This Weight Watchers Ranch Chicken Recipe is a family favorite!! Since saving time and money is important to my family and we are always looking for ways to do so. Thankfully chicken breasts, which are zero smart points on My WW Blue plan and Purple plan! I was given a case of chicken to facilitate a review but no monetary compensation was given. (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)
With being on Weight Watchers chicken breasts is the perfect protein to base our meals off of. We have made Cornflake Chicken Strips before and decided to make a new variation with the kid’s favorite ranch seasoning!! I know I am always stalking the meat markdowns at the grocery store I buy those close date and freeze them for later on!
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Weight Watchers Ranch Chicken Recipe Ingredients:
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- 1/2 Cup Sour Cream
- 2 Cups Corn Flakes
- 6 Tbsp Ranch Seasoning
- 1lb Chicken Breast
Hidden Valley Original Ranch Seasoning and Salad Dressing Mix, 16 OunceKellogg’s Corn Flakes, 43-Ounce Unit by Kellogg’s
How To MakeWeight Watchers Ranch Chicken:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a zipper bag crush cornflakes and combine with ranch seasoning
Coat your chicken breast sour cream, I did mine lightly just enough to make the seasoning stick to the chicken breast.
Place a breast in the zipper bag and shake to coat in cornflake mixture
Spray a 9×13 baking dish with a nonstick spray (I use my -> Homemade Nonstick Spray) Now I know my mom is all about her metal pans but I am all about the Pyrex glass pans! Clean up is so much easier out of a glass pan vs metal for me I am not sure why but it works!!! I love the one with the handle and the lid makes storing leftovers so much easier!
Pyrex Easy Grab 3-Quart Oblong Baking Dish
Remove the chicken breast from the bag and place in your pan
Repeat these steps until all breasts are covered
Take the remaining mixture and cover the chicken breasts
Bake for 45 minutes till chicken breast is cooked thoroughly
You can see how juicy they turn out too!!
The Old Points Plus Point value.
Be sure you recalculate as points value may vary by brand and you can lower the point on this by using low-fat sour cream. The old Smartpoints value or green plan.
Now with the Freestyle Smartpoints on blue or purple, it works out a bit different since chicken is now zero points!
Now, this is the breakdown for the batch I just made and the ingredients that we used. I did end up tracking my chicken as 6 Weight Watchers smart points because I knew I didn’t use all of the sour cream and corn flakes on the chicken. This is a recipe that has some wiggle room so you can use your judgment when it comes to assigning your points.
What is your go-to chicken recipe for Weight Watchers?
Weight Watchers Ranch Chicken Recipe
Weight Watchers Ranch Chicken is a favorite with my whole family plus it is low Weight Watchers Points Plus Value and decent Weight Watchers Smart Points.
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Sour Cream
- 2 Cups Corn Flakes
- 6 Tbsp Ranch Seasoning
- 1 Lb Chicken Breast
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
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In a zipper bag crush cornflakes and combine with ranch seasoning
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Coat your chicken breast sour cream, I did mine lightly just enough to make the seasoning stick to 0the chicken breast.
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Place a breast in the zipper bag and shake to coat in corn flake mixture
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Spray a 9x13 baking dish with a nonstick spray
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Remove the chicken breast from the bag and place in your pan
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Repeat these steps till all breasts are covered
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Take remaining mixture and cover the chicken breasts
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Bake for 45 minutes till chicken breast is cooked thoroughly
Recipe Notes
**you could use low fat to lower point value for the recipe
Anne says
I love fried chicken. This looks like a great way to get the taste with a lot fewer calories.
Amy Desrosiers says
I love a good chicken recipe! I have so much chicken breast on hand so it is great to have a variety of recipes.
Melissa Pezza says
I’m going to have to say that this is my favorite Weight Watchers chicken recipe. I’ve never tried Weight Watchers, but I DO love a good ranch chicken recipe. Yum!
Lisa @ Fun Money Mom says
Those look delicious! I’ll have to try this recipe!
Lorelai says
Love this!
~Lorelai
Sheri says
I’ve done this with minor modifications…ranch seasoning mix packet and the chicken dipped in melted butter or egg wash. Wondering how that changes the point value?
Janet Vinyard says
Sounds like a delicious recipe – thanks for sharing! Blessings, Janet
Charlene Asay says
I think I am adding this to our family menu this week. Thanks for sharing with us all.
Nina says
This looks like a recipe that my girls would LOVE! Ranch dressing on just about anything is their favorite.
Amberjane says
A great weight watching chicken recipe Jenny
chellie says
Chicken is always good with a little crunch! Thanks for sharing at FTAF, hope you’ll join us again next week! Pinned.
Autumn says
We love fried chicken but it’s a mess to clean up and of course so high in fat! This is a great alternative and has all the satisfaction of the crunch!
Pat says
Could you use plain nonfat Greek yogurt in place of sour cream?
Jenny says
You can it will change the taste. I’ve tried cooking with it and personally didn’t care for it.
Redd AMPH says
It was delicious! By accident I grabbed a pack of Ranch Dill Seasoning instead of Regular Ranch Seasoning but it still turned out perfect. Also, instead of Corn Flakes I chose to use roasted vegetable flavored Ritz crackers. Plus I switched sour cream for plane low fat yogurt. Paired it with a kale salad of my own mixing. Yummers, it even taste good as left overs.
Jenny says
I had no idea they make a Ranch Dill Seasoning!! That sounds amazing with the Ritz! Glad you liked it!
DJ says
Can this be made in an air fryer?
Jenny says
Yes it can!