4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pesto Ranch Chicken

Juicy 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pesto Ranch Chicken in the crockpot with a simple ranch seasoning and pesto sauce! Tons of flavor, SO easy, made with just a few ingredients packed full of flavor! 

Click on my Creamy Pesto Chicken, Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta, or Pesto Chicken Sandwiches for those pesto lovers!

Once upon a time I made the world’s easiest, best tasting Pesto Sauce.

And they all lived happily ever after.

I tasted pesto for the first time about 6 years ago when I was visiting my brother in California. We ate a the most incredible half-restaurant-half-vintage-bookstore out on the back patio where big bulby strung lights make you feel like you are in love – regardless of your relationship status.

I ordered a pesto sandwich – don’t even remember what else was on it – just know there was pesto and bread and I fell head over heels for that green stuff.

Over the past few years I’ve made several varieties of homemade pesto. Spinach-arugula, pine-nut basil, walnut pesto, lemon-garlic pesto….   my 5-minute version is my go-to. Sometimes I switch things up with one or two of the ingredients but it always tastes SO amazing that I can’t bring myself to buy store-bought pesto anymore.

Would you believe me if I told you I sneak a few bites straight from the jar from time to time?

Believe it.

As you can see, I’m a fan of the pesto stuff. But last week I threw together this slow cooker pesto ranch chicken and ohmagosh. so good. And EASY. Honest to goodness it takes all of 4 minutes to put this stuff in the crockpot and turn it on. Come back a few hours later, give it a little stir and voila. Pesto-y, ranch-y, tender juicy chicken.

Ohhhhh and it only has 4 ingredients.

5 if you count water but really…. who counts water?

More Recipes to Try

• Creamy Pesto Chicken Lasagna Rolls – Tender lasagna noodles rolled up with cheesy shredded chicken and baked under a velvety, scratch-made creamy pesto sauce.
• Creamy Pesto Parmesan Chicken – A 30-minute one-pan dinner featuring golden chicken breasts, tender mushrooms, and a rich garlic-parmesan pesto cream sauce.
• Pesto Pasta Salad – A fresh, bright 20-minute pasta salad tossed with shredded chicken, cherry tomatoes, fresh baby spinach, and a zesty basil pesto dressing.