Name: Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 pounds Tater Tots; 2 teaspoons dill weed; 2 teaspoons onion powder; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 can Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup, use low salt if desired; 1//2 cup sour cream; 2-3 cups cooked chicken, light or dark meat or a mix!; 3/4 cup cooked bacon; 2 cups shredded cheddar OR your favorite shredded cheese mix

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I love a good Tater Tot Casserole; hot warm comfort food in the middle of winter is just really hard to beat. This bacon chicken ranch tater tot casserole is a bold new variation on an old fave!

A single bite of chicken bacon ranch tater tot casserole.

Layers of all the best ingredients make this casserole one of the best! Crispy baked tater tots, sour cream, and soup mixed with ranch spices and herbs, cooked chicken, topped with cheese and bacon, and MORE tater tots.

Mix it up, bake it, go play a game, and dinner is mostly done. You’ll be rewarded with a cheesy, tater-tottery, bacon, ranchy casserole that everyone loves to love.

Baked Tater Tot casserole with bacon and chicken.

Start with the Classic hot dish Base Cream of chicken soup

Using a Cream of Chicken Soup makes it quick and easy to whip together. “Cream of soups” from Campbell’s are the absolute classic base for all hot dishes. When I was growing up we had a lot of versions of tater tot casseroles, we were SO lucky!

Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole.

I thought Tater Tot Casseroles were universal, was I wrong! So many folks wrote to me to comment on my Crock Pot Tater Tot Casserole post–about how they’d never tried one–and I must confess, I was surprised.

Here’s a couple of ways to mix up the Classic Tater Tot Casserole

Try using different kinds of cheese, sharp, or mozzarella, or even smoked cheeses taste amazing in this casserole
Substitute Crispy Crowns for the tater tots
Use different meats like sausage or ground turkey or even leftovers
Add vegetables to the soup mix!

Ingredients for Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casseroles.

What do I need to make a Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole??

9×13 baking dish
tater tots
cooked chicken, you can use dark or light meat, a great way to use up a rotisserie chicken, or cook up these air fryer grilled chicken tenders!
cream of chicken soup or use cream of mushroom soup
sour cream
shredded cheddar OR a mix of cheese
ranch dressing herbs onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, dill weed
bacon, you can use real bacon or real bacon bits

Need a Low Carb Casserole Idea?

Try this Keto Chicken Taco Casserole from Keto Cooking Wins for a low-carb casserole for all your low-carb or diabetic friends!

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A fork and plateful of tater tot casserole.

Yield: 10 servings