# Chicken Bacon Ranch Mac n’ Cheese

This is a high-protein, meal-prep friendly chicken bacon ranch mac and cheese recipe that is cooked in a slow cooker.

- Servings: 11 servings
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 sweet onions
- 6 jalapeños or fresno chilis
- 8 cloves minced garlic
- 450 ml chicken bone broth
- 896 g chicken breast
- 6 slices turkey bacon
- 1 packet ranch seasoning
- 30 g hot honey
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- garlic powder
- black pepper
- red chili flakes
- 800 g 2% cottage cheese
- 160 g parmigiano reggiano
- 420 g fat free milk
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- salt
- pepper
- 672 g pasta
- 10 slices centercut bacon
- 1 handful chopped chives

## Instructions

1. Cook down sweet onions in a pan until they start to brown.
2. Add diced jalapeños or fresno chilis and minced garlic to the pan.
3. Pour chicken bone broth over the mixture and heat until it boils and is completely reduced.
4. Add diced chicken breast, turkey bacon, ranch seasoning, hot honey, garlic powder, black pepper, red chili flakes, and chopped fresh dill to the slow cooker.
5. Pour the cooked pepper and bone broth mixture over the ingredients in the slow cooker.
6. Cook the mixture in the slow cooker on high for 2-3 hours or on low for 3-4 hours.
7. Shred the cooked chicken mixture using tongs.
8. Pour the blended sauce (made with cottage cheese, parmigiano reggiano, fat-free milk, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper) over the shredded chicken.
9. Add chopped chives to the slow cooker and mix well.
10. Add half-cooked pasta to the slow cooker.
11. Mix the pasta into the sauce and cover on high for another 15-20 minutes to finish cooking the pasta and thicken the sauce.
12. Add cooked center-cut bacon to the mac and cheese.
13. Give it a final mix.

## Equipment

- pan
- slow cooker
- tongs
- blender
- colander

## Tips

- Store everything frozen; no need to thaw, just microwave with 2-3 tablespoons of milk or water for 3-4 minutes, mix, then microwave another 1-2 minutes. Add more liquid to reconstitute the sauce/increase creaminess.
- Blend the cottage cheese for 2-3 minutes until completely smooth. Heating it slightly in the microwave can help.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6tJWPjy/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a85cf0db-77a2-4cbb-b90b-64b748d4611e
- Extracted: 2025-09-01

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