When you are in need of a good hearty meal, this Slow Cooker Creamy Bacon Chicken recipe is the perfect easy recipe. You can get a great creamy texture to this crock pot chicken without using any heavy cream, or heavy whipping cream.
It is a great slow cooker chicken recipe that the whole family will love, and will be ready in 3-4 hours depending on how you want to cook the crockpot chicken. This is a great main dish pasta recipe for a busy mom with picky kids.
You can even turn this into a crock pot creamy ranch chicken recipe by simply adding some ranch seasoning to the thicker sauce.
Ingredient Notes
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts (chicken thighs will work too)
- Chicken broth
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Onion diced
- Bacon slices cooked and crumbled (or bacon bits will work)
- Cloves garlic minced
- Cream cheese (you can use a cup of sour cream, but the sauce will be a little thinner)
- Egg noodles
- Fresh parsley roughly chopped; optional garnish
How to make Slow Cooker Creamy Bacon Chicken:
- Saute onions in a saucepan over medium heat until they are golden brown.
- Spray your slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray and place chicken breasts inside.
- Pour your chicken broth over top of chicken breasts. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top of chicken breasts, if desired.
- Add cooked onions, bacon, and garlic on top of chicken.
- Cook on low heat 4-5 hours or on high heat 2 to 3 hours.
- A few minutes before serving, add cream cheese to the slow cooker and stir until combined. Shred chicken and keep warm in slow cooker.
- Cook egg noodles as directed on the package.
- Serve chicken over egg noodles and garnish with parsley, if desired.
Storing and Other Tips
Once you are done eating this comfort food and there are leftovers, store any of the creamy chicken mixture in an airtight container and store it in the fridge for 4-5 days for the next time you are ready to eat.
We have only made this recipe using cream cheese. Not sure if Neufchatel would make that much of a difference.
Some of our readers have added in a packet of ranch dressing mix with the chicken broth to make this is a “Chicken Bacon Ranch” dish and it’s delicious!
Serving Suggestions
- Italian Fresh Green Salad Recipe
- Garlic Roasted Potatoes Recipe
- Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes Recipe
- Mom’s Easy Potato Salad Recipe
Slow Cooker Creamy Bacon Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 onion, diced
- 8 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 4 cup egg noodles
- fresh parsley, roughly chopped; optional garnish
Equipment
Instructions
- Saute onions in a saucepan over medium heat until they are golden brown.
- Spray your slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray and place chicken inside.
- Pour your chicken broth over top of chicken breasts. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top of chicken breasts, if desired.
- Add cooked onions, bacon, and garlic on top of chicken.
- Cook on low heat 4-5 hours or on high heat 2 to 3 hours.
- A few minutes before serving, add cream cheese to the slow cooker and stir until combined. Shred chicken and keep warm in slow cooker.
- Cook egg noodles as directed on the package.
- Serve chicken over egg noodles and garnish with parsley, if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
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The chicken broth goes in the slow cooker with the chicken?
Sorry! I added it to the instructions. It now all makes sense!
I am adding this recipe to this weeks meal plan, can’t wait to eat it Thursday!
This looks like something that could become a family favorite quick! Yum!
Yes, thanks for bringing that to our attention. We adjusted the recipe.
I also added a package of dry ranch mix. It made a type of Bacon Ranch Chicken. Could possibly get away with two packages. So Yummy!
The cream cheese helps to thicken it up at the end of cooking time. Feel free to add more bacon if desired.
This was amazing!! My husband said it ranks as one of his top five favorite dishes! Thanks for the great recipe!
My family love this! I used 1 lb of bacon and 1 cup chicken broth. And it turned out perfect. From all the comments I ajusted the recipe myself. I make this once every two weeks.
The flavor was good but mine was still extremely runny, like water. The cream cheese didn’t seem to thicken it at all. I used Neufchâtel- does that make a difference? Otherwise, do you have any suggestions for thickening the sauce? I like this by the way I’ve but would prefer a thicker sauce if I can keep the same flavor. Maybe reduce the amount of chicken broth?
Hi Andrea. We have only made this recipe using cream cheese. Not sure if Neufchatel would make that much of a difference. You could decrease the amount of liquid and see if that helps thicken it up. You could always add in a little cornstarch and that would not effect the taste.
LEFTOVERS Makeover
we have leftovers Chicken bits rewrite.
2 large cut up chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken or celery or mushroom soup
1 can water or milk
1 Onion sauteed before adding
Pinch garlic( canned soup has salt)
Sprinkle in Bacon Bits
Optional 1/2 package Cream Cheese
Add into slow cooker till hot
On stove cook up noodles Serve
Over noodles
This was AMAZING and so simple and quick. Even my pickiest eater loved it!
Can you make this and freeze it? Thanks. I’m looking for freezable
This should freeze well!