Baked chicken breasts flavored with cranberry sauce, ranch dressing, and dry onion soup mix. Four components! Pour, mix, and bake! It’s easy to make this Cranberry Chicken!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1 (16 ounce) can cranberry sauce
- 1 (8 ounce) bottle Ranch-style salad dressing
- ½ packet dry onion soup mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place chicken breasts in a lightly greased 9×13 inch baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, salad dressing and dry onion soup mix. Blend together until well mixed, then pour mixture over chicken.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 449 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 33 g |
| Cholesterol | 79 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 28 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 742 mg |
| Sugars | 30 g |
| Fat | 22 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Really easy to make and my family loves it
Super easy. Used chicken tenders as that’s what I had on hand. Followed directions exactly and whole family loved. Only needed 45-50 mins. Served over mashed potatoes.
My husband loved this recipe over stovetop stuffing! Used more ranch dressing and onion soup and less cranberries (only half the can). Super easy to whip up on any weeknight
We preferred this to the other recipes that use French or Catalina Dressing. It’s not as vinegar(y) since it uses the Ranch Dressing. The boys just loved it over rice it was delish. I did cook this in my pressure cooker since I was starting out with frozen chicken thighs. Turned out perfect.
I consider myself an objective person, so here is my honest review. I was surprised by the combination of ranch and cranberry sauce, however it was all I had in my fridge so I gave this recipe a try. I made this in a crockpot, and the aroma was delightfully sweet. When I finally ate it, I felt it was pretty average. The taste can be described as sweet and tangy. For those wanting a bold flavor, this recipe is not for you. For those wanting a no hassle regular and plain tasting recipe, then certainly try this. It is nothing to write home about, but it isn’t something destined for the dog bowl either.
Very, very tasty and so easy.
The sauce was very good. I made it exactly as written. The color of the sauce, however, was strange and a bit unappetizing. My family will continue to eat this, for sure, but I doubt I’d serve this to company due to the way it looks! I followed other recommendations and served it over rice. Yum!
I’ve made this several times. I found it when I was looking for something new to do with chicken. My husband loves it! I’m not a big ranch fan so I made my own dressing of garlic powder, mayonnaise, and milk. All in all it is to die for.
This recipe was not to our liking.
I only added 1/2 the amount of ranch called for and used french fried onions as mentioned by Cheri Nobriga. Next time I’ll try it w/the onion soup mix & see if I like it better. I would give it 3 stars but DH gave it 4 1/2. Made it with stuffing and green beans, both went with the chicken really well.
I was very hesitant to try this after all the mixed reviews. I used the ranch dressing & it was not good. The smell of the sauce was unpleasant & the color was unappealing to say the least. I’m going to take other reviewers advice & try with catalina dressing another time.
Only because of food sensitivities did I have to change this recipe up a bit. I substituted the ranch dressing for Kraft Sweet Honey Catalina. I also used whole cranberry sauce and french fried onions per other users’ recommendations. (Due to MSG content in onion soup mixes.) I poured the french fried onions on during the last 15 minutes of cooking, in order to preserve some of the crunchiness) I served dish over a bed of Jasmine rice and served sauteed asparagus as a side dish. It was AMAZING!!! So easy and yet looks like gourmet. My husband couldn’t stop raving about it! I will make this dish for guests in the future! (For two people, I cut the recipe in half, which was very easy to do.)
try a nice pork roast in the slow cooker. Mix 1 can of whole cranberry sauce with a package of onion soup mix.Cover the roast and forget it for 8 hours. This makes a terrific gravy for mashed potatoes. My family loves this
THIS IS SO SIMPLE, MY 13 YR OLD CAN MAKE…EVERYONE IN OUR HOUSE WAS AMAZED AND HAPPY WITH!
A friend makes this recipe, but instead of the ranch dressing, she used Catalina (french)dressing.. it taste fabulous.. try it!
I used about half a bottle of Ken’s Lite Ranch dressing, a packet of store brand (Harris Teeter) onion soup mix, a can of Ocean Spray whole berry cranberry sauce, and 3 Smart Chicken organic chicken breasts….mixed it all together and put it in the crockpot on high for about 3 hours. Served over mashed potatoes, with another can of cranberry sauce, and corn. YUUUUUUUMMM! I was apprehensive due to the mixed reviews, but hubby and I loved it!! SO easy, SO tasty!
isnt it funny how different people taste? Some people didn’t like this. BUT, we LOVed it! So good. I followed the directions, but cut back a little bit on the onion soup. Pounded the breast to make them evenly thick. Cant wait to make again.
As suggested by others, I used Russian dressing instead of Ranch. I also didn’t need to cook it for an hour. It was wonderful.
We do a variant which uses Western dressing instead of ranch. Very easily adaptable to crock pot or a camping dutch oven over charcoal. A very popular dish among all our friends.
It was okay not that great. Wish I kept the cranberries out, so I could of enjoyed them on their own.
I think there is a misprint in this recipe, use French, Catalina or Russian dressing NOT RANCH. Also, use whole cranberry sauce not the jellied kind.