Buffalo Ranch Chicken Casserole Recipe (2024)

This is the original Buffalo Ranch Chicken Casserole recipe! Looking for an easy casserole recipe? This Buffalo Chicken Tater Tot Casserole has a layer of buffalo ranch chicken topped with tater tots and cheese making it a favorite with my whole family.

My kids range in age between 7 and 24, so finding foods that everyone likes can sometimes be a difficult task. There are a few things they all agree on like French Fries and Tater Tots potatoes.

My youngest child is my pickiest eater. If he had a choice, he would live on French Fries and Tater Tots potatoes. There are days where I have seriously wished that ketchup counted as a vegetable! Oddly enough, my 7-year-old also likes spicy foods like salsa. So I have been able to get him to try new foods just by covering them in hot sauce or salsa. It may be weird, but one thing I have learned after 24 years of parenting is you go with what works.

One evening, I decided to combine two things that not only he likes, but that the rest of the family enjoys as well: Spicy food and Tater Tots potatoes. I used Tater Tots, chicken and an easy buffalo ranch sauce to create a Buffalo Ranch Chicken Casserole that the whole family enjoyed.

I keep a bag of Ore-Ida Tater Tots potatoes in my freezer for crazy busy days. You know the ones, the ones where you just need something easy to fall back on. It is really easy to combine the Tater Tots with a few other ingredients to make a kid-friendly buffalo chicken tater tot casserole recipe that the whole family will love.

Buffalo Ranch Chicken Casserole Recipe with Tater Tots

Ingredients:

• 1½ – 2 pounds uncooked chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 – 24-ounce bag of Ore-Ida Tater Tots Potatoes
• ¼ cup hot sauce (less if your kids don’t like spicy food)
• 1 cup ranch dressing
• 1 cup Mexican blend cheese
• 6 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 – 4 stalks celery, thinly sliced (optional)

Directions:

You will find a complete set of printable directions at the bottom of this post.

Since I was going for easy, I made the buffalo ranch sauce for this casserole by combining hot sauce and Ranch dressing.

First, you place the chicken and celery in the casserole dish. Then combine half of the buffalo ranch sauce with the chicken. Tops the chicken with green onion slices.

Then place the still frozen Tater Tots in rows across the top of the chicken pieces. Then pour the remaining buffalo ranch sauce over the Tater Tots potatoes. Sprinkle the cheese over the top. Then add the remaining green onion slices.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Printable Recipe for Buffalo Ranch Chicken Casserole

Here is a video showing you how easy it is to make this Buffalo Ranch Chicken Casserole recipe. This video was made in cooperation with my friend Nate of WannaBite.com.

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Ore-Ida. The buffalo ranch chicken casserole recipe is my original creation and the opinions and text are all mine.