasted Baby Potatoes, Air Fryer Brussell Sprouts, Green Beans, Ceasar Salad, Acorn Squash, Green Salad, Baked Sweet Potatoes, Air Fryer Broccoli, Grilled Zucchini, Grilled Corn On The Cob, Air Fryer Zucchini Chips, Macaroni And Cheese, Broccoli Salad, Cole Slaw
Have you had Crack Chicken?? What is your favorite way to eat it?
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Instant Pot Crack Chicken Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 Pound Bacon
- 2 Cups Cheddar Cheese
- 2 Tablespoon Ranch Seasoning
- 16 Ounce Cream Cheese
- 2 Cups Chicken Broth
- Paprika
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Garlic Herb Seasoning
Instructions
- Season your chicken breasts with paprika, salt, pepper, and Garlic herb
- Now we made this in an 8 Quart Instant Pot but it would easily also fit in a 6 Quart Instant Pot as well without a problem.
- Cut up and start to cook up your bacon on saute, now it cooked slowly with the whole pound in there so we ended up splitting it up to cook faster.
- Once your bacon is done remove the bacon from the pot and place it into a bowl.
- Brown your chicken breasts, we did do this in the bacon grease. We did four breasts removed them then browned the one.
- When your breasts are done remove them from the Instant Pot.
- Pour in your broth and then use a whisk or spoon to scrape along the bottom and side to get the seasonings that were left behind.
- Put in your browned chicken breasts.
- Next drop in your cream cheese and then seasoning.
- Cover and seal with the lid.
- Set for high pressure for 15 minutes.
- Allow the Instant Pot to naturally release pressure.
- Take the lid off once the pressure is released, I may be paranoid I make sure by flipping the steamer nozzle one more time to make sure it is released.
- Remove the chicken and shred it, you can use bear claws we did it the old fashion way with a meat fork and regular fork.
- Next mix in the two cups of cheese into the broth mixture and then add back in the chicken.
- Keep some bacon on the side and then mix most of the bacon into the instant pot.
- Cover with the lid for 5 minutes to allow the cheeses to melt, and prep time for your other sides.
- Serve and enjoy!! We served over broccoli and on buns!
I agree with what you said – I kept hearing about this and have to try it! I’m making this later this week for sure – it sounds great! Thanks for sharing!