Easy Crack Chicken Lettuce Cups. A bacon, ranch and cheddar cheese sauce tossed with shredded chicken and served on butter lettuce. These Crack Chicken Lettuce Wraps can be made in the Instant Pot pressure cooker or oven-baked. A healthy main dish to serve for dinner or as an appetizer.

This homemade lettuce wrap version is inspired by Garlic Sesame Lettuce Cups and my Instant Pot Crack Chicken recipe. Now made with a tastier ranch cheese sauce for better flavor. They are so easy to make and can be made in advance.

How to Make Crack Chicken

To make Crack Chicken, you’ll need chicken breasts, bacon, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, chicken broth, ranch powder seasoning, hot sauce, Italian seasoning, green onions, and butter or green leaf lettuce.

My preferred method to cooking crack chicken is to use an Instant Pot pressure cooker. Otherwise, the chicken can be baked in the oven. I give further instructions in the notes* of the recipe on how to oven bake chicken. For a quick alternative, fully cooked rotisserie chicken may be used.

If you are new to the Instant Pot, read this post for in-depth pressure cooker directions to make crack chicken. Start by adding the chicken breasts to the pressure cooker then pour in chicken broth, ranch seasoning, Italian seasoning, hot sauce, and cream cheese. Cook the chicken on high pressure for 15 minutes then allow it rest for 10 minutes. Remove the chicken to a bowl and shred it with two forks. Whisk the sauce until combined, then stir in the shredded cheddar cheese, parsley, bacon, and green onions.

Healthier Crack Chicken

Crack chicken gets its name because it’s made with popular ingredients like bacon, ranch, cheddar cheese, and chicken. This combination is popular in the United States and it makes for a delicious topping on chicken.

To make Crack Chicken Lettuce Cups healthier, I’ve reduced the amount of ranch seasoning, and cream cheese. The result is a better tasting crack chicken recipe that’s not overpowered with flavor. I’ve swapped out the sandwich bread buns and replaced it with butter lettuce. Not only is this chicken recipe gluten-free, but it’s also keto diet friendly. In case you want to swap out the store-bought ranch seasoning, search for a homemade ranch seasoning blend to use instead.

Serving shredded ranch Crack Chicken on lettuce greatly reduces unnecessary carbs and sugar. Using a pressure cooker creates easy to pull apart shredded chicken. I make these chicken wraps for dinner at least three a month. The chicken is tender, flavorful, and moist thanks to an incredible cheese sauce.

Homemade chicken wraps are the perfect chicken recipe to meal prep, too. Make a double batch of this Instant Pot shredded chicken on Sunday, then portion it out in meal prep containers and pack it for lunch along with butter lettuce.

For more lettuce wrap ideas, try my famous quick Garlic Sesame Chicken Lettuce Cups or these Korean Chicken Wraps.