Name: Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Bacon, Tater Tots, and Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces - 4 ounces; Skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces - 1 pound; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste - 1 pound; Frozen bite-size potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®) - 1 (16 ounce) package; Grated Colby cheese - 1 ½ cups; Grated Monterey Jack cheese - 1 ½ slices; Milk - ¾ cup

Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Bacon, Tater Tots, and Cheese

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Ingredients for - Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Bacon, Tater Tots, and Cheese

1. Bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces - 4 ounces

2. Skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces - 1 pound

3. Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste - 1 pound

4. Frozen bite-size potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®) - 1 (16 ounce) package

5. Grated Colby cheese - 1 ½ cups

6. Grated Monterey Jack cheese - 1 ½ slices

7. Milk - ¾ cup

How to cook deliciously - Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Bacon, Tater Tots, and Cheese

1. Stage

Place bacon pieces in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels. Crumble once cool enough to handle.

2. Stage

Season chicken pieces lightly with salt and pepper.

3. Stage

Grease the bottom of a slow cooker with bacon grease and layer 1/2 of the potato nuggets on the bottom. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the bacon bits. Mix Colby cheese and Monterey Jack cheese together in a bowl and sprinkle 1/3 of the cheese mixture on top. Add chicken in 1 layer and top with 1/2 of the remaining cheese mixture. Sprinkle with remaining bacon bits and top with remaining potato nuggets. Sprinkle rest of the cheese mixture on top and pour milk over everything.

4. Stage

Cover the slow cooker and cook on High until chicken is cooked though and cheese has melted, 3 to 5 hours.