Instant Pot Crack Chicken

Shredded Chicken Bacon Ranch Chicken in your Instant Pot is the perfect recipe for when you want a quick for dinner! It’s loaded with flavor from a combination of shredded chicken, cream cheese, Ranch seasoning, cheese and bacon! It makes a great sandwich filling for an easy meal.

This Instant Pot Shredded Chicken with bacon and ranch is one of my favorite easy weeknight dinners! It’s cheesy and creamy with bacon and ranch seasoning. In other words, totally addictive and delicious! The name is not an accident – everyone I know just can’t get enough of it.

This is the kind of dinner you can toss together at 5 pm and have ready before 5:30! You only need five minutes of prep work and once you get everything in the pressure cooker it’s completely hands-off.

Even after so many Instant Pot recipes, I am amazed at how fast that machine works and it’s one of my favorite ways to get dinner on the table during the week.

I love to serve it on hamburger buns with broccoli slaw or a quick salad on the side, but sometimes I just break out a bag of potato chips or bake up some frozen fries! Sometimes you just need some French fries, right?

Ingredients Needed

What I love about this recipe is that I usually have everything on hand to make it. If we don’t have chicken in the refrigerator we always have some frozen in the freezer. You never know when you’ll want to make this dinner so, take it from me, it’s always good to have these ingredients so you can make it when you have one of those crazy busy days!

• Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• Cubed cream cheese
• Ranch seasoning mix (store-bought or homemade)
• Chicken broth
• Bacon bits (buy the packets at the store!)
• Shredded cheddar cheese

How to Make It

• Place Ingredients in Instant Pot – Put the chicken and cream cheese in the pot. Sprinkle the Ranch seasoning over the top and then add the broth.
• Cook – Secure the lid, close the steam vent, and turn on the manual pressure setting for 15 minutes. Once the timer goes off, do a quick release and open the pot.
• Finish – Take the chicken out and shred it. Stir the sauce in the Instant Pot until all of the cream cheese is melted and the sauce is smooth. Add the cheddar cheese and bacon bits and stir until the cheese has melted. Add the shredded chicken and stir again until the mixture has thickened.

Different Ways to Serve It

My favorite way to serve it is on hamburger buns, but there are other ways you can switch it up:

• Spoon all of that cheesy goodness over white or brown rice. Add some lemon asparagus or other vegetables on the side.
• It’s also delicious with noodles! For an extra decadent treat, you can serve it with some garlic butter noodles or just combine it with some cooked plain pasta!
• You could also wrap it up in some large tortillas – this is a great way to enjoy the leftovers.

How Long Does it Keep?

This recipe serves eight so we usually have some leftover. I just keep the leftovers in an airtight container and they keep well in the refrigerator for two to three days, but it doesn’t usually last that long! I just pop it in the microwave to warm it up – it makes the best lunch the day after.

It doesn’t get any better than a 20-minute dinner, does it? I hope you love it as much as we do!

More Easy Dinner Recipes

I love easy dinners! Here are some more I love to make:

• 7-layer casserole is an old family favorite. It has layers of rice, corn, onion, bacon and more! If you want a comforting dinner you have to try it.
• I love sheet pan dinners and mini meatloaf with veggies is a complete meal that’s so easy to make.
• My beef and vegetable soup is a hearty slow cooker dinner that’s delicious with some breadsticks on the side!
• Bubble-up carbonara is a fun twist on a classic Italian dish!

Try it and love it? Rate it, please! Seriously though a five-star rating below will make my day! If you snap a photo, please be sure tag me on Instagram at @julieseatsandtreats or #julieseatsandtreats so I can see your yummy treat!!