Crock Pot Asiago Ranch Chicken is an easy and delicious weeknight meal!
Making my crock pot work for me is a necessity in the business of life. Being a mom of 3 with crazy busy schedules filled with activities that most of my friends cringe at when just listening to, demands that I use my crock pot a few times a week. It makes life interesting to say the least. If I plan ahead a healthy weeknight meal is always available. The key is planning ahead.
Simple ingredients on hand like boneless chicken breast, broth and cheese makes this an easy recipe to whip up.
If you need this to be ready after a long day at work, just cook on low for 6 hours and 3o minutes then keep warm until you get home.
It's creamy and comforting without all the carbs. You could of course serve this over pasta if you desire.
My family enjoyed it topped with bacon as a sandwich. The buns you see below are Against the Grain rolls and made from mozzarella cheese in fact. They aren't low carb so I skipped the bun and just enjoyed this chicken with a side salad topped with bacon of course!
My only suggestion is to make sure to pound the breasts thinner than you see in my picture above. I could not find my meat tenderizer tool and tried to pound the chicken with plastic wrap between the pieces and a wooden spoon, didn't work that great. So moral of the story, proper tools in the kitchen make a difference lol!
Crock Pot Asiago Ranch Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic power
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
- 1 tablespoon fresh minced dill
- 1 tablespoon fresh minced parsley
- ½ cup dry white wine
- ½ cup chicken broth low sodium
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ½ cup grated Asiago cheese plus ¼ cup
- 2 Tbsp. arrowroot powder
Instructions
- Slice the chicken lengthwise and pound thin. Set aside.
- Whisk the dry seasonings together and sprinkle on both sides of the chicken.
- Combine the wine, broth, garlic, cream cheese and ½ cup of Asiago cheese in a bowl and stir to combine well.
- Pour half this mixture into the bottom of the crock pot. Reserve the rest and keep in the fridge.
- Add the chicken breasts to the crock pot.
- Cover and cook on high 3 hours.
- Whisk in arrowroot powder into reserved sauce then pour over the chicken and sprinkle with remaining Asiago cheese.
- Cook an additional 30 minutes.
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
RJS
Couldn't find arrow root powder but found tapioca flour is this a lot different?
Brenda
they are very similar in taste and texture so subbing it to should be fine.
McDonna
I used to make this quite a bit a year ago when I first discovered the recipe. Face Book reminded me of it when it brought up the picture I posted a year ago! Now I have an Instant Pot and am going to attempt to prepare this recipe using frozen chicken breasts. Should turn out great - and if so, what a great way to have dinner on the table when the starting point includes *frozen* chicken breasts!
McDonna
UPDATE:
The chicken was frozen (2.25 lbs) when it was put in the Instant Pot. Using the recipe on this page, all the dry ingredients - without the arrowroot - plus the fresh garlic were whisked in a bowl. Half the seasoning ingredients were put in the IP with the chicken broth. The poultry setting on the IP was used and the timer set for 30 minutes.
The cream cheese, arrowroot, chicken broth (instead of the wine) etc., were put in the food processor, then stirred into the chicken after the 30 minutes. The IP was set for another 15 minutes. When completed, the chicken was removed and shredded, then added to a sheet cake dish and topped with a little more grated cheese. It was put under the broiler until the cheese browned.
Ready to serve - from frozen to serving time - in 45 minutes!
Next time I would put the chicken in for 20 minutes, then add the cheese mixture and cook for another 10. This would be a total of *30* minutes in the IP, which would have been plenty of time before browning under the broiler.
Also, I didn't have Asiago cheese so I used shredded parmesan (not the grated stuff in the green canister) for the recipe. It.was.fabulous.
Highly recommend!!! Great recipe PLUS accelerated cooking time in the Instant Pot EQUALS dinner served in less than an hour - starting with frozen chicken.
Brenda
Thanks for detailing your instant pot directions!
Susan
This sandwich is calling out to me! I never utilize my crockpot but if it means a dinner like this it could change my mind.
Kim Beaulieu
Over pasta, on a sandwich, or spooning it right into my piehole, this is happening. Soon.
Martha @ A Family Feast
I adore asiago cheese any way I can get it! Love this recipe!
Bea
Looks like a fantastic easy dish - your post reminds me that I actually need to get a meat mallet as my meat is never thin enough.
Angie | Big Bear's Wife
The sandwich made with this chicken looks great but YES, I would totally serve this over pasta!