Easy baked crack chicken is a favorite easy dinner recipe in our house! Especially since everyone loves bacon, cream cheese, ranch, and cheese. I mean how can you not?!
There’s truly nothing better than ranch chicken with crispy bacon on top. Plus, it’s a low carb easy recipe with simple ingredients you probably already have on hand! You can even make this recipe keto diet friendly. The leftover chicken is delicious too so you can eat it for days! This chicken dish will definitely be in your meal plan rotation for a long time. It’s a great new recipe for busy weeknights, and it’s a great way to use up the ingredients in your fridge.
This chicken breast recipe is quick and easy to make, and it makes plenty for the whole family. Even the kids, our pickiest eaters love it and ask for seconds. Everyone loves the tender chicken breasts and melty cheese in this delicious meal!
If you have ever heard of crack chicken recipe, they were referring to this recipe! They call it crack chicken because you can’t stop eating it.
To round out this perfect family dinner recipe, make up some of our side dishes like our Slow Cooker Green Beans Recipe, Baked Sweet Potato Wedges Recipe, or our Easy Homemade Rolls Recipe!
Ingredients Needed For Our Easy Baked Crack Chicken Recipe:
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Salt
- Pepper
- Cream cheese
- Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Thick cut bacon, cooked and crumbled
- Package dry ranch dressing mix
- Green onions
How To Make Our Easy Baked Crack Chicken Recipe:
Begin by preheating the oven to 400 degrees.
Then, get out a 9×13 inch baking pan and spray it with nonstick cooking spray.
Next, use the tenderizer to pound chicken breasts until they are about ¼ of an inch thick.
Try and make sure the chicken breasts are about the same thickness so they finish baking at the same time.
Now, place the chicken in a single layer in the baking pan and season them with salt and pepper. You can also add onion powder or garlic powder if you want.
Then, in a medium mixing bowl, mix together the softened cream cheese, half of the shredded sharp cheddar cheese, half of the bacon crumbles, and the whole packet of dry ranch dressing mix.
Once that is done, spread the cream cheese mixture over top of the chicken breast evenly.
Then take the rest of the shredded cheddar cheese and sprinkle it over top of chicken breasts.
Now, place the baking pan in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the chicken has fully cooked.
Once the chicken is done baking, pull it out and top it off with the remaining bacon crumbles, and green onion and enjoy!
To Make This Chicken Breast Recipe You Will Need:
- 9×13 inch baking pan (I like THIS one)
- Nonstick cooking spray
- Meat tenderizer
- Medium bowl
- Spatula
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Easy Baked Crack Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- salt and pepper to taste
- ¾ cup cream cheese softened
- ¾ cup shredded cheddar cheese divided
- 5 slices thick cut bacon cooked and crumbled, divided
- 1 ounce dry ranch dressing mix 1 package
- 4 green onions thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray bottom of 9×13" baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Pound chicken breasts until they about about 1/4" thick (you want them to all be the same thickness so that they finish cooking at the same time).
- Place chicken in a single layer in the baking pan and season with salt and pepper (sometimes I also season the chicken with a little bit of onion powder and garlic powder as well).
- In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, half of the shredded cheddar cheese, half of the bacon crumbles, and the dry Ranch dressing mix.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over all the chicken breasts in the pan.
- Top the chicken with the remaining shredded cheddar cheese.
- Cook in oven for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked (internal temperature of 165 degrees).
- Remove chicken from oven and top with remaining bacon crumbles and green onion.
Notes
- Try and make sure the chicken breasts are about the same thickness so they finish baking at the same time.
- You can also add onion powder or garlic powder before baking to this dish.
Nutrition
Equipment
- 9×13-inch Baking Pan
- Non-stick Cooking Spray
- Meat Tenderizer
- Medium Mixing Bowl (2)
- spatula
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