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Creamy Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Pasta will have everyone begging for seconds! A delicious and easy instant pot dinner with tender noodles in a creamy ranch sauce with cheese, chicken and bacon. The entire meal is ready in less than 30 minutes, and it's lick-your-plate DELICIOUS!
I've been hard at work creating some brand new instant pot dinner recipes to share with you all.
I often get asked if I like my instant pot, and what I use it for. My favorite thing to use it for is all-in-one dinner recipes where you can throw all of the raw ingredients in the instant pot. The end result is a complete meal, ready in just minutes, with very little prep, and only one dish to wash afterwards.
My other Instant Pot dinner recipes fit in this category perfectly.
How to make Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Pasta
I developed and tested this recipe in my 6-QUART INSTANT POT.
Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper, and add to the bottom of the instant pot.
Add chicken broth, milk, and ranch seasoning packet and stir to combine. Add uncooked noodles.
Cook on high pressure for 4 minutes, followed by a quick release.
Add the cream cheese, bacon and cheddar cheese to the pot and stir everything gently until melted and smooth.
Allow the mixture to cool for 5-10 minutes. The sauce will thicken as it cools.
Serve warm, garnished with fresh parsley, if you want.
I am seriously crushing on this creamy, delicious Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Pasta recipe. It is so EASY to throw together and even your pickiest eater will love it. I can't believe you can make this one pot dinner in less than 20 minutes!
Other popular Instant Pot Dinner Recipes:
Instant Pot Chicken Taco Bowls
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Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Pasta
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, (about 1 breast), cut into chunks
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 package Hidden Valley Original Ranch dressing mix
- 4 slices bacon, , cooked and chopped
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 pound penne pasta
- 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Season chicken with salt and pepper and place in instant pot.
- Add chicken broth, milk, ranch seasoning and stir to combine. Add pasta and stir, burying the noodles in the liquid.
- Secure the lid, and set the valve to sealing.
- Cook on manual or pressure cook, high pressure, for 4 minutes.
- Turn valve to quick release, and open pot.
- Stir in cream cheese, cheddar cheese and cooked bacon;
- Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes. The sauce will thicken as it cools.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Made this recipe twice and followed instructions exactly, first time I put the milk in cold and it came out all curdled, it was very soupy too didn’t thicken at all. Then tried it warming the milk first and it still curdled and won’t thicken. A dinner wasted 🙁
I’m glad I’m not the only one this happened to.
Is the calorie count of 881 per serving? I just made it and it was delicious! I had to use elbow macaroni because I did not have penne. It was still good.
I followed the instructions exactly. Burned! Am I the only person in the world who can’t make dinner in the insta pot without it burning? I really really HATE this machine.
I bought the non stick pot for mine as the stainless one that came with it tends to stick. Maybe that would help. I use mine all the time and never have a problem. Good luck.
Thank you so much this makes cooking easy for us❤❤🙏
Is there any way to cook this in a slow cooker?
I haven’t tested this myself in the slow cooker yet!
You can do thos in the slow cooker. Pretty much the same idea. you just stir the cream cheese right before you are ready to eat and I would a ait until then to add the cheddar cheese.
How long do you put it in the show cooker? Pasta and all?
Made this for lunch with gluten free noodles, and substituted the milk with more broth. The kiddoes loved it! Thanks for a quick, easy lunch!
Also, I did half the cream cheese and no shredded cheese. Still delicious !
Could heavy cream be used instead of milk?
Yes, that would be fine!
This recipe is AMAZING! I didn’t have chicken broth so I made mine with cubes. We can’t stop eating this! You must have control! I also didn’t have the noodles it called for, so I used bowties! This is sssooooo good! Thank you! My husband just said I need to cook this more often!
So delicious. We loved it. I didn’t have enough cheddar cheese. I used mozzarella. Thanks for sharing!!!
My milk curdeled ☹ I used a larger quantity of chicken and it was frozen so I cooked for 10 minutes and natural released for about 5. When I opened the pot there was a layer of curdeled milk. Any suggestions to avoid this in the future?
This happened to me too! Such a bummer!!
Try heating your milk first.
Are you sure it’s the milk that is curdled and not the ranch seasoning clumping? I always have a little bit of ranch at the top that looks a little like curdled milk but it’s the ranch.
Love this recipe!
I think maybe its chicken fat floating, not the milk curdling.