If you are looking for an amazing recipe to blow your taste buds away try these Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries! Crispy loaded fries topped with the amazing flavors of chicken, bacon, and ranch. There is no going wrong with the chicken bacon ranch flavor combination. I promise you are going to love these loaded cheese fries!
Chicken Bacon Ranch Loaded Cheese Fries
Anytime I make this recipe, be it for dinner, a snack, or an appetizer, it is gone within minutes. I always tell myself I should make more because they go so fast, but I never do, and then I always end up making a second batch. Do yourself a favor, and if you are feeding a bunch of people, just make a double batch right from the get-go.
You may look at this recipe and say how is this a dinner? Trust me Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries are acceptable for dinner. If anyone tells you otherwise, ignore them. Once you take the first bite of these crispy fries that are loaded with crispy bacon, gooey cheese, chicken, and ranch dressing, you will forget about the other food nearby and just continue to enjoy these loaded fries.
Bacon Ranch Recipes
- Bacon Ranch Chicken Zucchini Boats
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole
- chicken bacon ranch pasta
- Turkey Ranch and Bacon pinwheels
- Bacon Ranch Chicken Soup
- Cheddar Bacon Ranch Dip
Tips for Making this recipe
I like my bacon crispy, but when making these bacon and cheese fries you can cook your bacon to your favorite crispiness. I haven’t found much difference in the result of cooking the bacon on the stove, in the oven, or if you want to in the microwave.
When making this amazing chicken bacon ranch recipe I use Hidden Valley Ranch. I find it has the best ranch flavor for making these amazing. You can also make a batch of homemade ranch dressing and use that instead.
I also like to top my Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries with sour cream. If you want to get all fancy make a few extra pieces of bacon to sprinkle on top of the easy loaded fries once they are done. There is no such thing as to much bacon, ever and especially not when you are making Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries.
Variations of this recipe
Use fresh chicken. I use chicken nuggets for this recipe, but you can also use baked chicken or rotisserie chicken if you have leftovers.
Use homemade fries. You can make homemade fries instead of using frozen fries.
Change up the chicken. If you are sticking with frozen chicken and want the crispy crunch, you can swap the chicken nuggets for chicken fries or chicken tenders.
Change up the cheese. I use Mexican cheese mix, but there are plenty of other options that work well, including Cheddar cheese and pepper jack.
Make them spicy. Want more of a kick to your loaded fries? Add some sliced jalapeno peppers on top. You can also add a drizzle of buffalo sauce or hot sauce on top of the fries to add more spice.
Add more toppings. I keep mine simple, but you can add more toppings, including onions or bell peppers.
Can I make this recipe in Advance?
I do not suggest making this recipe in advance. Nor do I suggest storing the leftovers, they will get soggy. My suggestion is to make only what will be eaten at the time of making them. I have attempted to store them in the fridge and then reheat them and it doesn’t work well. The flavors are all still there but the fries get soggy even if you reheat them in the air fryer or the oven.
If you are going to make them in advance, I only suggest prepping the toppings items and then making the fries and putting the toppings on when you are going to eat them.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries Ingredients
- Chicken nuggets
- french fries
- Mexican mix cheese
- green chili peppers
- ranch dressing
- garlic
- bacon
How to Make Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries
Preheat oven to bake fries and chicken nuggets. You can also make air fried chicken nuggets and air fried fries instead.
In a medium sized pan over medium heat add the bacon and the garlic. Cook the bacon with the garlic until you have crispy bacon and then crumble it. You can use your hands to crumble the bacon or a knife to chop it, whichever you prefer.
Shread the cheese with a block grater if you are not using pre-shredded cheese.
When the fries are done baking in the oven, remove them and keep them on the baking sheet.
Remove the chicken and then cut the chicken nuggets into small pieces.
In a large bowl, mix chicken nuggets, bacon, ranch, and canned chilis and mix it all together.
Top the fries with the bacon ranch chicken mixture, sprinkle the shredded cheese on top of the fries, and then bake in the oven again until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
It should take 3-5 minutes for the cheese to melt, so keep an eye on them while they are in the oven.
Add additional ranch dressing on top of the fries once the cheese is melted and enjoy.
Looking for more tasty appetizer recipes? Check these out!
- Buffalo Chicken Nachos
- Parmesan Garlic Sweet Potato Fries
- Homemade Pretzels
- Easy Layered Taco Dip
- Cajun Chicken Wings
- Baked Zucchini Fries
- Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries
Ingredients
- 10 frozen chicken nuggets
- 14 ounces frozen french fries
- 8 ounce bag shredded Mexican mix cheese
- 1/2 tablespoon diced green chili peppers i get the canned ones
- 1/2 cup ranch dressing I used Kraft
- 1 tablespoon diced garlic I use the jar kind
- 8 slices bacon cut in half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450.
- On one tray put fries on another put chicken nuggets.
- Bake chicken nuggets for 10 minutes, bake fries for 17-20 (until they are cooked and crispy). While chicken nuggets and fries are cooking cook your bacon.
- Get a skillet and put 1 tablespoon of diced garlic, add your bacon and cook till crispy. Remove and drain on paper towels. By this step your chicken nuggets will be done.
- Get a medium sized mixing bowl and add bacon into the bowl, breaking it into pieces as you put it in. Then cut your chicken nuggets up in to little pieces, add ranch dressing, and chilis and mix it all together.
- Get a baking dish that can go in the oven. By this time your fries should be done if not wait till they are done to continue.
- Remove fries and put them in baking dish, top with the bacon ranch mixture and then sprinkle cheese on top. You have a full 8 ounce bag don’t be afraid to use a lot, you want them cheesy!
- Then put the whole thing in the over for 5 minutes to melt the cheese. Remove and enjoy (you could wait till they cool a bit but the smell was so amazing coming from the oven that we couldn’t and we dove right in!)
Video
Notes
Variations of this recipe
Use fresh chicken. I use chicken nuggets for this recipe, but you can also use baked chicken or rotisserie chicken if you have leftovers. Use homemade fries. You can make homemade fries instead of using frozen fries. Change up the chicken. If you are sticking with frozen chicken and want the crispy crunch, you can swap the chicken nuggets for chicken fries or chicken tenders. Change up the cheese. I use Mexican cheese mix, but there are plenty of other options that work well, including Cheddar cheese and pepper jack. Make them spicy. Want more of a kick to your loaded fries? Add some sliced jalapeno peppers on top. You can also add a drizzle of buffalo sauce or hot sauce on top of the fries to add more spice. Add more toppings. I keep mine simple, but you can add more toppings, including onions or bell peppers.
Comments & Reviews
Judy says
I can’t get the recipe for cheese fries
Dot says
Yum! Gotta try this, anything with bacon is a hit here!
Jagroop says
Can you do it without ranch
Stephanie says
Yes
nim says
DELICIOUS