The Cozy Cookbook is here! This Ranch Chicken recipe is an easy skillet meal with creamy sauce and zesty Ranch seasoning. Serve with a side of vegetables and spoon that delicious sauce over some warm baked potatoes!
Creamy Ranch Chicken
This meal is definitely one of my favorite easy meals. It actually came about because I was trying to put a different spin on my super popular creamy chicken stew recipe. And this skillet meal is the perfect way to do just that.
The chicken is perfectly seasoned and so flavorful, (with a little brush of melted butter for an extra crispy golden sear, I might add). And the sauce takes just minutes to make from there.
I have to insist that you serve up some baked potatoes with this meal. Spooning this sauce over some warm, fluffy baked potatoes is truly heavenly. Your family is definitely going to request this often!
Want to take it over the top!? Sprinkle some crispy bacon on top right before serving!
How to Make It
See recipe card below this post for ingredient quantities and full instructions.
Slice each chicken breast into 2-3 thinner slices, about 1/2 inch thick. Season with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Brush 1 side of each piece with melted butter and sear in olive oil for 4-5 minutes per side, until golden brown. Set aside.
Combine sauce ingredients over medium heat. Let it bubble gently for 5 minutes.
Add chicken back to the skillet and spoon sauce on top. Cover partially and simmer for 10 minutes. Serve with mashed or baked potatoes and vegetables.
Pro Tips
- For even more indulgence, top the chicken and/or the baked potatoes with cheese and allow it to melt prior to serving.
- Crispy crumbled bacon is especially good on top as well!
- Frozen vegetables can be mixed into the sauce as well. Add them when you add the other sauce ingredients and give them sufficient time to heat through, then add the chicken.
- Brushing the chicken with melted butter not only gives it more flavor, but enhances the golden brown crusty sear. I prefer to brush it right onto the chicken instead of letting it melt in the pan, this way it’s more likely to stay right on the chicken and not burn in the pan.
- If using smaller chicken breasts, consider using 3-4 instead of 2 large.
- Pork Chops: Try my Ranch Pork Chops to switch up the protein!
- This recipe is in The Cozy Cookbook on page 115!
Storage
- Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
- It does freeze well, you can freeze baked potatoes with it as well as a side of veggies for easy microwavable lunches or dinners.
Tools For This Recipe
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- This is the skillet I used in this recipe, (and in 90% of my recipes). It’s pricey, but it conducts heat really well and is oven safe. The size is perfect and the quality is great.
- Meat Tenderizer – Using this tool really does make the chicken more tender, you’ll barely have to chew it!
- Kitchen Tongs– makes it easy to handle the chicken when searing and even easier to flip individual mushroom slices as they cook.
- Ranch Seasoning– I like to buy mine in bulk for all of my Ranch Recipes.
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Creamy Ranch Chicken
Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 large boneless/skinless chicken breast
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Salt/Pepper
- 3 Tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil, can sub vegetable or canola oil
Sauce
- 10.5 oz. cream of chicken soup
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 cup sour cream, at room temp
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 oz. packet Ranch seasoning mix, about 3 Tablespoons
Instructions
Season/Sear the Chicken:
- Slice the chicken into 2-3 thinner slices. Pound with a meat tenderizer if needed, the chicken will plump up more when cooked. Aim for ½ inch thick slices.
- Sprinkle each side of the chicken with Italian seasoning and salt/pepper. Brush one side of each piece with melted butter, make sure the butter isn’t too hot.
- Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add 2-3 pieces of chicken, (buttered side down), leaving room around each. Sauté for 4-5 minutes per side, until a golden brown crust has developed. Remove and set aside. Repeat with the remaining chicken.
- Pro Tips: Make slight adjustments to the heat, (up or down), as needed during cooking. Add an additional splash of oil if needed throughout cooking. Try to leave the chicken undisturbed as it cooks to get a nice crusty sear. Don’t force it up from the pan, it will release when the crust has formed.
Make the Sauce
- Add the sauce ingredients to the same skillet over medium heat. Stir until combined. Let it bubble gently and reduce for 5 minutes. Add the chicken and spoon the sauce on top.
- Cover the skillet partially and let the chicken heat through and absorb the flavors from the sauce, about 10 minutes.
- Optional: Serve with baked potatoes and spoon the sauce over each potato (it is so good that way)!
Notes
- Crispy crumbled bacon is also great on top of this!
- Frozen vegetables can be mixed into the sauce as well. Add them when you add the other sauce ingredients and give them sufficient time to heat through, then add the chicken.
- If using smaller chicken breasts, consider using 3-4 instead of 2 large.
- Pork Chops: Try my Ranch Pork Chops to switch up the protein!
- This recipe is in The Cozy Cookbook on page 115!
Storage:
- Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
- It does freeze well, you can freeze baked potatoes with it as well as a side of veggies for easy microwavable lunches or dinners.
The nutritional information shared is an estimate and is per serving. There are 4 servings in this recipe.
Oh. My. Gosh. I have worlds pickiest eaters and they went back for seconds! And they asked me to make it again! So delicious!
That’s the ultimate compliment Sarah! I’m so happy they liked it so much. My picky daughter loves this one. Thanks so much for the great review!💖
OMG!! I was looking for something different to fix for dinner, instead of the same repeat meals, week after week. This meal is absolutely amazing and so delicious!! Easy to make as well. This is definitely going in my recipe box!!
WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER!
Wahooo! Nice work Tamara, winner winner chicken dinner! I love it. Thanks so much for the great comments and review!💕
You don’t mention if after adding chicken to the sauce of you just let it sit in sauce 10 mins or you keep stove on for 10 more mins and what temp?
Hi Danielle! After you add the chicken, you don’t change the temp or remove the skillet from the stove. (Otherwise that would be indicated.) It’s still over medium heat as indicated in the prior step 🙂 The only thing that’s different is to cover the skillet partially. ❤️
My kids were OBSESSED with the creamy ranch sauce! They spent most of the meal brainstorming other things to put the sauce on (gnocchi, pasta, veggies). It’s rare I find a recipe that both the 8 AND the 6yo will eat–thank you!
I’m so happy the kiddos loved it Jessica! It’s funny, we put the sauce on everything too. Always plenty of sides to go along with this one. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review!💖
I already knew when reading this recipe that was going to be very good. So I simmered broccoli in the sauce and added garlic. Going to do the porkchop ranch ones next. 5 more stars
Thanks so much Larry, I’m so happy it was a success! Can’t wait for you to try the Ranch Pork Chops!💖
I rarely comment on recipes, but this was just too good not to! This will definitely become a regular in our house! Thanks!!
Thanks so much Ashley, this makes me so happy! It’s one of the top recipes in my house💖
I made this dish tonight because I wanted to use the chicken breast that I had and was looking for a different recipe. Me and my family absolutely loved this dish. I had sautéed green beans and mashed potatoes with it. I put the creamy ranch sauce on the mashed potatoes and it was delicious. Even my picky eater youngest daughter loved it. I will definitely be cooking this recipe again soon!!
I’m so happy even the picky eater loved it Dana, nice work! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review!💖
Turned out great! I’ve made this before, but this time I didn’t have sour cream or cream cheese. 🥲 So I used what I had in my fridge lol I used 3/4 cup of Alfredo sauce and 1/4 of buttercream ranch dressing lol 😂 hey! It tasted great! The cream of chicken smelt like Alfredo sauce and then I was like, well it’s creamy ranch right? Lol just in case someone doesn’t have that on hand too 😅 added canned peas when I added the chicken back, served with a baked potato and fresh green beans. Perfect recipe, thank you! This will be a staple in our home now ❤️
I’m so happy you were able to improvise Brandy, nice work! Thanks for the great comments and review!💖
Hi! I want to make this in the croc pot! What would be the instructions for that? 🙂
Hi Shelby, this isn’t designed for the crock pot as it could curdle. The sauce would also be thinner due to the condensation.
What can I substitute the sour cream with? My husband and daughter loathe it.
You can try plain Greek yogurt 🙂
What can I substitute instead of the Ranch? I’m allergic to garlic.
Hi Doralicia! I have a lot of chicken recipes that I would recommend you take a look at instead. If you can’t have Ranch, I wouldn’t select this one.