Pressure Cooker Ninja Foodi crack chicken turns out amazing with bacon! If you’ve never made this cream cheese chicken keto dinner, you’re in for a real treat 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. 😉
We have a lot of Instant Pot recipes which work in the Foodi as well.
First we made this 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 Ninja Foodi pressure cooker 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 a printable air fryer cook times chart here for your fridge.
- Be sure to save this link to the best pressure cooker recipes too.
- Grab a Foodi cookbook here, we love this one.
- Then join our Ninja Facebook group where you can share and find more ideas you’ll love. We have an air fryer page that shares daily ideas too.
If you need to know how to cook frozen meat in a pressure cooker, we have information on that. NO, you aren’t the only forgetful one. 😉
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!
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 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.
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 needed for Ninja Foodi crack chicken:
- Chicken
- halved chicken breasts
- or chicken tenders already skinless and boneless
- Cream cheese
- Onion
- Bacon
- Ranch seasonings mix
- this is how you make your own
- Chicken broth
- Chives or green onions are optional
- Cheese
You can use a bit of cornstarch if you want to thicken it up a bit at the end.
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.
- 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 using those.
- Make pressure cooker crack chicken dip as an appetizer.
This recipe works well for Instant Pot crack chicken too if that is the type of pressure cooking pot you own. Just 20 minutes and done kinda’ meal we love!
If you only have a slow cooker you can make our crockpot crack chicken.
After you fall in love with this, then make our air fryer stuffed chicken breasts!
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Ninja Foodi Crack Chicken
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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Kate says
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!!
Carole Means says
Can I leave the chicken breasts whole and not shred them?
The Typical Mom says
If you wanted to
Dina says
😬 I didn’t take out the bacon before I started to pressure cook it. I hope it doesn’t ruin it. 😭
SONJA RICHCREEK says
EXCITED TO TRY NEW THINGS IN MY NINJA FOODIE!
THANK YOU.
The Typical Mom says
Yay!
Ashley Ruppert says
Oh my GOODness! I cut the chicken into strips. Did not shred. Put chicken cheese mix over basmati rice and it was amazing! 😋
The Typical Mom says
Yay!
Kristy says
This sounds delish! Do you have to defrost the chicken prior too or can you make with frozen chicken?
Thanks in advance 🙂
The Typical Mom says
Should be fine with frozen, I prefer defrosted
Juanita McKean says
I make this all the time in my regular crock pot & I’m so thankful for this being a Ninja Foodie recipe!!!
The Typical Mom says
So glad you found “me” and it!
Gilly says
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.
Noelle says
This was the perfect comfort food! Love the flavors it adds to the chicken
The Typical Mom says
yay!!
Jessica says
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.