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

Our family enjoys this any time of year, but mostly during the summer when you don't want an oven heating up your house, but want a hot home-cooked meal.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 hr
• Total Time: 3 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 398 Calories

Ingredients

• ¾ cup milk
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 4 ounces bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 pound skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen bite-size potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®)
• 1 ½ cups grated Colby cheese
• 1 ½ slices grated Monterey Jack cheese

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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.

Step 2

Season chicken pieces lightly with salt and pepper.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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