This recipe is easy and soo yummy. Put all the ingredients by lunch time and its ready for dinner.
Ingredients
- 6-8 boneless skinless chicken thighs (
- 1 packet or low carb/sugar ranch seasoning mix or ranch dressing (I used 362 Grill House Bacon ranch dressing)
- 1 onion diced
- 1/2 a red capsicum diced
- 500 gms cream cheese
- 6-8 slices bacon (sliced, cooked and drained)
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions
- 1 cup of baby spinach
Pull out your slow cooker and lightly spray the bottom with non stick spray - I use the light olive oil one or an avocado one.
Place the whole thighs at the bottom of the slow cooker in one layer. Sprinkle the ranch seasoning if using or lightly pour over the dressing. sprinkle over the onion and capsicum. Dollop on the cream cheese. Dont mix it in just put it on top. Put the cooker on high for 4 hours if thats all the time you have or 6 hours on low if you have it. Leave it to do its thing.
At the 2 hour mark for high and 4 hour mark for low just open and check it. The chicken should have produced the liquid needed, if worried that its too dry put in a cup of hot chicken stock and close it up and leave. At the 4 or 6 hour mark you should have a yummy liquid with the cream cheese still melting on top. The chicken should b e meltingly cooked.
At that point you can shred the chicken in the cooker if you like that texture. My husband doesnt so I pull the chicken out and cut it up into 1 inch wide slices. Meantime I cook the bacon in a big pan. If you want to finish in the slow cooker add the bacon, green onions, spinach into it and give everything a good stir. Put the lid on put the cooker on warm and let the chicken melt. Season and enjoy
My other way of doing it is to add the chicken strips into the big pan with the bacon and let it sizzle a little. Then add the remaining sauce and ingredients into the pan and stir. I do this if Im thinking the sauce wont thicken in the slow cooker enough. I then add a little arrowroot in water (corn flour is ok if not keto fussy like me) and thicken. I sometimes when I want a bake type meal with a salad will put some more cheese on top and pop under the grill. Its lovely with a crunchy salad. Otherwise its fine without the baking. I season and enjoy. If not on keto it makes a ridiculous chowder with some crusty bread.
Enjoy
