Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole

This Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole is an all time family favorite made with chicken, bacon, cheese and a delicious creamy ranch sauce that everyone will love!

You can’t go wrong with making this Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole for the family. It’s an easy recipe to throw together especially on a busy night when you don’t have a lot of time to cook. Ingredients are simple and ones you probably already have in the house.

This recipe is also a great way to use up some leftover chicken if you’ve cooked too much the night before. It’s one of my family’s favorite dish to eat with usually no leftovers and a mom’s favorite time saving recipe.

How to Save Even More Time on this Recipe

Chicken: You can cook the chicken the night before and shred or you can cook in the crockpot on the same day earlier in the day. A fast and easy way to shred chicken is to use an electric mixer on medium speed or a kitchenaid mixer.

Bacon: Cook the bacon the night before or use microwave bacon right before you make the casserole.

What You Need

• cooked bacon or microwave bacon
• cooked and shredded chicken breasts
• frozen tater tots
• ranch dressing
• milk
• all-purpose flour
• butter
• shredded mild cheddar cheese
• salt & pepper

How to Make Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Cook chicken in a separate pan until done or use one of my time saving tips from above. Let chicken cool a few minutes and shred with a mixer.

Using a small saucepan, melt butter on low heat, whisk in flour and add salt and pepper to taste. Whisk the milk in the saucepan mixture slowly pouring a little bit at a time. Mix until you get a creamy consistency and add in ranch dressing and mix.

Spray a 9×13 baking dish and add a layer of chicken, then sauce, then half of cheese, then tater tots and cook for 20 minutes uncovered.

Crumble cooked bacon while waiting for the casserole to cook and set aside. Make sure the tater tots are a golden color and crispy and then top the casserole with the remaining cheese and crumbled bacon.

Bake for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly. Take out of the oven and let cool for a few minutes and then enjoy!

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Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole

Yield: Serves 8

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

This Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole is an all time family favorite made with chicken, bacon, cheese and a delicious creamy ranch sauce that everyone will love!

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Ingredients

• 6 slices of cooked bacon or you can use microwave bacon
• 4 cooked and shredded chicken breasts
• 32 oz. bag of frozen tater tots
• 1/2 cup ranch dressing
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1 1/2 cups shredded mild cheddar cheese
• salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Cook chicken in a separate pan until done. Let chicken cool a few minutes and shred with a mixer.
3. Using a small saucepan, melt butter on low heat, whisk in flour and add salt and pepper to taste.
4. Whisk the milk in the saucepan mixture slowly pouring a little bit at a time. Mix until you get a creamy consistency and add in ranch dressing and mix.
5. Spray a 9x13 baking dish and add a layer of chicken, then sauce, then half of cheese, then tater tots and cook for 20 minutes uncovered.
6. Crumble cooked bacon while waiting for the casserole to cook and set aside.
7. Make sure the tater tots are a golden color and crispy and then top the casserole with the remaining cheese and crumbled bacon. Bake for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
8. Take out of the oven and let cool for a few minutes and then enjoy!