Crockpot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
Crockpot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
My family relies heavily on easy, simple, crockpot recipes for the busy workweek. This Crockpot Chicken Bacon Pasta is easy to throw together and doesn’t require much actual cooking!
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast
- 1/2 tsp each of salt, pepper, paprika, and onion powder
- 1 TBSP ranch seasoning
- 1 TBSP minced garlic
- 15 oz jar Alfredo Sauce
- Cooked/chopped bacon (6 pieces)
- 1 cup shredded cheese (I used mozzarella)
- 1 16 oz box of pasta
How to Make Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
To make this crockpot chicken bacon ranch pasta you are going to get out your crockpot and spray it with cooking spray. Next, add chicken, all seasonings, minced garlic, and a jar of your favorite Alfredo sauce (I’ve recently really been liking the Rao’s Alfredo Sauce) to the crockpot.
Cook on low for 4-6 hours. Mine takes about 4 hours, but all crockpots cook differently so I recommend cooking until it reaches an internal temp of at least 165 degrees, or until you think it won’t kill anybody!
Boil 16 oz of pasta according to the directions on the package.
Shred the chicken or take it out of the crockpot and cut it up into small cubes. I personally like cubing up the chicken, but either works!
Add the shredded mozzarella cheese and cooked bacon to the crockpot with the chicken and stir well.
Pour in the cooked pasta and stir.
Serve Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
Now it’s time to eat! We had this with a Caesar Salad, but roasted broccoli, asparagus, zucchini, or some green beans would also be good!
If you like this recipe, check out some of my other similar dinner recipes.
- Crockpot Chicken Bacon Ranch Tortellini
- Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Pasta
- Crockpot Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta
- Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese
Tips and Frequently Asked Questions
- I used Rao’s Alfredo sauce, but you can use your favorite brand or even make it homemade if you want.
- Freshly minced garlic or jarred minced garlic works for this recipe.
- I shredded mozzarella cheese for this recipe because I feel like it melts better, but you can use the already shredded cheese.
- Any pasta should work for this recipe. I used 16 oz of Cellentani pasta.
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Equipment
- 1 Crockpot
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast
- 1/2 tsp each of salt, pepper, paprika, and onion powder
- 1 TBSP ranch seasoning
- 1 TBSP minced garlic
- 15 oz jar Alfredo Sauce
- Cooked/chopped bacon 6 pieces
- 1 cup shredded cheese I used mozzarella
- 1 16 oz box of pasta I used Cellentani
Instructions
- Add 1 lb of chicken breasts to a crockpot.
- Season with salt, pepper, paprika, onion powder, and ranch seasoning.
- Add 1 TBSP of minced garlic and 1 jar of Alfredo sauce.
- Cook on low for 4-6 hours.
- Shred or cube up the chicken and add it back to the crockpot.
- Cook pasta according to the directions on the box.
- While the pasta is cooking on the stove, add about a cup of shredded cheese and the chopped bacon to the crockpot. Stir well.
- Add cooked pasta to the crockpot and stir everything together.
This looks good, gonna have to try this soon
Where’s the ranch?
The recipe calls for Ranxh seasoning. It is the dry season8ng you use to make ranch dressing
1 TBS ranch seasoning
What do you mean? its in the ingredients and its listed in step 2 of instructions.
On the chicken..?
I did this tonight but I put it on high Because I don’t know how my crock pot works lol. If it’s been on high, should I just do 3 hours?
I love your recipes
Can I make it in the instant pot? If so any idea how long?
I don’t care for ranch and I can’t eat cheese. Do you have other recipes that I could make. I feel I would make these for Company though. They look delicious!
I would start by looking for a recipe that doesn’t feature something you don’t like in its title.
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Why bother even commenting?? It sounds immature and disrespectful to someone who took the time to post this. If you hate it ALL… scroll on by!! Geez… idiots out here!
In the directions you say. While the pasta is cooking add cheese and bacon. Is that to the pasta pot or the crock pot?
Add the cheese and bacon to the crockpot! I’ll go make the directions more clear!
Cooked or uncooked?
😂 I mean if someone thinks you would add cheese and bacon to boiling water that’s gonna be drain then by all means go for it. Haha. Common sense answers this one.
100% 😂
I love this recipe so much! I have a friend coming to stay who is allergic to chicken what other meat would you recommend with this so he can try this recipe!?
Super simple and the kids loved it.
Absolutely BOMB! My husband doesn’t like ranch, but LOVED this recipe! IMO, the ranch isn’t very detectable so you could add more to taste if you wanted. I like it just the way it is and will definitely be adding this to our rotation! 😋😋😋
Do you add the entire 16 oz of pasta? That one can of Alfredo does not seem like it would cover an entire lb of pasta?
Hi Janet well then use 2 cans/jars of Alfredo sauce to cover the lb of pasta
I’m currently making this for dinner in a couple hours. The chicken is done. Can I cook and add pasta now or will it make the pasta mush?
Can this be frozen ?
Easy and tasty, enough for two dinners. I used 3 chicken breasts to I wouldn’t have too much left over since its just two of us at home.
What is the suggested time for low setting on the crockpot?
The low setting is usually 6-8 hours in the crockpot.
Excellent recipe! Usually I “tweak” things to my family’s liking but that was not needed here. Just a note to anyone that might have texture issues like me….If you add the bacon into the crock pot and then have leftovers to put in the fridge, the bacon will soften. Not a flavor issue but a texture issue as it gets gummy rather than crispy. Next time around, I’ll crumble and put on top of each serving as it’s served so it maintains the crunchier texture. Overall, very pleased and am very excited to check out your other recipes!! Thanks so much for sharing!
I have a Ninja Multi Cooker that I used for this. I doubled this recipe and added extra ranch (I was a little short on ranch seasoning), cheese, and seasonings (don’t judge: I don’t count calories, if it tastes good, I eat it 😁). Anyway, my picky brother loved it. Chicken only took 1.5 hrs to cook on high and I boiled the noodles while I was shredding. The extra cheese and swirly noodles made everything stick really well since the sauce was a little runny before that. 10/10
Great recipe!!!! As easy as it gets. It’s even great for leftovers. With our without bacon its good. And to the author….. don’t worry about much…. you can’t fix stupid! Lol 😆
going to try this thank you for the recipe. it will be good for my son he can’t have tomatoes or anything acidic. keep the Recipes comming