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This Whole30 Loaded Potato & Buffalo Chicken Casserole is a delicious one pan meal that is packed with flavor! It takes less than 10 minutes to prep and only uses 5 ingredients. Perfect for busy weeknights!
*This post was updated with new copy and photos on February 24, 2021.
Casseroles and one-pan meals are my love language! Also anything Buffalo Chicken. Which makes this meal a winner in my book! All of my kids LOVE buffalo anything (as long as I use mild sauce), so it’s also great for the whole family. This Loaded Potato and Buffalo Chicken Casserole is so simple to make, and it only uses 5 ingredients. You truly can’t beat that!
What Ingredients You Need to Make This Loaded Potato & Buffalo Chicken Casserole
Like I mentioned, you only need 5 (maybe 6) ingredients to make this!
- Chicken – I love to get my organic, free-range chicken breasts from Butcher Box. They deliver the meat straight to your doorstep, and it’s seriously the best chicken I’ve ever had!
- Potatoes – For this recipe, you can use 1 lb of yellow or red baby potatoes or 4-5 russett potatoes (peeled or not, up to you!). If you use baby potatoes, I like to cut them into halves if they’re smaller, or fourths if they’re on the bigger side.
- Buffalo Sauce – Some of my favorite healthier (and Whole30 compliant) brands of buffalo sauce are: The New Primal, Tessemae’s, and Primal Kitchen.
- Green onions
- Bacon – I also love to get this from Butcher Box. It’s sugar free and so delicious!
- Green onions
- Ranch dressing – My favorites are Tessemae’s or Sir Kensington’s!
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I used my 9×13 Staub Baking Dish for this recipe. Any 9×13 pan will work well!
How to Make This Whole30 Loaded Potato & Buffalo Chicken Casserole
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Cook your bacon. I like to do this using my No Mess Oven Baked Bacon method! Drain it on a paper towel lined plate while you make the casserole.
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Preheat your oven to 450. Spray a 9×13 casserole dish with avocado or olive oil. In a large bowl, combine the diced potatoes and buffalo sauce. Toss to coat, then use a slotted spoon to remove the potatoes and add them to the baking dish in a single layer. Add the raw chicken pieces to the same bowl with the remaining buffalo sauce and toss. Keep the bowl in the fridge and let the chicken marinate while the potatoes cook.
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Cook the potatoes for 30-35 minutes, tossing every 10 minutes, until cooked through and crispy. Reduce the oven temperature to 400. Add the raw marinated chicken pieces on top of the potatoes along with the bacon pieces. Cook for an additional 15-20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Top with green onions and a drizzle of ranch dressing and serve. Enjoy!
Looking for some other delicious Whole30 Casseroles to try? Check these out:
Tuscan Spaghetti Squash Casserole
Roasted Veggie Breakfast Casserole
Bacon Jalapeno Popper Chicken Casserole
If you try this casserole out and love it, a rating and review here on my site would mean the world! Don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @maryswholelife so I can see your creations! Enjoy!
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Whole30 Loaded Potato And Buffalo Chicken Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 lb baby potatoes , quarted, or 4 russet potatoes peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 6-8 strips sugar-free bacon
- ¼ cup green onions, diced
- ¾ cup The New Primal Buffalo Sauce, or compliant buffalo sauce of choice
- Compliant ranch dressing, for serving
Instructions
- Cook your bacon. I like to do this in the oven for 15 mins at 400! Drain it on a paper towel lined plate while you make the casserole.
- Preheat your oven to 450. Spray a 9x13 casserole dish with avocado or olive oil. In a large bowl, combine the diced potatoes and buffalo sauce. Toss to coat, then use a slotted spoon to remove the potatoes and add them to the baking dish in a single layer. Add the raw chicken pieces to the same bowl with the remaining buffalo sauce and toss. Keep the bowl in the fridge and let the chicken marinate while the potatoes cook.
- Cook the potatoes for 30-35 minutes, tossing every 10 minutes, until cooked through and crispy. Reduce the oven temperature to 400. Add the raw marinated chicken pieces on top of the potatoes along with the bacon pieces. Cook for an additional 15-20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Top with green onions and a drizzle of ranch dressing and serve. Enjoy!
Nutrition
All nutrition facts are an estimate and automatically calculated. While I fact check them using My Fitness Pal, please note that they may not always be 100% accurate and depend on ingredients used. Weigh your total and divide by the number of servings for the most accurate grams per serving size.
Delicious! Everyone in the family loved it. Highly recommended!
I LOVE THIS especially with the ranch. So good as leftovers to reheat for lunch at work. I just ate an enormous dinner but could definitely go for a bowl of this right now
So good! Thank you for the great recipe! You have so many good ones! This was one my whole family likes which is miraculous in itself!
I am glad you all loved it!
My whole family enjoyed this! I don’t do Whole 30, so I just used the Frank’s Buffalo and Hidden Valley Ranch. I did use turkey bacon and cheese on mine. It will be a repeat at our house!
This was so easy and delicious! I was out of bacon and green onion, but through in a little red onion. Also served it over greens and added a little chopped celery on top. Yum!
Yay! Thanks Krista!
This was super delicious!!! We didn’t make this 100% Whole30 friendly, because I didnt have compliant bacon and ranch – but was still awesome. Used greek yogurt ranch instead and our bacon had a tiny bit of sugar in it. Also, didnt have primal kitchen buffalo sauce, so i made some with franks and ghee.
Definitely will be a staple go to in our house. Love it because it could be versatile with adding veggies or maybe even doing with a BBQ sauce.
Thanks Lauren! It is definitely a customizable recipe using whatever you have on hand! 🙂
I have a question? Do you put the bacon pieces in raw with raw chicken?
Hi Kristen – no, for this recipe we use pre-cooked bacon pieces on top!
Made this with your chicken wing recipe for super bowl and was a hit! Thank you for all the great recipes!!
Thanks, Maggie! I’m glad you enjoyed them!
As with most of your recipes, this couldn’t have been an easier weeknight dinner and was so damn tasty! The chicken was perfectly cooked. Thank you for always inspiring me to snap out of weekday mundanity and make something yummy and easy (and relatively healthy)!
Yay! SO glad you loved it!! <3
This was deliscious! I lessened the amount of potatoes and added red onion, jalapeño, and onions to the mix!
Awesome! So glad you liked it!!