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    Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole

    Published: Aug 14, 2016 · Modified: Jun 14, 2023 by Alison · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    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!

    Chicken Bacon Ranch tater tot casserole

    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.

    tater tot casserole shredded chicken

    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

    tater tot casserole sauce

    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!

    tater tot casserole

    Recipe

    Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole

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    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!
    4.50 from 34 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 40 minutes mins
    Total Time 50 minutes mins
    Course Main Dishes

    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
    • ½ cup ranch dressing
    • 1 cup milk
    • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
    • 3 tbsp butter
    • 1 ½ cups shredded mild cheddar cheese
    • salt & pepper to taste

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
    • Cook chicken in a separate pan until done. 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 9x13 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!

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g

    Nutrition Disclosure

    Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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    Comments

    1. Ann

      September 24, 2016 at 7:10 pm

      Can I use cornstarch to thicken instead of flour? I want to make this gluten free! Thank You, Ann

      Reply
    2. Karen

      October 06, 2016 at 6:33 am

      DO NOT try to print this recipe out unless you want to print all 9 pages and waste a lot of toner!

      Reply
      • Alison

        January 15, 2017 at 7:55 pm

        Karen you can delete what you don’t want printed before you print such as photos, text, etc. Just hover over what you want to delete and click to delete.

        Reply
    3. Ann

      October 23, 2016 at 1:52 pm

      I asked a question Sept. but never got an an answer, I guess it was a dumb question!

      Reply
      • Terri

        October 29, 2016 at 6:01 pm

        Yes just use half as much cornstarch.

        Reply
      • Alison

        January 15, 2017 at 7:57 pm

        Sorry Ann, No it was not a dumb question at all. I am just really bad at responding to comments. It was my fault. Thanks Terri for answering for me. I appreciate it.

        Reply
    4. Lora

      November 06, 2016 at 7:28 pm

      Ranch dressing, the bottle ranch or ranch from package?

      Reply
      • Art

        December 04, 2016 at 1:34 pm

        Bottle

        Reply
    5. Nicole

      December 04, 2016 at 11:40 pm

      What size bag of tots?

      Reply
      • Tanya

        January 12, 2017 at 3:44 pm

        Yea that’s what I’d like to know too , there are small and big size , the small wouldn’t feed but 1 person !!

        Reply
      • Kim

        January 15, 2017 at 3:56 am

        When I find a recipe where someone has forgotten the for something like tator tots I consider the size of the pan and judge what I think it would need. In this case go with a large bag if you have extra you can use it for something else! I only mean to help idk this person who posted the recipe but I hope it is good! I am going to cheat and by a rotisserie chicken which should give me extra meat as I have a large family I can make a larger batch!

        Reply
      • Alison

        January 15, 2017 at 8:04 pm

        I updated the recipe to 32 oz. bag of tater tots. I also use the tater rounds in my recipe.

        Reply
    6. denise

      February 02, 2017 at 11:24 am

      It doesn’t seem like only 3 chicken breasts shredded would sufficiently cover the bottom of a 9×13 pan

      Reply
    7. Krystal

      May 09, 2017 at 3:09 pm

      What’s the best way to cook the chicken before putting it in the casserole?

      Reply
      • Scott

        June 03, 2017 at 12:54 pm

        Oh my god wow just a stab in the dark but you strike me as an American lol how do you usually cook chicken? if it was me I’d put it on the hot asphalt and let nature cook it for me or if you’re feeling adventurous try summon satan and ask nicely If he’ll take it down to the fiery depths of hell and chuck it on the BBQ for around 5 min a side depending on the temperature down there but I’m sure he knows what he’s doing!! hope this helps

        Reply
      • Tawre Dellavalle

        June 22, 2017 at 7:21 pm

        Scott. Be nice! No question is stupid, but there are dumb answers.
        Krystal. I like to bake mine at 350 for 45-1 hour or sauté till done. Either way – use a thermometer to check temp. Needs to be 180.

        Reply
    8. Diane

      June 21, 2019 at 5:02 pm

      I like to cook mine in the crockpot with water,

      Reply
      • Alison

        June 22, 2019 at 9:45 am

        I’ll have to try this sometime.

        Reply
    9. Terri

      October 03, 2020 at 3:19 pm

      Instead of making the sauce can you use cream of chicken soup and add the ranch that way

      Reply
    10. She Brown

      April 16, 2022 at 3:52 pm

      Can this be frozen for individual meals?

      Reply
      • Mimi

        July 11, 2022 at 5:26 pm

        Yes!

        Reply
    11. mary

      August 28, 2022 at 2:18 pm

      could you add green beans

      Reply
      • Alison

        August 29, 2022 at 11:46 pm

        Yes!

        Reply
    12. Jean Pearcy

      December 14, 2022 at 9:30 pm

      Our family does not like the taste of Ranch, is there anything else to substitute ?

      Reply
    13. Gary Thordarson

      February 03, 2023 at 5:31 pm

      Loved this dish! I changed a few things because the chicken my wife bought were precooked tubs from Walmart deli. She bought 2, and there was no way to tell how many breasts it was, but it was more than the recipe called for. I used 5 tbs butter, 4 tbs flour 1 cup ranch and 1 1/2 cups half and half, then i added 2 heaping tbs ranch seasoning. I also used 8 pieces bacon, because there’s never enough bacon. Turned out pretty great according to my wife, and I liked it a lot, too. Next time, I will increase the bacon again. Also, instead of greasing the pan, I used a paper towel and dabbed it into the bacon grease. Recycle reuse! Lol. Thank you!

      Reply
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