Chicken Tater Tot Casserole

Chicken Tater Tot Casserole 

Cook 2 chicken breasts.  Cut these up into small pieces.  While those are cooking, cook about 10 bacon strips.  I use turkey bacon, but any bacon would work.  Cut the bacon up into small pieces.  Combine the chicken and bacon pieces with 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese.  The cheese does not need to be warmed or melted at this point.

If you want to use this as a freezer meal, place the chicken, bacon and cheese together in the freezer at this point. 

When you're ready to cook add a small bag of tater tots along with your bagged ingredients and place either in the crock pot or oven.  I also add amount a cup of milk and pepper to mine.  It takes about 4 hours in the crock pot or 1 hour in the oven (350 degrees).  In the crock pot, the tater tots will become soft and your meal will evenly mix together.  If cooking this meal in the oven, the tater tots will become more crunchy and your meal will be layered.  As my husband would say, both ways are "flavorful!"