Buffalo Ranch Chicken Loaf
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This was good and so easy to make! It would be a great make a head meal too! by that I mean the day before you could cook the chicken and the bacon and the day of all you would have to do is assemble the loaf.
Now, normally I don’t share big long stories before I share a recipe, it’s just not my style, I like to get straight to the point. But today I am going to share a short, funny story with you. While I was at the grocery store picking up the ingredients to make this, along with some other things I needed, I did the most embarrassing thing! I was walking around the store listening to the Christmas music the store plays or so I thought. Well, when I was almost finished and turned the corner to the butter aisle (the last things on my list, thank God!) I realized that the store was not playing Christmas music at all… It was me!! Here I found out that somehow my itunes radio was on and I was the one blaring Christmas music all through out the store! And if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, when I found out I quickly turned my phone off and grabbed my butter, when I did a whole stack of butter fell on the floor! All I could think of was, I gotta get out of here! And of course when I got to the register the lines were long. SO now I’m pretty sure everyone that was in that store thinks I’m a fruit cake! … why??! LOL Have you ever had this type of thing happen to you??
Now that you know all about my embarrassing trip to the store, lets get to the recipe.
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Buffalo Ranch Loaf
Ingredients:
3 skinless boneless chicken breasts
1 ranch packet
1/2 C. oil ( you may need a little more depending on the size of the chicken breasts)
1 loaf of Italian bread
1/2 pounds bacon (fried and crumbled)
2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
1/2 stick of butter
1 cup of buffalo sauce
ranch dressing for dipping
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Whisk oil and ranch packet seasoning together. In a deep skillet over medium high heat add chicken breasts and pour the oil ranch mixture over them. Fry until chicken is fully cooked, let chicken cool and cut it into bite size chunks, set aside. Fry bacon, drain on a plate lined with paper towel and crumble, set aside. In a microwave safe bowl combine buffalo sauce and butter, microwave till butter is melted (about 1 minute) then whisk. Slice loaf of Italian bread in half , like you would for a hoagie except cut it completely through so you have 2 pieces. Lay the bread crust down on a greased cookie sheet. Next you will divide the chicken, sauce, bacon and cheese evenly among the two halves of bread. Start with the chicken then pour the sauce evenly over the chicken, next sprinkle on the bacon and finally sprinkle on the cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes then broil the top till the cheese browns.
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| Prep Time | 30 minutes minutes |
| Cook Time | 30 - 40 minutes minutes |
| Servings |
makes 2 half loafs
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- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 ranch packet
- 1/2 cup oil ( you may need a little more depending on the size of your chicken breasts)
- 1 loaf Italian bread
- 1/2 pound bacon (fried & crumbled )
- 2 cups Shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1 cup buffalo sauce
- ranch dressing for dipping
Ingredients
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Whisk oil and ranch packet seasoning together. In a deep skillet over medium high heat add chicken breasts and pour the oil ranch mixture over them. Fry until chicken is fully cooked, let chicken cool and cut it into bite size chunks, set aside. Fry bacon, drain on a plate lined with paper towel and crumble, set aside. In a microwave safe bowl combine buffalo sauce and butter, microwave till butter is melted (about 1 minute) then whisk. Slice loaf of Italian bread in half , like you would for a hoagie except cut it completely through so you have 2 pieces. Lay the bread crust down on a greased cookie sheet. Next you will divide the chicken, sauce, bacon and cheese evenly among the two halves of bread. Start with the chicken then pour the sauce evenly over the chicken, next sprinkle on the bacon and finally sprinkle on the cheese.
Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted, then broil to brown the cheese.
