Crack Chicken Casserole – creamy chicken casserole loaded with cheddar, bacon and ranch. Use a rotisserie chicken for easy prep! Chicken, cheddar, bacon, ranch seasoning, sour cream, cream of chicken soup. The whole family LOVED this easy chicken casserole. It is already on the menu again this week!
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You are going to want to add this Crack Chicken Casserole to your menu ASAP! A creamy chicken casserole that is loaded with cheddar, bacon and ranch. YUM! I made this for lunch last week and we both absolutely LOVED it! I’m wishing I had the leftovers right now. It was seriously delicious.
Use Rotisserie Chicken in Casseroles
To cut down on the prep time of this casserole, I used a rotisserie chicken for the cooked chicken. Rotisserie chicken is my go-to for cooked chicken in recipes. We always buy a couple of rotisserie chickens on our Costco trips and keep the meat in the freezer. It makes casseroles like this a breeze to make! I had this ready to bake before the oven had fully preheated.
Can I Freeze this Chicken Casserole?
Absolutely! I love to have easy casseroles in the freezer for a quick meal later and this casserole and it works great. I usually thaw the casserole in the refrigerator overnight and bake as directed below. If you are short on time, cover the casserole with foil and bake for about 20 minutes to thaw in the oven and then uncover and bake as directed. Just make sure the casserole is bubbly before removing it from the oven to serve.
What to Serve with Crack Chicken Casserole
As I said, we LOVED this Crack Chicken Casserole. We served it with some Roasted Green Beans and Mushrooms and a batch of 7Up Biscuits. OMG! Best meal ever!!! Thankfully we had enough for leftovers. It was all just as good reheated. Add this casserole to your menu. I promise it will be a hit!
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Crack Chicken Casserole
Ingredients:
- 4 cups cooked chopped chicken
- 1 (1-oz) package ranch dressing mix
- 1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup chopped cooked bacon
- 1½ cups sour cream
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1½ cups crushed Ritz crackers
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Combine chicken, Ranch seasoning, cheddar cheese, bacon, sour cream and cream of chicken soup. Spread into prepared pan.
- Combine crushed crackers and butter, sprinkle over chicken mixture.
- Bake uncovered 30 to 40 minutes.
Notes:
- If you are sensitive to Ranch seasoning mix, feel free to reduce the amount to your personal preference.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-ranch-dressing-mix/
- Using homemade ranch seasoning will significantly reduce the salt in this recipe.
- I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup in this dish to control the sodium.
- You can buy it by the case at Amazon: https://amzn.to/49n4uZE
- Need Gluten-free Cream of Chicken Soup? You can buy it here: https://amzn.to/3MtqQ1s
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
- Can substitute turkey bacon for regular bacon.
Steph
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My family loved this casserole! I took a reviewer’s suggestion and added cooked elbow macaroni to the casserole and it was a great addition! I also put a lot of broccoli in the casserole because we love casseroles that have broccoli in them! lol. A great base that you can make your own or make as stated! Thank you for taking the time to post your awesome recipes! My family and I really appreciate it! 😘
Do you have nutrition information per serving?
Here are two websites that you can use to estimate the nutritional information:
https://www.verywellfit.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4157076
https://whisk.com/recipe-nutrition-calculator
Thank you for the recipe. I used turkey bacon. I mixed garlic butter Ritz cracker, town house butter cracker and gold fish cheese crackers, it was very good.
My family enjoyed this recipe a lot. I left out the bacon bc I didn’t have any and it was still delicious! I did add 1 1/2 cups of cooked elbow macaroni To stretch it and used the Fiesta flavor of Ranch dressing. Thank you!