Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole With Potatoes Recipes

CHICKEN BACON RANCH POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 13 x 9 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• In a large pot cover the cubed potatoes with water. Season the water with with 1 tsp salt. Bring to a boil cooking for 12-15 minutes until fork tender. Drain well.
• Add to a large mixing bowl and using a potato masher roughly smash the potatoes leaving chunky.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together half & half, onion soup, sour cream, melted butter, dry salad dressing mix, garlic salt, black pepper and paprika. Use a large spoon or spatula mixing until combined.
• Add the sauce to the potatoes along with 2 cups shredded cheese, chopped chicken, crumbled bacon and green onion. Reserve some bacon crumbles and green onion for garnishing.
• Pour the mixture into the dish. Top with the remaining 1 cup shredded cheese and sprinkle with a light dusting of paprika. Dot with 2 Tbsp cubed butter.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Garnish with reserved bacon and green onion just before serving

CHICKEN BACON RANCH CASSEROLE WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F
• Grease a 9x13 inch casserole dish with oil spray
• Cut potatoes into one-inch dice
• In a large mixing bowl, mix potatoes with ¼ cup ranch dressing. Add salt and pepper to taste
• Transfer potatoes to the greased casserole dish
• Bake potatoes for 30 minutes, mixing one time through cooking to ensure they all cook evenly.
• Meanwhile, mix chicken with ¼ cup ranch dressing and marinate while potatoes cook
• When potatoes are done, place chicken on top of potatoes and bake 20 mins more (covered with aluminum foil) or until chicken is done. Take the casserole dish out of the oven and top chicken and potatoes with crumbled bacon, cheese, and green onions
• Bake for 10 more minutes, uncovered until the cheese is melted and bubbly.