Pressure Cooker Ninja Foodi crack chicken turns out amazing with bacon! If you’ve never made this cream cheese chicken with thighs or boneless breasts it is a great keto dinner for tonight.
Holy moly did our Ninja Foodi crack chicken turn out fantastic tonight! Okay, it always turns out great but I just now had time to take pictures so I could share this easy Ninja Foodi recipe with all of you. It’s keto friendly so everyone can enjoy it too. 😉
Ninja Foodi Cream Cheese Chicken
We have a lot of Instant Pot recipes which work in the Foodi as well. Of course that pot only has the pressure cooker function but that is all you need for this. No air crisp is required as you want to create creamy shredded chicken with cream cheese on a bun goodness.
First we made this Instant Pot crack chicken casserole and just couldn’t stop there because it was just so good and people raved about it.
If you too are obsessed with your pressure cooker and air fryer machine, here are a few resource to start with:
- You can bookmark our Ninja air fryer recipes page, we add to that weekly.
- Here’s an air fryer cooking times chart here for your fridge.
- Be sure to save this link to Instant Pot recipes for beginners too. You can use any of those in your pot too.
- Grab a set of wooden utensils to work with. They are great so your pot doesn’t get scratched!
- Then join our Facebook group where you can share and find more ideas you’ll love. Thousands of others share easy recipe ideas.
Here’s how easy this pressure cooker crack chicken is to make. You can use any brand you have really. It really is a creamy chicken and cream cheese dish that can be made as a dip or put on buns for sandwiches. One of our favorite Ninja Foodi chicken recipes that’s pure comfort food!
Shredded Chicken in Ninja Foodi
You just cook the chicken with the broth, cream cheese and bacon that is precooked. You can also add the bacon at the end, your choice. We haven’t used frozen chicken in the pressure cooker but if was in smaller chunks it would probably work fine too.
- Add the chicken tenders or sliced boneless, skinless breasts.
- 12 minutes was perfect with our chicken tenders. I would set to 15 minutes for halved thicker breasts.
- Quick release when done.
- Then shred or I have removed the chicken to shred before. Either way works fine.
Pressure cooker shredded chicken in general is very versatile. You can serve it as:
- Sliders inside simple rolls
- On top of Ninja Foodi rice
- Inside small tortillas
- On an open faced bagel
Scoop some of this goodness inside of half of a bell pepper or avocado!
Of course bacon is optional but with this crack chicken recipe you really should go all out and do NOT count the calories friends!
Ingredients for Ninja Foodi crack chicken
- Chicken
- halved chicken breasts
- or chicken tenders already skinless and boneless
- Cream cheese
- Onion
- Ranch seasonings mix
- this is how you make your own
- Chicken broth
- Chives or green onions are optional
- Cheese
Use either freshly cooked and diced bacon or you can buy a bag of real bacon bits and use that if you want to skip a step in the process. With this machine though you can air fry bacon first and then just move on from there.
You can use a bit of cornstarch if you want to thicken it up a bit at the end but I have never thought that that was necessary myself. This is what it looks like with the recipe below and allowing it to sit and cool down for about 10 minutes.
Tip: It will thicken up quite a bit if you let it cool off just a bit. Also, the more chicken you add the thicker the overall mixture will be.
Ninja foodi crack chicken thighs
You can use 1-2 pounds of meat for this. I use what I have on hand really. Chicken thighs are quite wonderful too if you’d prefer dark meat instead. Typically they are cheaper as well, and smaller so typically will take a bit less time to shred easily with 2 forks.
Serve it on mini buns for a fun dinner idea or appetizer when friends come over. Let us know if you serve it another fun way we might want to try out.
- Use the same ranch mix to make pressure cooker crack chicken dip as an appetizer or Instant Pot chicken crack soup.
- If you only have a slow cooker you can make our crockpot crack chicken. They come out similar for sure it is just that one takes most of the day to get fork tender and this one is finished in literally no time at all.
Ninja Foodi Crack Chicken
Equipment
- 1 ninja foodi using pressure cooker function
Ingredients
- 1.5-2 lbs chicken breasts, boneless skinless breasts cut in half, or chicken tenders already cut
- 1 block cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 c chicken broth
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 packet ranch dressing mix
- 4 slices bacon, cooked, broken into bits
- 2 tsp cornstarch, optional
- 2 c cheese, we use Mexican blend, cheddar is great too
Instructions
- If you want to cook your bacon vs. using already precooked bacon bits then set your pot to saute and add fresh diced bacon with 1 tbsp olive oil and your diced onions. Cook until bacon is cooked but not super crispy. This method will make bacon soft in overall mixture vs. adding it at the end.
- Turn pot off if you previously cooked your bacon. Add chicken evenly across bottom of pot. Then cut chunks of room temp. cream cheese into smaller chunks and add on top of chicken. Add onions if you haven't already, followed by sprinkling in your packet of dry ranch dressing mix over the top. Pour your chicken broth on top of everything evenly.
- Close your pressure cooker lid and steam valve, set to 15 minutes for halved chicken breasts, or 12 minutes if you're using thinner chicken tenders.
- Do a quick release when done. Take some of the hot broth out of the pot and add it to your bowl with cornstarch in it. Whisk that together so it is smooth. (if you want it thicker)
- Shred your chicken with 2 forks inside the pot and stir contents so cream cheese becomes smooth and chicken is coated with mixture.
- If you want your mix to be thicker turn Foodi to saute and once it bubbles add your smooth cornstarch mix, stir so it thickens.
- Then turn pot off and stir in cooked bacon and shredded cheese so it melts. Top with green onions or chives.
- Serve on slider or hamburger buns!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This is my sons’ and friends’ most requested meal. We serve it over egg noodles or rice. I am now getting ready to make it for 7 college boys and am wondering if I need to extend the cooking time if I double the recipe??? I’m using about 3 pounds of chicken.
I wouldn’t think you would need a lot more time, maybe an extra hour? Can just check with a fork. If it shreds easily then stop the timing and you’ll be set but not doubled. Use medium boneless skinless for best results.
This my first ninja foodi recipe, and it did not disappoint!! Soooo yummy! I’m not a fan of bacon or onions, so I left those out. I also substituted sharp cheddar cheese because that’s what I had on hand. Delicious! Once the cheese was added, it came to the perfect consistency, and I didn’t even have to add cornstarch. I will be making this again and again! So easy!! Thank you!!
Oh yay
Can I leave the chicken breasts whole and not shred them?
If you wanted to
😬 I didn’t take out the bacon before I started to pressure cook it. I hope it doesn’t ruin it. 😭
EXCITED TO TRY NEW THINGS IN MY NINJA FOODIE!
THANK YOU.
Yay!
Oh my GOODness! I cut the chicken into strips. Did not shred. Put chicken cheese mix over basmati rice and it was amazing! 😋
Yay!
This sounds delish! Do you have to defrost the chicken prior too or can you make with frozen chicken?
Thanks in advance 🙂
Should be fine with frozen, I prefer defrosted
I make this all the time in my regular crock pot & I’m so thankful for this being a Ninja Foodie recipe!!!
So glad you found “me” and it!
This sounds amazing. A word of caution, I wouldn’t shred the chicken with two forks in the pot. If you scratch the coating it will start to break down and that’s not covered by warranty.
This was the perfect comfort food! Love the flavors it adds to the chicken
yay!!
I made this for lunch while I had ALL my family staying here for Christmas and it was a huge hit. Totally will make it again.