Creamy Ranch Chicken
This Ranch Chicken recipe is an easy skillet meal with a delicious cream sauce and zesty Ranch seasoning. Serve it with a side of vegetables and warm baked potatoes!
Ingredients
- 2 largeboneless/skinless chicken breast
- 2 teaspoonsitalian seasoning
- salt/pepper
- 2 tablespoonsbutter (melted)
- 1 tablespoonsolive oil
- 10 ½ oz.cream of chicken soup
- 1 ½ cupsmilk
- 1 cupsour cream (at room temp)
- ½ teaspoononion powder
- 1 oz.packet ranch seasoning mix
Directions
Season/sear the chicken:
- 1
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.
- 2
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.
- 3
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
- 1
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.
- 2
Cover the skillet partially and let the chicken heat through and absorb the flavors from the sauce, about 10 minutes.
- 3
Optional: Serve with baked potatoes and spoon the sauce over each potato (it is so good that way)!