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Cheesy chicken casserole with potato bake is one of the best casserole recipes ever! Ingredients are chicken breasts, potatoes, cheddar cheese, bacon, ranch and cream.
Chicken Casserole
Chicken and potatoes are two amazing ingredients for casserole.
This easy chicken casserole with potato bake is a smash hit because it’s so creamy, cheesy and delicious.
Casserole is easy to make. The leftover is perfect as lunch box the next day and it’s great for meal plan.
Try the recipe and I am sure they will be begging you for more!
This is one of the best chicken casserole recipes ever and you have to add it to your dinner rotation!
Recipe For Chicken Casserole
This recipe calls for the following ingredients:
- Chicken breasts
- Potatoes
- Bacon
- Ranch dressing
- Cheddar cheese
- Heavy whipping cream
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
There is nothing not to love about this delicious comfort food recipe. The casserole is topped with a ton of cheddar cheese, bacon, with creamy potatoes and chicken with Ranch dressing!
How To Make Casserole
Making casserole is very easy as the method is very straight forward.
Once you understand the cooking process, you can mix and match different ingredients.
Here are the cooking tips, method and basic steps:
- Add all the ingredients, for examples: chicken and potatoes into an oven-safe casserole pan.
- Add the ranch dressing, heavy cream, cheese, bacon, stir and mix well.
- You don’t need a whole lot of seasonings but salt, pepper and a little bit of sugar.
- Bake in the oven until all the ingredients are cooked through and the cheesy top turns to golden perfection.
- The top of the casserole is slightly crusty with the cheese but the chicken and potatoes are moist, juicy and creamy.
Frequently Asked Questions
This chicken and potato casserole recipe is healthy and delicious, with only 583 calories per serving.
The chicken meat is juicy and the potatoes are soft and tender.
The recipe is from Delicious As It Looks.
Yes, you can use sour cream in this recipe. Just replace Ranch Dressing with sour cream.
The heavy whipping cream has to stay for creamy casseroles.
This recipe is only 579 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Potato Casserole
Serve this dish with side dishes. For a healthy meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Chicken Casserole with Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1/4 teaspoon salt , or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 3 dashes ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon Ranch dressing
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
- 8 oz. (230g) boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into cubes
- 2 slices Canadian bacon, or bacon strips, cut into pieces
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 stalk scallion, green part only, cut into small rounds
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F (176°C). Lightly grease a 9" x 9" (23 x 23 cm) baking pan with oil or butter.
- Add the salt, sugar, pepper, and Ranch dressing to the heavy whipping cream, then lightly stir to combine.
- Spread the potatoes in a single layer, followed by the chicken.
- Sprinkle the bacon and butter on top, then add half of the cheddar cheese and the scallions.
- Pour the heavy cream over the top of the casserole, cover it with aluminum foil, and bake for 1 hour.
- Uncover the pan and bake for an additional 30 minutes. In the last 10 minutes, sprinkle the remaining cheddar cheese on top and bake until the cheese is slightly crusty.
- Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I used half & half instead of cream, regular bacon, and dried chives in place of scallions. Delicious! Only thing I would say is that it was kind of swimming in the butter at the end. I might personally dial it back a little to see if I can get away with less. Still highly recommend. Boyfriend approved.
Thanks.
I made this tonight. Doubled recipe and used 13 glass baking dish. Used undiluted evaporated milk instead of cream. Substituted chopped red pepper for scallion. Apart from that, followed recipe, and it was AWESOME.
Awesome!
Potatoes and chicken are uncooked to start?
Yes.
Hi…is it ranch dressing the powder version?
My family LOVES this dish!! My college students ask for it every time they come home for a break. My daughter has even made it for her boyfriend and his roommates and they love it as well. One of the roommates ate a whole pan himself! We cook the bacon a bit before putting it in the dish – gives it nice crunch.
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One of my favorite recipes!
Awesome!
I really want to make this because it looks simply amazing! Everything you’ve done that I’ve tried has been so yummy, my family loves it!! I have a question for you on this one…my sister absolutely HATES ranch but she also hates sour cream (which I saw in your writing portion that you suggested could be used in place of the ranch)…what are some suggestions of what I can use instead of ranch or sour cream? Please help!! I want to make this very very soon!
Michelle, I make this for my family and I don’t use sour cream or ranch and it comes out delicious.
You can use plain Greek yogurt.
Plain Greek yogurt… it tastes like sour cream to me.
The recipe calls for bacon. Your video, looks like it is back bacon, I assuming , you don’t need to cook the bacon? I want to try out the recipe tomorrow.
You can use American bacon or Canadian bacon. In the video, it’s Canadian bacon. Bacon will be cooked in the oven.
This recipe is delicious. This will be the 3rd time I’ve made it. My boyfriend loves it and he’s a picky eater with good reason. It is our favorite comfort food. Thank you so much for this age your other recipes
Awesome and thanks!
Is it ranch in power form or liquid? Thank you
Liquid.
This is soooo delicious! It is now my favorite chicken recipe. Thank you so much for sharing this.
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Should the bacon be cooked?
Yes.
Hi Rasa, so does the bacon go into the pot raw and it cooks with everything else or do you pre cook it?
Thanks in advance?
Pre-cooked or raw is fine.
I doubled the recipe and substituted chicken tenders for breasts filling the dish. I double stacked the potatoes with the tenders between. Also substituted sour cream for ranch dressing. The excess liquid combined with the sauce as the dish cooled. GREAT RECIPE!! Gobbled by 4. Served with steamed asparagus and caramel apple Pie over a cheddar cheese round for dessert.
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If I double the amount, would the time and temperature change? :)
Hi Chez, the temperature should be the same and cooking time should be the same, too. If not, bake a bit longer.