Slow Cooker Mushroom Ranch Chicken with Arugula

Slow Cooker Mushroom Ranch Chicken with Arugula is a healthy, tasty & easy recipe for any crazy weeknight. Ten minutes of prep in the morning & dinner is done!

Slow Cooker Mushroom Ranch Chicken with Arugula is a spin-off of the most popular post on my blog! That post has the highest page views of any post. It can’t be because of the pictures because they are soooo bad, so it must be the recipe. Or…it could be that I also introduced the most adorable baby in the world in that post, my nephew Z…Yep it has to be Z 🙂 BTW…I can’t believe that lil man will be 18 months old in just a few days!! It seems like just yesterday that I was writing that “most popular” post and introducing him…

Anyways, I have been wanting to make Slow Cooker Mushroom Ranch Chicken again for sometime so that I could take better pictures and I finally decided to do it 🙂 This time, however, it actually ended up being a similar recipe with an added twist, THE ARUGULA! YAY 🙂

So I thought I remembered the recipe and was in a rush the day that I put this together and realized only after the fact that I had not included all of the ingredients that I did almost 18 months ago. Ooops…duh, isn’t part of the reason for putting recipes up on a blog so you can reference them later. Oh well!

This version is actually simpler than the first one and I like the results and so did the fam!! The arugula was just thrown in at the end because it was sitting the refrigerator and I had one of those “lightbulb” moments and decided to throw it in for a pop of color!

This recipe couldn’t be simplier!! Just dump all the ingredients (besides the arugula) in the slow cooker in the morning and come home to dinner that is waiting on you!!

Here is the recipe for Slow Cooker Mushroom Ranch Chicken with Arugula:

Slow Cooker Mushroom Ranch Chicken with Arugula

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

8 hours

Total time

8 hours 10 mins

 

Author: Becky's Best Bites

Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1 large, sweet onion, sliced
• 3-4 fresh garlic cloves, minced or pressed
• 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 lb. fresh baby bella mushrooms, sliced
• 1 packet (1 ounce) dry spicy ranch dressing mix
• 1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
• sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste.
• 2 cups fresh arugula

Instructions

1. Place a slow cooker liner in the bowl of the slow cooker or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Add sliced onions and garlic to the bottom of the bowl.
3. Top with chicken, mushrooms, ranch dressing mix and chicken broth.
4. Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low 7-8 hours. (Chicken should be falling apart)
5. Check seasonings and add salt and pepper, if needed.
6. Add arugula and stir gently to fold it in and it should wilt slightly.
7. Serve immediately over brown rice, quinoa or eat alone for a lower carb meal.

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