This loaded totchos recipe can be made with buffalo chicken or without for vegetarian totchos. Also, this recipe is great if you have leftover chicken!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time35 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Course: Appetizers
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 502kcal
Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com
Ingredients
32ouncebag frozen tater tots
2cupscooked shredded chickenoptional
2/3cupbuffalo wing sauceof choice, or more, as needed
1cupshredded cheddar cheese or Mexican cheese blend
4ouncesblue cheese crumbles
1/2cupchopped green onions
Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Ranch Seasoningto taste, optional
Hidden Valley Ranch Spicy Secret Sauce dressingoptional
Ranch dressingfor drizzle and/or serving side
Blue cheese dressingfor 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
*IMPORTANT: Baking the tater tots crispy is important in Step 1. Baking crisp tater tots will help them hold up to all the toppings and not get soggy!**If you're not using shredded chicken, toss the crispy baked tater tots in the wing sauce once they come out of the oven. Then, return them to the oven and bake for an additional 5-7 minutes before moving on to Step 3.