SLOW COOKER CHICKEN CASSEROLE WITH BACON, TATER TOTS®, AND CHEESE

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

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.

Provided by Natasha Douglas

Time 3h30m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

4 ounces bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 pound skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
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
¾ cup milk

Steps:

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.
Season chicken pieces lightly with salt and pepper.
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.
Cover the slow cooker and cook on High until chicken is cooked though and cheese has melted, 3 to 5 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 398.4 calories, Carbohydrate 21 g, Cholesterol 85.4 mg, Fat 23.3 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 29.2 g, SaturatedFat 10.1 g, Sodium 703.5 mg, Sugar 2.1 g