Our family favorite buffalo chicken tater tots recipe! Called totchos (for tater tot nachos), these cheesy potatoes are yummy appetizers for parties, easy football watching food / game day food, or even a quick dinner. Also, these buffalo chicken loaded tater tots are just as good with shredded chicken or without chicken for vegetarian buffalo tots! (We like this potato recipe both ways!)
Loaded Buffalo Chicken Tater Tots Nachos
We make these as buffalo-ranch tater tots because that’s how my daughter likes them, but you can definitely leave off the ranch dressing. These buffalo chicken totchos are easy to play around with and add toppings to your liking without worrying about exact measurements.
Easy Oven-Baked Buffalo Tater Tots Ingredients
- Frozen tater tots (baked to crispy tater tots)
- Shredded chicken, optional
- Buffalo wing sauce (of choice)
- Shredded cheddar cheese or Mexican cheese blend
- Blue cheese crumbles
- Green onions
- Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning, optional
- Hidden Valley Ranch Spicy Secret Sauce dressing, optional
- Ranch dressing, for drizzle and/or serving side
- Blue cheese dressing, for drizzle and/or serving side
RECIPE NOTE: Get the printable buffalo chicken tater tots recipe card below.
How To Make Buffalo Chicken Tots Step-By-Step Tips
Chicken Buffalo Tater Tots vs No Meant Buffalo Tater Tots
We’ve made this recipe with leftover shredded chicken, cubed chicken, and as no meat nachos, and it’s good all those ways.
If you’re making it with chicken, toss the cooked chicken in the buffalo sauce before adding it to the baked tater tots. (You can use any of your favorite buffalo sauces.)
If you’re making this recipe without chicken, toss the tater tots in the buffalo sauce once you have baked the tots until they’re crispy (not before baking or while the tater tots are frozen still). Then, return them to the oven to bake another 5-7 minutes.
Make Crispy Tater Tots
Cooking your tater tots until crispy will make all the difference with this recipe.
Follow the package directions for baking the tater tots and then add a few more minutes to get tater tots crisp.
Crispy tater tots will help hold the toppings without making the potatoes soggy.
Buffalo Tater Tots Toppings
I’ve listed how we usually make these buffalo tater tots, but you can top these with so many different things and they’re still so good. Don’t be afraid to play around with the recipe.
Loaded Tater Tot Topping Ideas:
- Cooked chicken
- Leftover rotisserie chicken
- Shredded beef
- Shredded pork
- Bacon bits or bacon pieces
- Crumbled blue cheese
- Shredded cheddar cheese or Monterey Jack cheese (or any flavor melted cheese you like)
- Sliced green onions
- Red onions
- Ranch dressing
- Blue cheese dressing
- Sour cream
- Chopped celery
- Favorite hot sauce
- Crushed tortilla chips
Buffalo Chicken Tater Tots Printable Recipe Card
If you like Buffalo Wild Wings chicken tots, you’ll love these.
Adjust the heat level with your buffalo sauce. If you like spicy, use a spicy wing sauce!
This is one of those super easy appetizer recipes for the big game party, football season recipes, or party foods. They give you a perfect buffalo chicken wings taste with just a few simple ingredients.
Buffalo Chicken Tater Tots
Ingredients
- 32 ounce bag frozen tater tots
- 2 cups cooked shredded chicken optional
- 2/3 cup buffalo wing sauce of choice, or more, as needed
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese or Mexican cheese blend
- 4 ounces blue cheese crumbles
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning to taste, optional
- Hidden Valley Ranch Spicy Secret Sauce dressing optional
- Ranch dressing for drizzle and/or serving side
- Blue cheese dressing for drizzle and/or serving side
Instructions
- Bake tater tots on a baking sheet according to package directions, around 30 minutes or until crispy.*
- While tater tots are baking, place shredded chicken in a bowl and add in buffalo wing sauce. Stir until chicken is completely covered in sauce. Set aside. You can add more or less buffalo wing sauce / hot sauce based on personal preference. SEE NOTE BELOW IF NOT USING CHICKEN.**
- Remove crispy tater tots from oven. Sprinkle Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Dry Ranch Seasoning lightly over the tater tots.
- Add the shredded cheese evenly over the tater tots.
- Place tater tots back into oven and heat just until cheese is melted, 3-5 minutes.
- After cheese is melted on tater tots, remove from oven and add a layer of the buffalo sauced chicken evenly over the tater tots.
- Top with crumbled blue cheese, chopped green onions, a drizzle of ranch dressing (optional), and a drizzle of Hidden Valley Ranch Spicy Secret Sauce dressing (optional).
- Serve immediately with a side of ranch dressing dipping sauce and/or blue cheese dressing dipping sauce.
- Store leftover tater tots in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition Note
Nutrition calculations are approximate. If you're following a special diet, please calculate your own nutrition values.
AFTER LOADED TATOR TOTS, TRY MORE EASY APPETIZER IDEAS: Easy Game Day Dips and Party Appetizers
I hope you enjoy this buffalo chicken tater tots recipe as much as we do in my family!
