Chicken Pot Pie Tater Tot Casserole

Chicken Pot Pie Tater Tot Casserole is a savory and comforting one-dish recipe, perfect for dinner with your family or to bring to a gathering. It has chicken, pie crust, tater tots, and mixed vegetables all combined into one lovely dish! (makes 2, 9-inch round casserole pies)

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Chicken Pot Pie Tater Tot Casserole

Hi Everyone, This Chicken Pot Pie Tater Tot Casserole recipe is a mash-up of two favorite things: Tater tots and chicken pot pie! This recipe has flavors everyone in the family is sure to love. It’s amazing how a few simple ingredients can make something so delicious and perfect for cozy nights when it’s cold outside.

The nice thing is you have your veggies, protein, and carbs all in one dish! Since this recipe makes 2, 9-inch round casserole pies, you can make one for dinner and give one away or freeze it for another night. If you are going to freeze one, you don’t have to bother thawing the pie crust.

You can make a homemade pie crust if you want but if it makes it hard to complete the recipe by making a homemade pie crust, you can easily get the store bought ones at your grocery store. You will still get that same homemade taste in this recipe because most of the recipe is from scratch.

You can sub out the 2 cups of mixed vegetables for 2 cups or another type of frozen vegetable or even 2 cups fresh vegetables of your choice as long as they are bite size. The mix vegetables are a classic chicken pot pie ingredient and usually something one might have on hand in their freezer.

There is no condensed soup in this recipe and I feel that it really makes a difference. The filling has butter, flour, chicken broth, and milk to name some of the ingredients which add to its thick creamy texture. The minced garlic also adds to the flavor of the filling. Garlic is not a traditional ingredient in chicken pot pie but this is not a traditional chicken pot pie, now, is it?

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Ingredients for Chicken Pot Pie Tater Tot Casserole

• 2, 9-inch store bought pie crusts frozen, thawed (if you are freezing it, do not bother to thaw the crust)

Filling

• 1/3 cup unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic (optional)
• 1/3 cup yellow onion, chopped
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, amount to taste
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken (you can substitute the same amount turkey)
• 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed

Topping

• 1 bag tater tots, regular size or mini (I suggest the “mini” kind if you can find them)
• 1/2-1 cups shredded 3-cheese blend (I like Cheddar), optional
• parsley flakes for serving or fresh parsley
• Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper for serving

Kitchen Tools for Chicken Pot Pie Tater Tot Casserole

• measuring spoons and cups
• wet measure
• cutting board
• chef’s knife
• 9 inch round casserole dish/pie plate (the store-bought pie crusts may already be in an aluminum pie plate which you can set in a glass or ceramic one for serving)
• spatula
• trivet and oven mitts
• 2 rimmed aluminum baking sheets (in case of overflow during baking)
• tin foil to make a foil tent (optional)

You can really get creative with the tater tots designs if you want. I opted for a simple, circular row – that seemed to fit them the easiest.

I do suggest using the mini tater tots if you can find them, that way you can fit more in and no, they do not need to be thawed before baking. They crisp right up when they bake!

I know you will love this Chicken Pot Pie Tater Tot Casserole recipe, if you try it, let me know in the comments below!

Find a couple more of our favorite pot pie and tater tot dishes below!

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For another family favorite casserole, you won’t want to miss our John Wayne Casserole! Layers of ground beef, cheese mixture, fresh vegetables, and Jalapeno peppers come together when baked on top of a biscuit crust. Yes, please!