{"id":24992,"date":"2018-11-26T21:51:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T02:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=24992"},"modified":"2025-11-04T22:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:37:17","slug":"healthier-slow-cooker-crack-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/healthier-slow-cooker-crack-chicken","title":{"rendered":"Slow Cooker Crack Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Slow Cooker Crack Chicken - the ultimate family-friendly creamy chicken recipe topped with the yummy smokey flavour of bacon. Oh my!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ever browse recipes on Pinterest and constantly be drawn in by something that looks amazingly delicious? only to then be disappointed by the highly calorific ingredients that would bust your allowance for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Crack chicken is a popular dish this side of the Atlantic, in the US and Canada and I regularly see it being made on the Instant Pot community on facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So after finally being able to source some lean back bacon (something which is hard to find where I live in Canada), I set myself the task of creating my own healthier version of Slow Cooker Crack Chicken and oh my gosh is this good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Traditionally this is often served in a bread type bun or roll, very much like a sloppy joe, except of course it's not tangy tomatoey ground beef, but instead is a creamy calorific shredded chicken in a creamy ranch kind of sauce. Yum!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like to make my own blend of seasonings  for that ranch flavour. Traditionally ranch dressing or seasoning comes with buttermilk, but as I was using low-fat cream cheese, I figured I would skip that out of my homemade seasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Usually, we can count cream cheese as a healthy extra, but with the changes coming to the programme in January, cream cheese of any kind will no longer be a healthy extra A choice, so for this recipe. I use low fat Philadelphia, in the UK if you use the Philadelphia lightest, so a little less than the one I use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, the calculations on this recipe, are going by the ingredients I use, so adjust and calculator for the ingredients you use if you are using a variation on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also use store brand cream cheese, it doesn't need to be only Philadelphia, just make sure you do not, however, use quark, as it won't work in this recipe, will split the sauce and will not yield the same taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it comes to how to serve this Slow Cooker Crack Chicken, you can still serve it in a bread roll if that's what you fancy, by using a 60g Wholemeal Roll which is a healthy extra B choice. Other than that, this will pair really well with so many different sides from rice, potatoes (mashed, roasted, steamed) or even chips or pasta - yum!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chicken is super tender from being cooked slowly on a low heat. Which is often hard to accomplish with Chicken Breast. I just recommend not leaving on the keep warm setting for a long period of time once it has completed cooking if you can, as the long it sits it will start to dry out the meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slow cookers or crock pots are such a great kitchen item to have, especially if you live a busy lifestyle.  One like this Morphy Richards Sear and Stew Digital Slow Cooker<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>is a great option because it means the inner dish is safe to use on the hob if you need to brown anything before setting it to slow cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But if you own an Instant Pot<\/a><\/strong><\/span> you can also use the slow cooker function to cook this Slow Cooker Crack Chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wondering what an Instant Pot is - It is basically a 7in1 cooker, and it slow cooks, pressure cooks, saute's, has settings for soup, chilli, rice, porridge and even makes yoghurt (I haven't tried that yet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking for some other Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes? Check out these:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n