Loaded Chicken Bacon Tater Tot Cups
Yield: 12
00:05
Prep
00:35
Cook
00:40
Total Time
Ingredients & Directions
Directions
Chicken Tater Tot Cups
5
60
regular sized tater tots (or about 120 minis)
5-6
green onions, only the green portions, minced
3/4 cup
sour cream
1-2 cups
shredded cheese of your choice
7-8 slices
cooked bacon, diced small
- Cook the chicken strips according to package directions. (Nicole used her air fryer at 400°F for about 12 minutes.) Cut them into small pieces for topping the potato cups.
- Preheat the oven to 425°F for the potato cups.
- Lightly grease a muffin tin and place tater tots into each well. (about 5 if regular size for 8 to 10 if using minis)
- Bake for about 15 minutes until they are soft and just starting to crisp.
- Remove the pan from the oven and carefully use a kitchen utensil handle or shot glass to press down the center of the potatoes to form into a cup.
- Place the pan back in the oven to continue crisping the potato cups for another 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven again and add cheese into each cup.
- Return to the oven to melt the cheese (a few minutes).
- Remove from the oven a final time and top the melted cheese in each cup with chunks of chicken, bacon, sour cream and green onions.
Buffalo Chicken Variation:
Toss the chicken in buffalo sauce and use ranch or blue cheese dressing in place of the sour cream.
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Loaded Chicken Bacon Tater Tot Cups
Yield: 12
00:05
Prep
00:35
Cook
00:40 Total Time
Ingredients
Directions
Chicken Tater Tot Cups
5
60
regular sized tater tots (or about 120 minis)
5-6
green onions, only the green portions, minced
3/4 cup
sour cream
1-2 cups
shredded cheese of your choice
7-8 slices
cooked bacon, diced small
- Cook the chicken strips according to package directions. (Nicole used her air fryer at 400°F for about 12 minutes.) Cut them into small pieces for topping the potato cups.
- Preheat the oven to 425°F for the potato cups.
- Lightly grease a muffin tin and place tater tots into each well. (about 5 if regular size for 8 to 10 if using minis)
- Bake for about 15 minutes until they are soft and just starting to crisp.
- Remove the pan from the oven and carefully use a kitchen utensil handle or shot glass to press down the center of the potatoes to form into a cup.
- Place the pan back in the oven to continue crisping the potato cups for another 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven again and add cheese into each cup.
- Return to the oven to melt the cheese (a few minutes).
- Remove from the oven a final time and top the melted cheese in each cup with chunks of chicken, bacon, sour cream and green onions.