Mrs. Lone Star found this recipe for chicken potato casserole from a cute little blog that is sadly no longer up. However, all credit goes to My Sweet Little Steiner Family. Making this a loaded potato casserole really takes it to the next level and this is a die hard favorite for dinner in the Lone Star Farmstead household. It is simply and very filling. The ingredients are pretty minimal and include:
- 2 lbs chicken breasts, cubed or shredded
- 10-12 small red potatoes diced
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbls freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 tbls garlic powder
- 2 cups of Mexican Cheese blend
- 1/2 cup crumbled bacon
- 1/2 cup chopped green onion
Preheat your oven to 475 degrees. In a large bowl mix your olive oil salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Add the potatoes and coat them well with the mixture. Place the potatoes in a casserole dish leaving as much mixture as possible in the bowl. Bake the potatoes for 1 hour, making sure to flip and mix the potatoes every 15-20 min. While the potatoes are baking coat the chicken in the remaining mixture and cook in a skillet over medium heat until done. Once the potatoes are done, remove them from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 400 degrees. Add the chicken, cheese, bacon, and green onions. Put the casserole dish back into the oven and bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Top with sour cream or Ranch dressing. Serve and enjoy!
- 2 lbs of chicken breasts, cubed or shredded
- 10-12 small red potatoes, diced
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbls freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 tbls garlic powder
- 2 cups Mexican Blend cheese
- 1/2 cup crumbled bacon
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- Preheat your oven to 475 degrees. In a large bowl mix your olive oil salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Add the potatoes and coat them well with the mixture. Place the potatoes in a casserole dish leaving as much mixture as possible in the bowl. Bake the potatoes for 1 hour, making sure to flip and mix the potatoes every 15-20 min. While the potatoes are baking coat the chicken in the remaining mixture and cook in a skillet over medium heat until done. Once the potatoes are done, remove them from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 400 degrees. Add the chicken, cheese, bacon, and green onions. Put the casserole dish back into the oven and bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Top with sour cream or Ranch dressing. Serve and enjoy!
- As a side note, we cook our bacon in a cast iron skillet and then cook our cubed chicken in the bacon grease in the cast iron skillet. Really gives the chicken that extra pop. If you can't or don't want to prepare fresh bacon, bacon bits or real bacon bits could be used but I would only add them at the end with the sour cream topping.
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