Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Casserole Food

CHEESY BUFFALO CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Assemble your ingredients. Make sure that your chicken breasts have been cooked and cubed (season with salt and pepper and cook in the oven at 425°F for 35-40 minutes)
• Begin cooking your pasta according to the package instructions while you work on the rest of the recipe.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Cook the bacon pieces in a large fry pan until crisp and set aside on paper towel to drain. Drain most of the fat from the pan but leave a small amount in the pan. Toss the chicken in the fry pan on low heat for about 2 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside with the bacon.
• In a medium pot melt the butter. Add the minced garlic and cook for about 1 minute. (Don't let the garlic get brown though or it will be bitter.)
• Add the flour and whisk until combined.
• Pour in the buffalo sauce and combine.
• Pour the milk into the pot and bring to a boil. Once it reaches a boil lower the heat to Minimum and add the cheddar cheese and 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese. Stir until the cheese is melted and combined and sauce has thickened. Set aside.
• Once the pasta has been cooked and drained, pour them into a12″-15″ glass casserole dish (or other large casserole dish).
• Combine the sauce, pasta, chicken and bacon in the casserole dish making sure everything is evenly distributed.
• Sprinkle the cracker crumbs over top of the casserole and then sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Place into the oven uncovered for about 15 minutes until the casserole is heated through and the cheese is melted on top.

CHEESY BUFFALO CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add chicken tenders. Cook until no longer pink in the center and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and cool until easily handled, about 5 minutes. Shred chicken with 2 forks.
• Beat cream cheese in a blender until smooth. Add ranch dressing, Buffalo wing sauce, and water; blend until smooth. Mix in shredded chicken and Colby Jack cheese.
• Spread rice in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour Buffalo chicken mixture on top. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on top. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until Cheddar cheese is melted and bubbly, about 45 minutes. Sprinkle corn chips on top.

BUFFALO CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, stir together condensed soup, softened cream cheese, milk, buffalo wing sauce, and ranch seasoning. Gently fold in chicken, cooked pasta and celery.
• Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish. Sprinkle cheddar cheese over top.
• Cover tightly with foil or a lid, and bake for about 20-25 minutes (or until hot and bubbly and cheese is melted).

BUFFALO CHICKEN AND ROASTED POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat hot pepper sauce, olive oil, garlic powder, black pepper, paprika, and salt in a large skillet over low heat, stirring until thoroughly combined. Turn off heat. Toss potatoes in batches with the hot pepper sauce mixture to coat and use a slotted spoon to transfer potatoes to the prepared baking dish. Leave remaining sauce in skillet. Mix chicken into remaining sauce and allow to marinate while potatoes roast.
• Bake potatoes until tender inside and crisp and brown outside, 45 to 50 minutes, stirring every 10 to 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven heat to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Spread chicken cubes over roasted potatoes. Sprinkle Mexican cheese blend, cooked bacon, and green onions over chicken. Return to oven and bake until chicken is cooked through and the cheese topping is bubbling, about 15 minutes.
• Bake in oven until chicken is cooked through and the cheese topping is bubbling, about 15 minutes.

LOADED POTATO AND BUFFALO CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500F (This is NOT a typo, 500F is correct!) .
• In a large bowl mix together the olive oil, hot sauce, salt, pepper, garlic powder & paprika.
• Add the potatoes and stir to coat.
• Add the potatoes to a greased baking dish.
• When scooping the potatoes into the baking dish, leave behind any extra olive oil/hot sauce mix.
• Add the diced chicken to the "left behind" olive oil/hot sauce mix and stir to coat all the chicken. Allow to marinate as the potatoes bake.
• Roast the potatoes for 45-50 minutes, stirring every 10-15 minutes, until cooked through and nice and crispy on the outside.
• Once the potatoes are fully cooked add the marinated chicken.
• Once the potatoes are fully cooked, remove from the oven and lower the oven temperature to 400°F.
• In a large bowl mix all the topping ingredients together.
• Top the raw chicken with the topping.
• Bake 15 minutes or until until the chicken is cooked through and the topping is melted and bubbly delicious.
• Serve with extra hot sauce and/or ranch dressing.

CHEESY BUFFALO CHICKEN SKULLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Add in the onion, garlic, celery and carrots and cook until softened, about 6 to 8 minutes. Add the shredded chicken and buffalo wing sauce and stir to coat.
• In a medium bowl, combine the cheddar and monterey jack cheeses. Unroll the pizza dough placing the long edge closest to you. Cut into six equal strips.
• Working one at a time, lay dough into skull cavities and press gently into the bottom and half way up the sides. Fill with the chicken mixture, shredded cheeses and a spoonful of blue cheese crumbles. Fold dough over filling and pinch edges together to seal.
• Bake for 18 minutes, remove from molds and place on a platter. Serve with carrot sticks, celery sticks and blue cheese dressing for dipping.
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