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Have I mentioned lately that I love my slow cooker? (I’m sure that I have, but it’s been at least a week maybe since I shared that?) There’s just something about having dinner started in the morning that alleviates a little stress at our house all day long. I actually timed myself as I made this one, and it took a whopping two minutes and thirty-two seconds to throw the ingredients in Mrs. Potts, plus an extra two minutes to clean up. (Seriously, that makes it worth trying alone!) Since I had all the ingredients in our kitchen it was also incredibly inexpensive to throw together. . . and, best of all my kids loved it… seriously loved it! WOOHOO!
Here’s how to make your life easier by letting your Mrs. Potts do all the work too. . .
Slow Cooked Bacon Ranch Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts Perdue Boneless Chicken Breast, 2.99/lb at Publix or get 40 oz. frozen at Winn-Dixie for $5.50
- 2 tablespoons real bacon pieces
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 package hidden valley ranch dressing mix $1 off Hidden Valley Ranch Dry Dressing or Dip Mix, exp. 1/15/12 (Share Something Delicious)
- 1 can cream of chicken soup (the lighter version is fine!) $1/5 Campbell’s Condensed “Great For Cooking” Soup printable, $0.40/4 Campbell’s Condensed “Great for Cooking” Soups, exp. 12/15/11 (SS 10/09/11 R), $1/4 Campbell’s Condensed “Great for Cooking” Soups, exp. 1/15/12 (Share Something Delicious), $0.30/4, $0.25/4, $0.40/4 Campbell’s Condensed “Great for Cooking” Soup, exp. 11/30/11 (SS 09/18/11 R)
- 1 cup sour cream $1/2 Breakstone’s Sour Cream printable
- Put chicken in crock pot (mine was even half frozen. . . )
- Combine bacon pieces, garlic, dressing mix, soup & sour cream in small bowl, pour mixture over chicken.
- Cook on low for 6-7 hours, covered.
- Serve over cooked pasta or rice.
Recipe adapted from Get Crocked. Thanks to I Heart Publix for the coupon matchups, and check out $5 Dinner Mom for more bargain meal deals! If you need a little more menu inspiration, check out the the Recipe Gallery.
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When you say “bacon pieces”, are these cooked or raw?
You’ll want to use cooked and crumbled bacon Janice! 🙂
Is there a secret to cooking boneless skinless chicken breasts in the crockpot? Mine always come out dry.
Boneless chicken in a crockpot only needs to cook about 3 hours on low or it will dry out. Make sure you have plenty of moisture. Hopefully this helps! Cant wait to try this recipe!!
It definitely could cook a shorter time ~ thankfully this one has plenty of moisture (the soup!) so there’s no chance of it drying out, which helps. Thanks for the tip Carolina girl! 🙂
Like Carolina Girl said, try cooking them a shorter amount of time. There’s plenty of liquid in this recipe so they won’t dry out even over a longer time, but another great tip I’ve learned is to put them in frozen (I know, crazy!) They have plenty of time to cook, and these were pretty frozen when I put them in in the morning (I thawed them in the microwave enough to get them to separate, but that was about it!)
Laurie,
Did you shred or cut up the chicken after it was cooked? I am definitely going to try this recipe!
The chicken did shred up almost on it’s own Holly – let me know if you like it!