Loaded Baked Potato Casserole
This Loaded Baked Potato Casserole is a delicious weeknight meal that can be made as one big casserole or in individual serving dishes. Load up this dish with chicken, cheese, green onions, bacon, and all your favorite baked potato fixings.
This Loaded Baked Potato Casserole is a fun way to eat baked potatoes- full of cheese, bacon, and chicken all surrounded by creamy, buttery chunks of potato.
This dish can be made into one big casserole or individual servings. We do casseroles a lot, so sometimes it’s fun to do things a little differently. Food often becomes more interesting when I present it in a new way to my kids.
What’s Needed for Loaded Baked Potato Casserole?
For this dish, you will need russet potatoes and your favorite baked potato fixings. For example:
- Cheese (I prefer sharp cheddar)
- Green onions
- Bacon
- Meat (we like grilled chicken, but pulled pork would also be delicious)
- Sour cream
- Veggies (like chopped tomatoes or broccoli)
How to Make Loaded Baked Potato Casserole
- Cook the bacon as desired. (I like to cook bacon in the Air Fryer.)
- Place peeled and diced potatoes in a medium pot, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil.Â
- Add 2 tsp salt, reduce heat and simmer until just tender, but not falling apart. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
- Add cream and butter to the potatoes, roughly mash with a fork (leaving some chunks).
- Add the chicken, scallions, bacon, and cheese to the potatoes. Mix well to combine.
- Transfer to a shallow baking dish or 6-8 large ramekins.
- Sprinkle with more cheese and bake until melted at 350 degrees F.
Can I Omit the Meat?
Of course! You could omit the chicken in this dish and serve this Baked Potato Casserole as a side dish instead.
Can I Prep This in Advance?
Absolutely! Assemble this loaded potato casserole as instructed, but wait to sprinkle on the final layer of cheese. Top the casserole with foil and chill under ready to heat up. Just before heating, sprinkle with cheese.
Tips for Making Chicken Bacon Potato Casserole
I used leftover grilled chicken for this because it’s what I had on hand, but you could also use a rotisserie; you just can’t beat the flavor or tenderness (or ease) of a rotisserie chicken.
You could also toss some broccoli into this loaded baked potato casserole with chicken if you like. I would use frozen, let them thaw, and then toss in just before baking.
You could also swap sweet potatoes for the russet potatoes but it may affect the cook time. Also, check out my recipe collection of Easy Recipes with Potatoes.
More Easy Casserole Dishes:
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon
- 2 lbs medium russet potatoes
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tsp salt + 1/2 tsp
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 3 cups cooked chicken chopped
- 4 green onions sliced thin
- 8 oz sharp cheddar grated
Instructions
- Cook the bacon as desired. (I like to bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 425 degrees while cooking the potatoes. Place the bacon on a rimmed baking sheet covered in foil for easy clean up. Transfer to a paper towel when finished baking; break into pieces when cool.)
- Peel and cut the potatoes into large chunks. Place potatoes in a medium pot, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil. Add 2 tsp salt, reduce heat and simmer until just tender, but not falling apart. (About 15 minutes.) Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
- Add the cream and butter to the potatoes, roughly mash with a fork (leaving some chunks).
- Add the chicken, scallions, bacon, 6oz cheese, remaining salt, and pepper to the potatoes. Mix well to combine.
- Transfer to a shallow baking dish or 6-8 large ramekins.
- Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake until melted at 350 degrees. (About 15 minutes for ramekins or 20-25 for casserole.)
Definitely one I’m saving to Pinterest! Looks delicious!
This is quickly becoming one our family’s go-to favorites. My only revision is that we use sour cream instead of cream. I didn’t know if cream meant whipping cream or half and half, so we went with sour cream. I’m back for the 4th time in a couple months to get the recipe again for dinner tonight
The recipe sounds good, but a temp to bake the ramekins in is needed. There’s the temp for the bacon, but not the dish it’s self. That’s all I had to comment on.
This looks like a dish that I could totally get hooked on!
Love this! And love that you broke them out into individual portions. As a household of two, we struggle with having two many leftovers. May try this recipe with a sweet potato as well to see how it is.
You had me at bacon, but then I had to click on your post and now I’m drooling! Your loaded baked potato casserole looks SCRUMPTIOUS! Pinning and sharing! Thank you so much for linking up to The Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!
What a great side dish! I have to make them sometime soon.
Things are so much cuter in individual little dishes! These look delicious. I love all of the flavors in loaded baked potatoes and the chicken would be a great addition!
I totally understand when you say intimidated! I am the exact opposite though…scared of macarons but can make a baked potato all day long 🙂 Thank you for sharing! This looks delicious!
This has my name written all over it! I LOVE anything to do with potatoes, and these are such cute stuffed casseroles – no sharing needed! (Though can I have two just for me?) I love that it can also use some rotisserie chicken and broccoli – two of my favorites. Seriously, it’s like you made it just for me 😉 Pinning, yumming and can’t wait to try!