Pintertest : Loaded Baked Potato & Buffalo Chicken Casserole

I saw this recipe a few weeks ago after bringing home Zach and knew I wanted to make it. I swear its a fact that every nursing mama wants comfort food that first month and I just so happened to pick up that dip a few weeks before having to stock my pantry up with snacks and such. 

Mine

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Loaded Baked Potato and Buffalo Chicken Casserole

Recipe source

2-3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2 inch cubes (roughly 2 lbs)

2-3 large potatoes, cut into 1/2 inch cubes (or 6-8 small/med potatoes)

1/3 cup olive oil

1 1/2 t. salt

1 T. fresh ground pepper

1 T. paprika

1 1/2 T

. garlic powder (I used half McCormicks Garlic & Herb Grill mates) 

3 T. buffalo wing sauce (I used 6 T. I like sauce)

3 T. Loaded Baked Potato Dip*

*

You could use Ranch dip or salad dressing in the place of the dip I used

Topping:

1 3/4 cups cheese 

of choice

 (

I used 1 cup sharp cheddar, 1/2 cup Monterey Jill and 1/4 cup blue cheese)

1/2-3/4

 cup real bacon bits (I like the pepper kind)

1/2 cup

 diced green onion

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. In a large bowl mix together the olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, buffalo sauce and dip/dressing (I added the dip after to remaining sauce to coat the chicken only). Add the cubed potatoes and stir to coat.  Pour potatoes into a sprayed 9 x 13 baking dish, reserving as much sauce as possible for the chicken. Bake the potatoes at 500 degrees for 45-50 mins, stirring every 10-15 mins (I did every 15 and only took mine about 35-40 minutes to cook), until potatoes are cooked through and crispy & browned on the outside.  While the potatoes are cooking, add the chicken to the bowl with the remaining sauce.  Stir to coat.  Once potatoes are done, remove from oven and lower oven temp to 400 degrees. Add the chicken to the top of the cooked potatoes.  (I know, raw chicken on top of cooked potatoes seems a little weird, but it all heats back up and cooks through.)  Cover raw chicken with cheese, bacon bits and green onions in an even layer.  Place assembled casserole in the oven and bake for 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. 

You can serve this with extra hot sauce, ranch or blue cheese dressing if desired.

My Verdict:

Winner! I could eat this everyday if it was healthy but its not, so I will save this for special events.

Linked up to: 

ten on ten : july 2013

12:00 workout before bed

5:00 wake-up

6:00 laundry folded

7:00 baby feeding

9:00 tot breakfast 

3:00 naptime movie, minus the nap

*can anyone guess what it is?

5:00 grapes for her, cherries for me

6:00 a little distraction after an accident

7:00 new wednesday night church service 

9:00 quesadilla snack before bed

Coming out of the Baby Haze...

-

 Zach

turned 6 weeks old yesterday. It seriously goes by way too fast but there is something special about this boy. I've been trying to savor every moment with him, we are 80% sure he won't be the last Tucker baby but you never know. He is a milk beast... & now weighs 10 lb. He also really likes to spit up and drool on me. Mama's boy might be an understatement. 

-

Hayden

will be 2 next week, I might cry. We are keeping it low key this year. Planning for a fun day trip with her cousins next week though. She is funny and frightening all at the same time. Tantrums come and go. Mine is the new word of the week unfortunately.. but the other new thing 12ish smothering kisses in a row is the best. 

- I ordered 6 months of pictures for my project life album, so be on the lookout for pages and bits of my scrapbooking process soon. Time to get cracking on my studio calico project life kits. 

- Reading Bread & Wine still

- Bart strike = lame 

- If you like oatmeal make this => 

Overnight, Slow Cooker, Banana & Coconut Milk Steel-Cut Oatmeal

but if you don't make this =>

Fancy Mac & Cheese instead

the book list

What I'm Reading Now

- The Baby Book by Dr. William Sears
- Bread & Wine by Shauna Niequist
- Anything by Jennie Allen

What I've Read

2013


1. Mommy Time by Sarah Arthur

2012

1. A Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family by Mary Ostyn
2. Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving--and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity by Dimity McDowell & Sarah Bowen Shea
3. 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker
4. One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp


2011


1. The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond
2. Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon-Rosegg
3. Husband-Coached Childbirth by Dr. Robert Bradley and The Hathaways
4. The Duggar's: 20 and Counting! by Jim-Bob and Michelle Duggar
5. What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff
6. Your Pregnancy Devotional by Pamela Fierro
7. Poison Study by Maria V Snyder
8. What to Expect: Eating Well While You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff
9. Happy Chaos by Soleil Moon Frye 10. On Becoming Baby Wise by Gary Ezzo 11. Food Rules by Michael Pollan

2010

1. Treasuring God in Our Traditions by Noel Piper

2. The First 90 Days of Marriage by Eric & Leslie Ludy

3. Acts-Bible Study by John MacArthur

4. Start Your Family by Steve and Candice Watters

5. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

6. Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley

7. Miserly Moms by Jonni McCoy

8. What to Expect Before You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff

9. Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

10. The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer

11. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

12. Mini-Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

13. The Girls From Ames

14. The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

Zachariah Owen

Zachariah Owen Tucker

Born Monday May 27th at 5:12pm

6 lbs 7 oz, 19 1/4 inches

Hello Little

Boy

Currently

Swing Hoarder

Whewww, 2ish weeks off from almost all media is really nice sometimes. I think we all need a break from so much stimulation occasionally. Now I wish I could say I had been vacationing in some tropical secluded location but I wasn't, more like working on my task list of before baby items. We also had a lot going on with Mothers day and my birthday, both of which were busy but a joy. 

Prego: Almost 37 weeks prego... I feel amazing other than my almost continuous heart burn/acid reflux & some hip pain. The hip pain I think is from how I have to sleep and from carrying Hayden on it. 

Fitness: I've stopped working out but still walk 2-3 times a week, usually to take Hayden to the playground or to peruse BabyGap & Anthropologie for sale items. Best and worse things having those 2 in walking distance. 

Reading: Bread & Wine at the moment, this book is really hitting my soul of how I want to live our family life really intentionally. 

Watching: The Great Gatsby in 3d, my first 3d movie was very enjoyed. I have a thing for the 20's and for visually decadent movies. 

Craving: All you can eat sushi, I don't not eat sushi when pregnant we just only go a couple times a year.