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

Name: Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Bacon, Tater Tots, and Cheese
Total time: 210
Yield: 6
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®); 1.5 cups grated Colby cheese; 1.5 slices grated Monterey Jack cheese; 0.75 cup milk

Recipe by Natasha Douglas from allrecipes.com

Dinner 4 Hr. 30 Mins.

Ingredients

6 servings

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4 ounces bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
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1 pound skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
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salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
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1 (16 ounce) package frozen bite-size potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®)

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1.5 cups grated Colby cheese
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1.5 slices grated Monterey Jack cheese
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0.75 cup milk

Instructions

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.