Crack Chicken Casserole

You won’t believe how addictive this CRACK CHICKEN CASSEROLE is! We tossed spaghetti noodles in a creamy ranch cheese sauce, shredded chicken, bacon, and green onions for a total flavor bomb!

Not to be overly dramatic, but this recipe gets it’s title because the combo of ingredients (cream cheese, ranch, bacon, and chicken) are absolutely addicting!

Once you’ve had crack chicken, you’ll be hooked and you won’t be able to stop!

We love to get creative with spaghetti recipes – hello, one pot spaghetti, taco spaghetti casserole, and cheesy baked spaghetti. We love you.

This time we’ve really outdone ourselves though.

We took all of the main ingredients for crack chicken, like cream cheese, ranch, and bacon, and then added in pasta and Velveeta to make a rich, creamy sauce that coats the spaghetti and absolutely insists you come back for seconds.

Get ready to be hooked!

Ingredient Notes:

Spaghetti – Any brand of spaghetti noodles will do for this recipe! If you don’t have spaghetti noodles, other shapes of pasta would work too. It’s hard to mess up a cheesy chicken pasta casserole.

Cheese Sauce – This crack chicken spaghetti is loaded with a creamy cheese sauce made from Velveeta, cream cheese, milk, and ranch seasoning! Oh, and this casserole gets topped off with some shredded cheddar (or whatever type of cheese you like!).

Chicken – You’ll need some pre-cooked shredded chicken for this recipe. I always have some on hand because it freezes and stores so well and is easy to use in lots of great recipes like this crack chicken casserole! A rotisserie chicken from the store works great for this too.

Bacon – Some pre-cooked, crumbled bacon will add even more flavor to this spaghetti casserole.

How to Make Crack Chicken Spaghetti:

Spaghetti: To start this crack chicken casserole recipe you’ll need to boil some spaghetti noodles. Cook the noodles for one minute less than the package directions state, and while they are boiling you can move on to making the cheese sauce in the next step.

Cheese Sauce: This cheesy sauce is what will hold everything together in this chicken spaghetti recipe, and it’s also what makes it so addictive!

Heat up a sauce pan and add in the cream cheese, Velveeta, and milk. Keep stirring it constantly while the cheese melts until you have a smooth, creamy cheese sauce! Finally, stir in the ranch seasoning until it is fully mixed.

Mix: Drain the water from the pasta and remove it to a mixing bowl along with the chicken, bacon, and green onions.. Pour the cheese sauce over the top and mix everything together.

Bake: Once you’ve finished combining everything go ahead and add the cheesy chicken and spaghetti mixture to a prepared baking dish. Spread the mixture out evenly and then top it all with a generous amount of shredded cheddar cheese.

Bake for 20 minutes and serve it while the cheese is hot and melty. I like to top this baked spaghetti dish with even more bacon and green onion!

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Recipe

Crack Chicken Casserole

Crack chicken is a rich, decadent mixture of cream cheese, bacon, ranch, and chicken. We turned it into a casserole by tossing it with spaghetti noodles and adding in loads of cheese!

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Prep10 minutes minutes

Cook30 minutes minutes

Total40 minutes minutes

Serves 8

Ingredients

• ▢ 16 ounces spaghetti
• ▢ 12 ounces Velveeta
• ▢ 8 ounces cream cheese
• ▢ 1 ¼ cups milk
• ▢ 3 tablespoons dry ranch seasoning
• ▢ 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
• ▢ 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
• ▢ ¼ cup diced green onions
• ▢ 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese

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Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook spaghetti for one minute less than the package directions state. Drain water from the spaghetti.
• While the spaghetti is cooking, heat a medium saucepan over low heat. Add the cream cheese, Velveeta, and milk and cook, stirring constantly, until the cheese has melted and the sauce is smooth and creamy.
• Stir the ranch seasoning into the cheese sauce.
• Pour the cheese sauce over the spaghetti. Add the chicken, bacon, and green onions and stir well to coat.
• Pour the spaghetti into the prepared baking dish and top with the cheddar cheese.
• Cover dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle with additional green onions and bacon before serving, if desired.

Tips & Notes:

Be sure to use the packet of ranch seasoning and not the ranch dip mix or your final dish will be a lot saltier. The seasoning packet has much less sodium than the dip packet. 

You can skip baking this dish if you’re in a hurry. Just toss the ingredients together, leaving out the cheddar cheese topping, and eat immediately. 

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 657kcal (33%)| Carbohydrates: 54g (18%)| Protein: 31g (62%)| Fat: 34g (52%)| Saturated Fat: 17g (106%)| Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g| Monounsaturated Fat: 9g| Trans Fat: 1g| Cholesterol: 107mg (36%)| Sodium: 1468mg (64%)| Potassium: 478mg (14%)| Fiber: 2g (8%)| Sugar: 8g (9%)| Vitamin A: 1149IU (23%)| Vitamin C: 1mg (1%)| Calcium: 486mg (49%)| Iron: 1mg (6%)

Author: Karly Campbell

Course:Main Course

Cuisine:American

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