Description
Discover Crack Chicken Soup—a creamy, cheesy slow cooker recipe with bacon, ranch, and tender chicken. Perfect comfort food for every occasion
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 slices bacon diced
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 2 ribs celery chopped
- 2 large carrots peeled and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1-ounce packet of dry ranch seasoning
- 2 cups cooked diced chicken
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened and cut into small cubes
- 1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- ⅔ cup sour cream at room temperature
- 3 cups baby spinach
- salt to taste
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the diced bacon over medium-low heat in a large Dutch oven until brown and crispy. Remove the cooked bacon and put it on paper towels using a slotted spoon or spider strainer. Remove all but 1-1½ tablespoons of bacon fat from the pot.
- Add the onions, celery, and carrots to the hot bacon fat over medium heat and cook until the onions and celery are soft. Remove any excess grease. Reduce the heat to low and add the garlic. Cook for a minute while stirring.Stir in the chicken broth and ranch seasoning packed. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Cook until the carrots are tender. Then, stir in the cooked chicken.
- Reduce the heat as low as possible. Stir several ladles full of the hot broth into the cream cheese and stir until smooth. Stir the blended cream cheese mixture into the soup. Add the shredded cheese in several increments. stirring to combine.
- Add several tablespoons of the hot soup mixture to the sour cream and stir to combine and warm. Stir the warmed sour cream into the soup and stir to combine.
- Stir in the baby spinach and cooked bacon. Cook over low heat until the spinach is wilted. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
- You don’t have to add the bacon to the soup but it adds a lot of flavor.
- Remember to temper the cream cheese and sour cream. It is an important step to make sure it does not curdle in the hot soup.
- If you desire, sprinkle with a bit of parmesan cheese and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: soup
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8 servings
- Calories: 365kcal
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 628mg
- Fat: 27g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 21g
- Cholesterol: 111mg
Keywords: Chicken crack soup, creamy chicken soup, slow cooker chicken soup, ranch chicken soup