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I brought something simple to share with you today, my friends. Because I know you like simple. And I know you are running around town having fun this summer, enjoying all that the season has to offer, which may leave you with less time to tinker around your kitchen. Am I right, or what?
This is a wonderful crock pot recipe, passed onto me by my dear friend Tricia. The ingredients are simple yet packed with flavor. Hope you enjoy it! Hope it gives you a little more time to play with your kids, or grand kids, or whomever you’ve got around to enjoy and love in your life. 🙂
Creamy Ranch Chicken with Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Time: 20 min. prep + 4-6 hours crock pot cooking
Yield: 6 servings
Recipe adapted from my dear friend Tricia Toponce
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Creamy Ranch Chicken:
5-6 chicken breasts (I used frozen)
2 (14 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
4 T butter, melted
2 (1 ounce) packages Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing Mix
4-5 cloves garlic
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes:
7 large russet potatoes
4 T butter
milk
salt and pepper
1. Find yourself a nice crock pot. Spray the inside with cooking spray and place 5-6 chicken breasts in it. (I used frozen)
2. In a small bowl combine 2 cans cream of chicken soup, 2 packages ranch mix and 4 tablespoons melted butter. Spread it over the top of your chicken.
3. Peel your garlic and place the cloves on top of a sheet of tin foil.
4. Wrap the foil around the cloves and up into a nice little package.
5. Place the garlic package in the crock pot on top of the chicken. Cover the crock and let the old girl cook away on low for 6 hours, or on high for 4 hours.
6. When your chicken has cooked through carefully take the tin foil package out of the crock pot and set it on a plate.
7. Peel your potatoes and chop them into chunks. Boil them for about 15 minutes, or until fork tender and then drain the water out of the pan.
8. Mash up some of the roasted garlic and add it to the potatoes. Just start with a small amount of garlic, maybe 1-2 teaspoons. You can always add more, if you want it really garlicky…but you don’t want to overpower it.
9. Add 4 tablespoons of butter, salt and pepper and a bit of milk. Beat the potatoes until light and fluffy, tasting along the way and adding more salt and pepper or butter or milk or garlic to your own very personal liking and desire.
Serve the potatoes with the juices from the crock pot and the heavenly Creamy Ranch Chicken.
Enjoy!
Can I use a whole fryer chicken instead of chicken breasts? Would I need to go six hours instead of four hours? Gonna try this tonight.
I just came across your site a few days ago. My son (30+ yrs old)has been visiting me and I decided to try your Creamy Ranch Chicken out on him. All day he’s been looking at the crockpot and saying, “I don’t know about this, Mom…” and was very skeptical. I am glad to say, not only did he like it, but he had extra helpings! I thought I had bought ranch dressing mix, but didn’t. To make up for that, I used 2 packets of Italian Dressing Mix. The chicken took longer to cook than I expected, (OLD crock pot),but it was delicious. I served it with yellow rice instead of the mashed potatoes and what a hit this was! I’m looking forward to trying some of your other recipes! Thank you!
Do the chicken breasts go into the crockpot frozen or do you thaw them first? If they go in frozen do you cook them for longer? Thank you for your help, I am new to the crockpot.
PS your chewy gingerbread bars are AMAZING!
Anne,
You can add them frozen if you like, and yes you will need to up the cooking time by about an hour. Good luck! So glad you loved the bars. 🙂
~Jamie
Can you use the ranch dip mix or does it have to be the salad dressing mix!
Gina,
The ranch dip mix is a lot more potent than the dressing mix. I would stick with the dressing. Good luck!
~Jamie
Thanks! I’ve made this recipe before and it is amazing! Looks like a trip to the store is in my future since only thing on hand was the ranch dip mix! Thanks again for this great recipe!
Wow! This is amazing!
Quite salty, but extremely easy and good. I did not add any salt to the chicken and will look for salt-free cr.of chicken soup next time.
You mentioned you use frozen chicken- did you mean it was frozen when you put it in the crock pot? If so- does frozen chicken cook through in the 6 hrs on low?
Jan,
The chicken was frozen when I put it in the crock pot. Best of luck to you!
~Jamie
Jamie, do you think I could put carrots and potatoes in with the chicken to make a complete meal? Just not sure about the veggies and raw chicken going in together. Thanks for all of your fantastic recipes! I use your site all the time.
I’m wondering if you have ever tried making this in the oven. If so, what temp and for how long?
Thanks!
Can this be also made with chicken legs, not a fan of chicken breasts.