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Spicy Instant Pot Crack Chicken

Name: Spicy Instant Pot Crack Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 3 slices bacon, uncooked; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 jalapenos, diced and seeded*; 1/2 yellow onion, diced; 2 blocks (16oz) full-fat cream cheese, cubed; 4 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts; 1/3 cup chicken stock; 1 tsp onion powder; 1/2 tsp chili powder; pinch salt and pepper, each; 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded; optional: zucchini noodles, for serving

Published on April 8, 2019

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This creamy, cheesy, EASY spicy Instant Pot crack chicken is low-carb and full-flavour. One of my favourite keto Instant Pot dinners! Ready in 30 minutes!

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Where are my Game of Thrones fans at!? You guys, only 1 week away until the Season 8 premiere! What we’ve been waiting for – it’s been SOOO long. I don’t even think I was pregnant with Hattie yet when Season 7 finished. So that seems like, forever.

I think I mentioned a while back that Etienne and I have been watching it from the beginning in preparation for the new season. We’ve only made it to Season 5 so far so I don’t think we’ll finish in time unless we blow off important work deadlines. Deadlines, schmedlines?! At least we’ve seen it before. I feel like I’m spending half of every episode this time going aaaaah….! Things make SO much more sense this time around!

Since we’ll likely be doing some hardcore binge-watching before the premiere, we’ll need some fast, kid-friendly meals! Like this SPICY Instant Pot crack chicken!

What is crack chicken?!

Have you guys had crack chicken before!? I had it a long time ago, and loved it but kind of dismissed it since then for whatever reason. I made it again a few weeks ago, and it was delicious again, but Etienne and I both agreed it was missing something. SPICE! Are we the only ones that bring Tobasco to the table for every meal…?

Crack chicken on its own is pretty awesome; I mean, cream cheese, bacon, cheese and chicken. These things go very, very well together, wouldn’t you agree? So, I’ve kept things classic, but added a little kick to my own version with some sautéed jalapeno peppers and a dash of chili pepper. Oooh-eee! Slam dunk.

What do you serve spicy Instant Pot crack chicken with?

Since jalapenos are technically a vegetable (I think) you don’t NEED to add any veggies to this dish, but I feel much less guilty about eating all of that cream cheese when I serve this deliciousness over top a bed of zoodles! Plus, zoodles instead of rice keep this dish keto-friendly!

Do you guys eat a lot of zoodles? I find we eat a TON of them in the summer when our zucchini plants ae in full force, along with our favourite zucchini pizza! In the winter a lot of the zucchini in the stores is expensive and SMALL. It makes me miss my baseball bat-sized zucchini!

Anyway, we do eat zoodles on occasion in the winter. They’re such a great way to get nutrients into the kids! I usually mix them in with plain spaghetti noodles and the kids never know what hit them. One day they’ll wisen up! For now, zoodles! Here’s the spiralizer I use.

My advice to you if you’re serving this crack chicken with zoodles, is to only slightly cook the zucchini in a frying pan, with a touch of olive oil. The zoodles go best with the creamy chicken if they’re a bit crunchy!

This dish comes together in under 30 minutes. The chicken technically cooks in 15 minutes, but it takes 10-15 minutes for the Instant Pot to come to pressure first. It makes quite a bit, so you’ll likely have leftovers. Lucky for you, this dish keeps very well in the fridge and reheats beautifully!

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