Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken Recipe with Bacon
This Creamy Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe is the perfect weeknight meal! It’s so quick and easy to make; throw your ingredients in the crock-pot and let it cook all day! This is sure to become one of your favorite keto slow cooker recipes when you need a fast on-the-go meal.
SLOW COOKER CHEESY CHICKEN RECIPE WITH BACON
This recipe base is similar to Keto Crack Chicken; however, I reduced the cream cheese and added spices and cheddar cheese for a different flavor. This low-carb crockpot cheesy chicken is perfect for busy weeknights when you need a recipe that cooks while you’re at work or busy with the kids! Everyone in your family will enjoy this recipe – even those who aren’t on a low carb or keto diet plan! This slow cooker chicken cheese recipe is certain to be a hit! If you don’t want to make this recipe in the slow cooker, here is the instant pot recipe you can use instead.
Is This Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Bacon Recipe Keto?
Yes! This recipe is 100% keto. With only 2 total carbs and 1 gram of fiber, this recipe has 1 net carb making it the perfect meal on a keto/low carb diet.
Ingredients:
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts – I prefer skinless chicken breasts; you could use boneless chicken thighs instead.
- Butter – Butter always adds incredible flavor and needed fat for this recipe.
- Poultry seasoning, Rosemary, Thyme, and Garlic – Spices make everything better and add great flavor. If you do not have fresh garlic, you can also use a tsp of garlic powder.
- Chicken broth – Chicken broth adds more flavor than water when slow-cooking chicken.
- Cooked bacon – Crispy bacon makes everything better.
- Heavy whipping cream & Cream Cheese – Adds flavor and fat and helps thicken the sauce.
- Cheese – Cheese is an incredible addition to this dish for an ooey-gooey cheesy chicken dish.
Step 1: Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then add the chicken, butter, seasonings, and chicken broth to the slow cooker.
Step 2: Next, crumble cooked bacon over the chicken mixture. To cook the bacon, place it in a large skillet on medium-high heat until crispy or on a sheet pan in the oven at 375 until cooked.
Step 3: Cook the chicken casserole mixture on high for 3 1/2 hours or low for 6.
Step 4: Add heavy whipping cream and a dollop of cream cheese. Stir to combine all the ingredients. Using 2 forks, shred the chicken in the slow cooker.
Step 5: Add 1 3/4 cups of cheddar cheese (or more if you’d like), then crumble 3 more pieces of cooked bacon on top. Place the top back on the slow cooker and allow the cheese to melt. Garnish with parsley or chives and serve. Enjoy!
How to Store Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken and Bacon
To store, allow the cheesy chicken casserole to come to room temperature, and place it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Can You Make This Recipe Ahead of Time?
Yes, this recipe is perfect for meal prep so that it can be made ahead of time! To make ahead of time, follow the instructions on the recipe card found below, allow the keto casserole to come to room temperature, and place it in a freezer-friendly container. Place it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
How to Rewarm Keto Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Bacon
To rewarm, place the low-carb chicken casserole in a microwave-safe container and microwave at 30-second intervals or longer depending on whether you are warming a serving or the entire creamy chicken recipe until warmed thoroughly. If frozen place the casserole in the fridge overnight to dethaw then rewarm in the microwave.
What To Serve This Recipe With?
This recipe is super versatile, and several keto side dishes are pair nicely; here are a few of my faves:
- Low Carb Roasted Vegetables
- Southern Green Beans
- Keto Broccoli Bacon Salad
- Easy Air Fryer Broccoli Recipe
- In addition to these side dishes perhaps try it with Easy Keto Chaffle Recipe for the perfect keto sandwich!
Similar Keto Chicken Recipes:
Creamy Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon & Cheese {low carb & keto}
Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts depending on how many people you are serving
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
- 1/2 tsp rosemary
- 1/4 tsp thyme
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- 3 pieces of cooked bacon crumbled
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 oz cream cheese
- 1 3/4 cup cheese
- 3 pieces of bacon crumbled
- salt/pepper to taste
Instructions
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then add to the slow cooker.
- Add butter, poultry seasoning, rosemarry, thyme, garlic cloves, and chicken broth to the crock pot with the chicken.
- Cook some bacon either in a skillet or in the oven and then crumble over the top of the chicke,.
- Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 to 3 1/2.
- Add heavy whipping cream to slow cooker.
- Dollop cream cheese on top and stir to combine all ingredients.
- Using 2 forks, shred chicken in slow cooker.
- Add 1 3/4 cups of cheddar cheese (or more if you'd like) then crumble 3 pieces of cooked bacon on top.
- Place the top back on the slow cooker and allow cheese to melt.
- Enjoy!
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I made this for my family when I first found it about 1.5 years ago, and they loved it so much, the next time i made it, I had to make three batches of it because they wanted to eat on it for several days. In fact, they loved it so much, I was making it atleast once a month, until they finally got burnt out on it. Now that I haven’t made it in several months, I’m going to try and make it again.
Hey James, so glad y’all love this recipe. Hope it’s as good this time as it has been in the past. Enjoy!
Could you please tell me the serving size for the net carb information? I couldn’t find it anywhere so I’m sorry if I’m overlooking it.
Hey Brenda, there are 8 servings in this dish. Just divide it into 8 equal servings, and you are good to go. Hope you love it!
It mentions this recipe is 8 servings but doesn’t say how many cups 1 serving is? I need to enter this into my Carb Manager app and need to know how much one serving actually is
I just split the recipe evenly into the said number of servings. The info in the recipe card has the nutritional info for you. If you need this specific info then you may need to measure out the servings to see where they fall.
Quick question could you use bone broth instead of regular chicken broth?
I haven’t tried this recipe with bone broth. I would think it would be fine but sine I haven’t tested I can’t speak to flavor changes. Let me know how it turns out.
Could this be done in the instapot ?
I haven’t tried it in the instapot so not sure if this one will work. If you try it let me know how it turns out. I’m always looking to speed some dinners up in the evening.