Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries

These Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries are the perfect loaded fries. Chicken and cheddar cheese with bacon and ranch. Oh they are so amazing, you might not want to share!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 960kcal

Author Lauren

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!)

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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.

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