Crockpot Crack Chicken Sandwiches
Crockpot Crack Chicken Sandwiches are about the easiest slow cooker recipe that you could ask for. This is a dinner that kept my wife and I fed all throughout college and now it’s one that both my picky kids love. This is a simple recipe that doesn’t take a lot of ingredients or prep work to make and the leftovers can be turned into all kinds of things.
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Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast
- 1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 TBSP of ranch seasoning
- 1 onion
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 cup of chicken broth
- 8 slices of bacon
- 1 block of cream cheese
- 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
Prepping the Crockpot Crack Chicken Sandwiches
This recipe takes almost no prep work and that’s one of the reasons I love it for an easy dinner. To make it just chop up an onion and gather the seasonings listed above.
Then you’re just going to trim any excess fat and unidentifiable pieces off of your chicken breast and grab your slow cooker.
Making the Crockpot Crack Chicken Sandwiches
Place one pound of chicken breast into the bottom of the crockpot along with a diced onion. Next, add in salt, pepper, paprika, and ranch seasoning along with a tablespoon of minced garlic.
To finish up just pour in half a cup of chicken broth, throw on the lid and let it cook on low for 4-6 hours.
Once the chicken is cooked through you will be able to shred it up with a hand mixer or a couple of forks. Add in an 8 ounce block of cream cheese and a cup of shredded cheddar.
Then place the lid back on for about 30 more minutes for that cheese to melt.
Serving the Crockpot Crack Chicken Sandwiches
Once the cheese has melted just mix everything together and dinner is ready to serve. We like to have these with slices of crispy bacon on top, but you can also crumble the bacon and stir it into the mixture if you’d prefer.
Serve with fries, tater tots, a salad, or some roasted broccoli!
Tips and Frequently Asked Questions
- This recipe can be made in the Crockpot cooking on low for about 4 to 6 hours. You just want to make sure the chicken comes to a temp of 165 degrees.
- I like to top the sandwiches with bacon to keep it crispy, but you can also stir in crumbled bacon if you prefer.
- I like to shred my own cheddar cheese for a better texture, but pre-shredded cheese will work as well.
- My family enjoys these as sandwiches, but the chicken is also great for quesadillas or stuffed into a baked potato.
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Equipment
- 1 Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast
- 1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 TBSP of ranch seasoning
- 1 onion
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 cup of chicken broth
- 8 slices of bacon
- 1 block of cream cheese
- 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Spray a Crockpot with cooking spray and add the chicken, salt, pepper, paprika, ranch seasoning, chopped onion, minced garlic, and chicken broth.
- Cook on low for 4-6 hours. Once chicken is cooked shred the chicken, add a block of cream cheese, and shredded cheddar cheese. Let this keep cooking on low until the cream cheese is melted and stir everything together well.
- Cook bacon while cream cheese is melting. Once bacon is cooked build sandwiches and top with the crispy bacon.
- Enjoy!
Can you substitute the cream cheese with something else, or leave it out? I’m not a fan of cream cheese.
You could probably just use a little bit more shredded cheddar cheese and skip the cream cheese!
Use sour cream or pkaim yogurt instead
Can you double the recipe in one crock pot?
Yes that should work!
Can you freeze the extra and save for later?
They only allow positive reviews?
I’ll try one last time, this dish is not good. Made it and followed recipe to a T, very low budget taste.
JS
“John” It looks like your original comment was just made last night. I have to manually approve every comment. It sounds like this just isn’t the recipe for you! Hope you have a great day!
I haven’t even made it yet but I’ve made crockpot chicken crack. This looks even more amazing. I’m going to try it this weekend 😍😍😍
This recipe was so good! 😊
Happy to hear you liked it!
Hi Luke,Im excited to try this!
One question,we don’t eat pork,can you suggest something besides bacon as a topping? We eat Any meat but pork if you have ideas for a substitution.
Thank you!
Perhaps some turkey bacon? That is made of turkey
We don’t eat pork either so I substitute with turkey or beef bacon.
Made this on sliders instead and baked them, they turned out amazing! Husband is asking me to make more for dinner tonight
While the chicken itself was amazing and will definitely be added to our rotation, we found it to be a little messy fit sandwiches and served it over baked potatoes instead.
I started this a bit late in the day. Can you cook it on high for less time?
I’m definitely going to try this but what if you don’t have a crockpot?
Do you drain the crockpot before adding the cheese? It looks much dryer in the crockpot as you’re shredding.
Thanks!
My family loves this
recipe. It is delicious!
So happy to hear that!
These are amazing!!! A dinner my whole family likes is hard to find and this was one of them. Thank you and keep posting these amazing recipes.
Happy to hear that!
What kind of bun is this? Can’t wait to make this!
I usually use the Nature’s Own Brioche buns!
These were delicious! Ever since I took over cooking for my mom I ONLY use your recipes. Next time we are going to try these on burritos, on top of tater tots or as a dip! So glad I stumbled across your pages because these recipes are to die for!
So happy to hear that!