Loaded baked potato & chicken casserole

Name: Loaded baked potato & chicken casserole
Total time: 60 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 lb chicken; 10 medium potatoes; 1 tbsp paprika; 1 tbsp ground black pepper; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbsp onion powder; 2 tbsp garlic powder; 1/3 cup olive oil; 1/2 tbsp liquid smoke; 8 tbsp butter; 8 oz cream cheese; 1 cup heavy cream; 3 oz bacon pieces; 8 oz shredded cheese; 1 tbsp Your preferred chicken seasoning ( Grill Mates chicken rub); 1 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 oz chives; sour cream

camire09 @cook_3158322

Highland, Michigan

This was something I had wanted to try for some time. After looking at a few recipes I found that they all had a few food ideas I liked and I had a few I wanted to introduce. I thought what do I want out of this dish. I wanted it to have a slight smokey flavor like a good baked potato cooked on the grill would. I wanted the cheese to be creamy like it gets when the cheese mixes with the sour cream on a freshly cut baked potato. I wanted the chicken to complement it but not taste entirely the same. When I finally served this up the family all agreed this was a keeper. My wife is convinced this is the ultimate comfort food. Hope you enjoy.

camire09 @cook_3158322

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Ingredients

1 mins

8 servings

3 lbchicken
10 mediumpotatoes
1 tbsp paprika
1 tbspground black pepper
1 tspsalt
1 tbsponion powder
2 tbspgarlic powder
1/3 cupolive oil
1/2 tbspliquid smoke
8 tbspbutter
8 ozcream cheese
1 cupheavy cream
3 ozbacon pieces
8 ozshredded cheese
1 tbspYour preferred chicken seasoning ( Grill Mates chicken rub)
1 tbspolive oil
1/2 ozchives
sour cream

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Steps

1 mins

1

Preheat oven to 400°F
2

In a small bowl mix peprika, pepper, salt, onion powder, and garlic powder
3

In a large mixing bowl add and mix 1/3 cup olive oil and liquid smoke.
4

Now mix ingredients from step 2 into bowl from step 3
5

Cut up potatoes into 3/4 inch cubes and add to bowl from step 3. Mix well to coat.
6

Add potatoes from bowl to a 10"x 13" baking dish. Keep as much as possible of the oil seasoning mixture in the bowl and set aside.
7

Place baking dish in oven 45 minutes. Stirring potatoes every 15 minutes.
8

While potatoes are cooking cut chicken into 1 inch cubes and place in bowl from step 6.
9

Add oil and chicken seasoning to bowl from previous step and mix with chicken to coat. Set aside.
10

In a medium sauce pan add butter, cream cheese and cream. Heat and mix over medium heat. Once thoroughly mixed set aside.
11

Mix chicken again and add to a preheated frying pan. Only brown chicken on all sides, do not cook all the way through.
12

After potatoes have cooked for 45 minutes remove from oven. Mix chicken into potatoes.
13

Sprinkle shredded cheese and bacon over potatoes and chicken, reserving a small amount of each for later. Pour evenly cream cheese mixture from step 10 over everything and place dish back in oven for 25 min.
14

Once that has cooked remove again, add remaining cheese and bacon. Chop and add chives. Cook for additional 5 minutes.
15

Remove from oven, add sour cream to taste and serve.