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September 14, 2016 By Aunt Lou 14 Comments

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This Crock Pot Garlic Ranch Chicken is a super simple, 4-ingredient recipe that had my entire family asking for more! It is the perfect no-fuss recipe!

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I found the original recipe that I based this Crock Pot Garlic Ranch Chicken off of in Gooseberry Patch’s What’s For Dinner. It was originally a marinade/grill recipe, but when I saw it, I knew I had to give it a try in my crock pot. The results were awe-some!

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Ingredients for Crock Pot Garlic Ranch Chicken

1 cup ranch dressing
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fresh basil, minced
3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Optional: additional minced fresh basil for sprinkling on top at time of serving

How to Make Garlic Ranch Chicken in a Crock Pot

Mix together your ranch dressing, minced garlic and minced fresh basil
Place your chicken in your crock pot
Pour your sauce over your chicken
Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or high for 2-3
Serve with the sauce spooned over the chicken and a sprinkling of fresh basil, if desired

Crock Pot Garlic Ranch Chicken Notes:

If you don’t want to mince your garlic, you can chop it, but you will want to bump it up to 1.5 tablespoons instead of 1 tablespoon of minced garlic.
I used myHamilton Beach Multi-Quart Slow Cookerfor this yummy Crock Pot Garlic Ranch Chicken on the 2 qt setting. I liked that I was able to place the chicken across the bottom of the slow cooker in one layer so it was all nicely covered in the sauce. If you don’t have a multi-quart slow cooker, use a 2-4 quart slow cooker. If I were to use a “normal’ one, I would put the first layer of chicken down, pour a little sauce over and then the next layer with the remaining sauce just to make sure everything had some of the yummy sauce.
As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and shouldalways be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.

Printable Recipe for Crock Pot Garlic Ranch Chicken

Only 4 ingredients and so delicious!

4.67 from 12 votes

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Cuisine: Main

Ingredients

1 cup ranch dressing
1 tablespoon garlic minced
1 tablespoon fresh basil minced
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Optional: additional minced fresh basil for sprinkling on top at time of serving

Instructions

Mix together your ranch dressing, minced garlic and minced fresh basil
Place your chicken in your crock pot
Pour your sauce over your chicken
Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or high for 2-3
Serve with the sauce spooned over the chicken and a sprinkling of fresh basil, if desired

Notes

If you don't want to mince your garlic, you can chop it, but you will want to bump it up to 1.5 tablespoons instead of 1 tablespoon of minced garlic.
I used myHamilton Beach Multi-Quart Slow Cookerfor this yummy Crock Pot Garlic Ranch Chicken on the 2 qt setting. I liked that I was able to place the chicken across the bottom of the slow cooker in one layer so it was all nicely covered in the sauce. If you don't have a multi-quart slow cooker, use a 2-4 quart slow cooker. If I were to use a "normal' one, I would put the first layer of chicken down, pour a little sauce over and then the next layer with the remaining sauce just to make sure everything had some of the yummy sauce.
As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and shouldalways be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.

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Garland (Papa) Dennis says
May 12, 2017 at 9:55 pm

Ok, here goes!
I’m new (66 years Young) at this cooking thing and am looking for tasty and EASY.
So, far I haven’t poisoned my wife or my son LOL
Will follow up with results tomorrow evening.
Papa
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- Aunt Lou says
  May 15, 2017 at 10:10 am
  
  Hi Papa!
  Ha! We have a ton of quick and easy recipes for you to try! (link below) I hope you enjoyed this as much as we do!
  https://www.recipesthatcrock.com/category/quick-recipes/
  Aunt Lou
Jen says
April 18, 2017 at 12:05 pm

I made this recently, my husband and I both LOVED it! I served it with mashed potatoes and a salad. Not only super easy, but super yummy as well.
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- Aunt Lou says
  April 18, 2017 at 12:08 pm
  
  Hi Jen!
  I’m so glad to hear that you loved it! It always makes me smile when a reader lets me know that they enjoyed a recipe!
  Aunt Lou
Josie says
March 19, 2017 at 11:33 pm

I have 2 questions. Is the ranch from the bottle? And what is best to serve this w? Pasta or rice??? Thanks.
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- Aunt Lou says
  March 22, 2017 at 12:00 pm
  
  Hi Josie!
  Ranch dressing from a bottle. We really liked it with pasta. Enjoy!
  Aunt Lou
Barbara says
March 11, 2017 at 11:02 am

Love garlic and ranch!!! this sounds so good. What about using Cassie? Would that work or does it need a deeper crock to work?
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- Aunt Lou says
  March 14, 2017 at 9:54 am
  
  Hi Barbara!
  I haven’t tried using Cassie for this recipe yet, but think she would work for it too. If you give it a try in her, let me know how it goes! Enjoy!
  Aunt Lou
Cris says
September 20, 2016 at 10:53 am

Rick-
So sorry your family did not enjoy this recipe. We always hate to hear that. But with over 500 recipes on the site, it is bound to happen because not everyone enjoys the same things. We have tested this recipe and it was enjoyed by our family so on this one we are just going to have to agree to disagree. I do hope you can find other yummy things on the site that your family can enjoy.
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Rick says
September 19, 2016 at 11:36 pm

This Crockpot Garlic Ranch Chicken is the first and only recipe I have ever tried on this web site I or my family didn’t like. It was easy, no dispute there, but it was awful. Only thing to help this recipe is to delete it in my opinion.
It warrants no stars from me.
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- Aunt Lou says
  September 20, 2016 at 1:02 pm
  
  Hi Rick –
  One of the things I love about sharing recipes the most is hearing when someone really enjoys the recipe. I hate it when a recipe my family loves is not liked by others. I’m so sorry that was the case for you on this one. Michael, Ryder, Iyla and I loved it…there were barely any leftovers. I hope you continue to find other recipes (can you believe we have over 500 on the site now?!) that your family thoroughly enjoys!
  Aunt Lou
Millie says
September 15, 2016 at 11:18 am

Can you freeze leftovers of this chicken
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- Nancy says
  August 5, 2021 at 12:42 pm
  
  Hi there,
  Am going to try the basics of this recipe today.
  Do not have dill, so am planning on using ranch, garlic, tarragon, and lemon pepper instead.
  Enjoy your site very much.
  We have experienced many good meals because of your work.
  Thank you
- Aunt Lou says
  August 6, 2021 at 12:34 pm
  
  Thank you so much for your kind words, Nancy! I hope you enjoyed this greatly!

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