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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!
Be sure to try my Bacon Ranch Chicken for a twist on this recipe with bacon and cheese!
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
- Important! Be sure to get Ranch seasoning mix for this recipe, not Ranch dip mix, they do taste differently and have different uses.
- If you’re not a ranch lover– don’t worry. Ranch seasoning adds a lot of zesty, savory flavor to this sauce, but it doesn’t make it taste like bottled ranch dressing.
- 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.
- Adding Bacon and Cheese: Try my Bacon Ranch Chicken for a fun twist on this recipe!
- 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 Herb Chicken
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Creamy Ranch Chicken
Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 large boneless/skinless chicken breast
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Salt/Pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1-2 tablespoons olive 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
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.
- Pat the chicken completely dry and sprinkle each side 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. Sear the chicken in batches for 4-5 minutes per side, until a golden brown crust has developed. Remove and set aside.
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
- Important! Be sure to get Ranch seasoning mix for this recipe, not Ranch dip mix, they do taste differently and have different uses.
- If you're not a ranch lover- don't worry. Ranch seasoning adds a lot of zesty, savory flavor to this sauce, but it doesn't make it taste like bottled ranch dressing.
- 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.
- Adding Bacon and Cheese: Try my Bacon Ranch Chicken for a fun twist on this recipe!
- 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.
Nutrition
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Use dry italian seasoning that makes dressing or just italian seasoning in spice section?
Hi Cindy! It’s the Italian seasoning in the spice section, not Italian seasoning mix 🙂 Enjoy!!
This is amazing!!! I have also made it with 4 boneless pork chops and just let it simmer on low heat to ensure that they are fork tender. I do this with the chicken breasts too!!! I’m actually making it again tonight with the chicken!!! I can’t wait for dinner!!!
Thank you so very much for this delicious recipe!!! Stephanie
I’m soo happy that you love it Stephanie! I have a version of this recipe with Pork Chops too, I just LOVE it! I’m a little jelly that you’re making this tonight, it’s one of my favorites! I might have to do the same 🙂 Thank you so much for the review! -Stephanie
Easy, super flavorful! We added spinach to sauce so we’d get a veggie in….loved it! You WILL want to lick up the sauce! Thank you!
You’re very welcome Linda! I’m so happy you all enjoyed it with some spinach, nice work! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review ❤️
4.75 This was a hit. I used only a few tablespoons of the ranch seasoning and added more garlic and Italian seasoning that is all it needed trust me. I also used heavy cream a cup full and the other half regular milk. I made mashed potatoes and used the rest of the heavy cream and sour cream and mashed the potatoes 🥔 oh my gosh everything was wonderful! The next day I made pasta and poured leftover chicken and sauce on top and another hit was born lol. I’d say this tastes like Alfredo with a trist and it is
A good one.
Happy to hear you enjoyed it Rebecca!
Love your recipes want the book. I’m lactose intolerant so some times I change the recipes a little but it’s always WONDERFUL!! Thanks sooo very much!!!
You’re very welcome Susan! I’m so happy you’re enjoying the recipes and making tweaks, nice work! Thanks so much for the review!❤️
How bad will it turn out if you use the Ranch mix and not the seasoning. The “seasoning” is hard to come by in Canada 😫
Hi Kayla, I personally don’t enjoy this with the Ranch Dip Mix, unfortunately. That’s not to say that you won’t, but it definitely makes it taste more like a dip and less like a sauce.
There are many “Ranch seasoning mix” recipes on-line that you could substitute for the purchased seasoning mix. Perhaps one of those would work for you in Canada.
Thank you Mary! I usually make that suggestion and didn’t think of it this time! 🙂
Quick, easy, tasty! Loved how fast I was able to make it. Great for date night👍👍
I’m so happy to hear you liked it Hannah! I love how quickly it comes together. My daughter always asks for it. Thanks so much for the review!😃
Looks good. Going to try this
Thanks Stu, I can’t wait for you to try it! My family loves this one!😀
Deeeeeicious! I wondered how ranch-y it would be. The sauce was very flavorful, perfectly balanced, and just the right consistency. We loved it! This is one I will surely make again.
I’m so happy it was a success Eileen! Thanks so much for the great review!🩷