Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Baked Potatoes

Name: Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Baked Potatoes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 Russet potatoes, (scrubbed clean); 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 ounce packet dry ranch dressing mix, (divided (Hidden Valley brand is GF)); 4 tablespoons butter, (softened); 8 ounces softened and cubed cream cheese, (divided); 1 ¼ cup shredded Colby jack cheese, (divided); ¼ cup milk; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; ½ teaspoon salt; 3 cups cooked chicken breast, (shredded or chopped); ⅓ cup celery (diced); ¼ cup hot sauce, (such as Frank's Red Hot); optional toppings: ranch dressing, cilantro, sliced green onions, blue cheese crumbles

6 steps

Prep:30minCook:1h 30min

Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Baked Potatoes are creamy ranch twice baked potatoes topped with a buffalo chicken stuffing and a sprinkling of ooey colby jack cheese. These filling stuffed baked potatoes with chicken are an entire meal in one recipe!

Updated at: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:43:15 GMT

Ingredients

5 servings

5Russet potatoes

scrubbed clean

1 tablespoonolive oil

1 ouncedry ranch dressing mix

packet, divided, Hidden Valley brand is GF

4 tablespoonsbutter

softened

8 ouncescream cheese

softened and cubed, divided

1 ¼ cupColby jack cheese

shredded, divided

¼ cupmilk

½ teaspoongarlic powder

½ teaspoonsalt

3 cupschicken breast

cooked, shredded or chopped

⅓ cupcelery

¼ cuphot sauce

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Prick the potatoes all over with a fork and rub oil over the skins. Place the potatoes on the oven rack and bake for 50-70 minutes, turning every 20 minutes.

Step 2

Cool slightly and slice off the top part of the potato, enough to scrape out almost the entire potato. Use a spoon to scrape out the insides, leaving some of the flesh still on the skins. Transfer the potato filling to a large bowl.

Step 3

To the potatoes add 1 ½ tablespoons ranch dressing mix, butter, 4 ounces softened and cubed cream cheese, ¾ cup cheese, milk, garlic powder, and salt. Use a hand mixer to beat on medium speed just till combined.

Step 4

Transfer the potato skins to a foil-lined baking sheet. Divide the ranch potato stuffing between the skins. Return the potatoes to the oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until hot throughout.

Step 5

While the potatoes are baking, prepare the buffalo chicken topping. First mix together the remaining cream cheese, remaining ranch packet, and hot sauce until smooth. Stir in the cooked chicken and celery.

Step 6

Top the twice baked potatoes with the buffalo chicken. Sprinkle on the remaining cheese and return to the oven for 15 additional minutes, or until the buffalo chicken filling is hot and the cheese is melted. Serve with optional toppings.

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