Crack Chicken Casserole With Rice
A crack chicken casserole with crispy bacon, tender cuts of chicken, loaded sharp cheese and a creamy ranch sauce with rice. Made to be super filling and easy for the entire family to love this dinner recipe.
Ingredients
- 16 ounces skinless chicken breast
- 4 ounce full fat cream cheese
- 1/2 cup milk or heavy cream
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoon ranch seasoning
- 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheese
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 cup white or brown uncooked rice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- First, chop up and cook bacon. Cut chicken into chunks and season with the salt and pepper measurements above.
- Preheat oven to 350°F, in a frying pan on high heat sear the chicken quickly. Brown a little just for color do not try to cook all the way through
- In a pot on medium heat add cream cheese and milk. Allow to heat enough to mix the cream cheese and milk together. Do no let it boil, just hot enough to blend together. When smooth and combined move to next step
- Add in ranch seasoning. Then, slowly pour in chicken stock a little at a time while whisking the sauce. Once combined, remove from heat and set to the side
- Rince rice in cold water to remove excess starch and drain well. In a casserole dish add rice and chicken. Pour cream sauce over rice and chicken and mix together.
- Top the dish off with shredded cheese and bacon. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and place in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
- At 45 minutes remove foil and turn the oven to 400°F for for 20 minutes. Once time is up remove from oven and dust with ranch seasoning. Allow to cool then serve.
Notes
Helpful Recipe Tips
- Do not cook rice before adding into oven. To add, be sure to rinse in cold water to remove excess starch. You can skip searing the chicken if you'd like. Bacon must be cooked prior. It's easy to cut bacon up before cooking than after. Or, you could cook bacon to super crispy then just crumble.
- How to make for keto. No rice for the keto diet option. Also skip using the chicken stock in the cream sauce as well. The stock is meant to soften the rice. If you use it the sauce will be runny when you pull it from the oven so skip that. Be sure to use heavy cream and not milk. I wouldn't recommend using cauliflower rice but I do suggest chunks of broccoli. It'll be very similar to my keto chicken bacon ranch casserole.
- How to store crack chicken casserole, you can freeze for later in a freezer storage container. Store in the refrigerator 4-5 days only but you can freeze for a few months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 280.6kcal | Carbohydrates: 19.9g | Protein: 22.2g | Fat: 11.5g | Saturated Fat: 5.7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 69.2mg | Sodium: 440.3mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 1.4g
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
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