Chicken tater tot casserole5/7/2023 Rotisserie Chicken: This type of spit-cooked chicken is available from many supermarkets and is ready to eat or use.There are a few options when it comes to choosing which type of chicken you’d like to use. Using cooked chicken makes prep time short and sweet. The idea behind this tater tot casserole is an easy dinner option the whole family will enjoy. You’re also able to easily customize the types of veggies you buy (green beans, corn, peas, mushrooms, carrots, mixed vegetables, etc.) instead of purchasing a bag of pre-mixed vegetables. Canned vegetables may be more cost-effective depending on how many cans you purchase. There’s no need to thaw them like you’d need to do with frozen vegetables. Canned Vegetables: Canned mixed vegetables are already cooked and can be quickly added to the casserole mixture.Frozen veggies don’t get as soft as canned vegetables as they cook. Additionally, they tend to have fewer added preservatives or salt compared to the canned variety. Frozen Vegetables: Frozen vegetables are flash-frozen shortly after being picked and maintain their flavor, texture, and nutrients much better than canned varieties.We opt for frozen veggies but well-drained canned vegetables may also be used. The variety of mixed vegetables is customizable and dependent on your tastes. The creamy filling for this chicken casserole includes frozen (thawed) mixed vegetables. You can also cook bacon yourself and crumble it.Frozen Mixed Vegetables Versus Canned Mixed Vegetables Bacon crumbles–you can find bacon crumbles next to the salad dressings and croutons.I like buying the big Hidden Valley container from Costco for recipes like this one and ranch cauliflower and bacon ranch chicken. Ranch dressing mix–this is the dry powder.I love the Instant Pot Dolly Parton Stampede Chicken. You can also hit up Costco and buy their delicious rotisserie chicken (fresh or the packaged meat) for ultimate convenience. Another option is to cook a whole chicken and use some of the meat from that. It is the best and easiest chicken for recipes like this. Chopped cooked chicken–You can cook Instant Pot Seasoned Shredded Chicken and use it for this recipe.However you decide to cook the casserole I know you’ll love it! Ingredients for tater tot chicken casserole It can also be made in your slow cooker (with a little help from your oven). This recipe can be made in your Instant Pot (if you have an air fryer lid) or your oven. You’re going to love the creamy, cheese chicken mixture with the crispy browned tots on top! Tots take crack chicken to a whole new level. (Make sure to save some of the tots for later in your zip up cargo pants pocket □). We can’t eat tater tots at our house without saying that line, “Give me some of your tots!!” It’s just the gift that keeps on giving.Īnd that takes us to today’s recipe. The bully next to him says, “Napoleon! Give me some of your tots!” Greg’s favorite part of the movie is the scene where Napoleon is sitting in class and eating tater tots that were leftover from lunch out of his pants pocket. There are a lot of comical truisms in this movie and it’s just the best. Remember the scene at the chicken farm? (“That’s like a dollar an hour!”) That’s my extended family’s farm. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.”īecause my mom grew up in Franklin, Idaho which is only a few miles from Preston, Idaho I have a lot of connections to the movie. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico (Jon Gries), shows up to keep an eye on him. According to Rotten Tomatoes, “In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) has trouble fitting in. I don’t know about you but I am a huge fan of Napoleon Dynamite! If you haven’t seen it it’s a low budget movie from 2004 that has become a cult classic. Napoleon Dynamite Cracked Out Chicken Casserole
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