Need an easy chicken dinner recipe? This Easy Cheesy Ranch Chicken is an easy recipe the whole family will enjoy, made with simple ingredients, and the best flavor.
This is a true comfort food recipe with all the chicken, melty cheese, and creamy ranch a person could ask for. With each piece of chicken dipped in the ranch, you might have just found the best way to each chicken and a new family favorite.
Try this new recipe on a busy weeknight, and you will be happy you indulged in this delicious chicken recipe. You can never go wrong with a cheesy meal made with pantry staples and the best ranch flavor.
Recipe Ingredients:
- Chicken: use boneless skinless chicken breasts that are raw, if frozen, be sure to increase the cooking time
- Dressing: use your favorite brand of ranch dressing in the bottle
- Cheese: you will need to have shredded Parmesan cheese and shredded cheddar cheese
- Seasonings: use the dry ranch dressing mix package for more ranch flavor
How To Make Ranch Chicken:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cover baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Poor ranch dressing into a medium or large sized bowl, and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine Parmesan cheese, Cheddar cheese, and the ranch seasoning mix.
- Mix until well combined.
- Dip thawed chicken breasts into the bowl of the ranch mixture and place on the covered cookie sheet or sheet pan.
- Sprinkle the tops of the chicken breast with the cheese and ranch seasoning mixture, until you can’t see the chicken breast.
- Place the ranch and cheese covered chicken breasts into the hot oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked all the way through.
- Sprinkle with extra Cheddar and Parmesan cheese when it is freshly out of the oven (our family really likes cheese).
Expert tips:
Want tender, juicy chicken, every time? Make sure you don’t overcook it! Investing a meat thermometer is one of the best things you can do for your chicken-cooking skills.
You can also top this recipe with delicious additions for even more flavor. Check out some of our favorite toppings below.
Toppings for cheddar ranch chicken:
- Sliced green onions
- Crispy bacon
- Sour cream
- Sprinkle of fresh dill
FAQs:
You can make this cheesy ranch chicken in the slow cooker easily! Just turn the slow cooker on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours and you will have an easy dinner ready for when you get home.
Yes! This recipe will work great with boneless chicken thighs, I just normally have boneless chicken breasts on hand! Just follow the ranch chicken recipe as is, but adjust the timing for the chicken as needed since the thickness of the chicken can change the cook time slightly.
While you will use ranch dressing when making these juicy chicken breasts, the ranch packets go into the cheese mixture and will work best. The liquid dressing itself might be a little harder to use with the cheese on top of the cooked chicken.
Storage & Reheating Instructions:
Fridge: For any leftover chicken, place them in an airtight container storing leftovers in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Reheat: Place the chicken into an air fryer at 350 degrees F for 3-5 minutes or until the chicken is warmed to your liking.
What to serve with this recipe:
- Salad
- Mashed potatoes
- Corn on the cob
- Dinner rolls
- Fluffy rice
- Roasted veggies
More chicken recipes:
- Cheddar Baked Chicken
- Slow Cooker Creamy Bacon Chicken
- Ritz Cracker Chicken Casserole Recipe
- Instant Pot Cream Cheese Chicken and Pasta
Easy Cheesy Ranch Chicken
Ingredients
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 ½ cups ranch dressing
- 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 ounce ranch dressing mix package
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cover baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Poor ranch dressing into a medium or large sized bowl, and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine Parmesan cheese, Cheddar cheese, and the packet of ranch dressing mix.
- Mix until well combined.
- Dip thawed chicken breasts into the bowl of ranch and place on the covered cookie sheet.
- Sprinkle the tops of the chicken breast with the cheese and ranch seasoning mixture, until you can't see the chicken breast.
- Place the ranch and cheese covered chicken breasts into the hot oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked all the way through.
- Sprinkle with extra Cheddar and Parmesan cheese when it is freshly out of the oven (our family really likes cheese)
Notes
Nutrition
Did You Make This Recipe?We’d love to hear your thoughts! Leave a review or a question in the comment section below the post.
I liked the way you made the chicken cheesier. That sounds so tasty. I made something like that awhile back in March. I made BBQ chicken, with a side of celery and buttery corn with cayenne pepper. It looks delicious. Thank you for your post.
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Is this made with fresh Parmesan cheese or the booted grated parmesan cheese?
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We used the bagged parmesan cheese hanging in the cheese section of the store.
This recipe is delicious! Thank you, it was a hit with my whole family and that is rare… Thank you!!!
How do you think this recipe would work with other parts of the chicken besides chicken breast (wings, legs, thighs) I don’t always have chicken breast but I at least have one of the other chicken parts. Would you change anything?
It should work fine. We know that it takes around 30 minutes with chicken breasts. So watch closely so you don’t overcook it.
What about using fresh chicken instead of frozen?
You can definitely use fresh chicken instead of frozen.
Did you cook it covered??
We cooked this uncovered. You can loosely cover with foil if it gets too brown toward the end of the baking time.
My family loves this dish! Thank yiu
Do y’all have the nutritional facts for this recipe? I don’t see it on here, sorry if I missed it!
Do you use bone in chicken or boneless?
We use boneless skinless chicken breasts.
I just made it and it is delicious!! 🙂
This was so good! I wish I would have made more of it! All I had was parmesan (shredded bagged kind) and mozzarella and it was fantastic.
We made it and liked it but found it was even better when we cut the amount or ranch dressing mix to 1/2 a packet. Then it was amazing on fresh breast.
I have 6 larger chicken breasts. Would it be better to cut each piece in half?
Is 30 min enough for 3 boneless chicken breasts totaling 1.41 pounds? Also should I cover pan?
We have found 30 minutes to be perfect, however if you have thicker pieces of chicken, try using a meat thermometer to make sure the internal temperature reaches at least 165°F (74°C) We cooked this uncovered. You can loosely cover with foil if it gets too brown toward the end of the baking time.
This recipe was so easy and delicious!! We will be making this again and again!! Thanks again for saving us from meal time rut, Sis Sisters!!