# Cowboy Butter Chicken and Bacon Waffle Potatoes

A creative take on baked potatoes, these waffle potatoes are topped with cowboy butter chicken, bacon, and a cowboy butter ranch dressing.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Breakfast
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 baked golden potatoes baked golden potatoes
- Shredded Colby Jack cheese
- 6 chicken tenders chicken tenders
- Cowboy butter seasoning
- 12 Tbsp butter, melted
- 4 garlic cloves garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lemon Juice of lemon
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp paprika
- 0.25 cup fresh chopped parsley
- 2 Tbsp chives
- 2 tsp thyme
- 2 tsp chili oil
- 2 tsp Cowboy butter seasoning
- 0.25 cup sour cream
- 0.5 cup mayo
- 2 Tbsp buttermilk
- 2 tsp fresh dill

## Instructions

1. Cut bacon into pieces and cook on a cast iron skillet until crisp.
2. Use a food processor to get the bacon into small, fine pieces.
3. Season chicken with cowboy butter seasoning.
4. Cook chicken in about 2 Tbsp of the leftover bacon grease.
5. Remove cooked chicken and allow to rest.
6. Make the cowboy butter by combining 12 Tbsp melted butter, 4-5 minced garlic cloves, juice of 1 lemon, 1 tsp lemon zest, 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard, 1 tsp paprika, 1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley, 2 Tbsp chives, 2 tsp thyme, 2 tsp chili oil, and 2 tsp Cowboy butter seasoning.
7. Make the ranch by pouring half of the cowboy butter mixture into a separate jar and adding 1/4 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup mayo, 2-4 Tbsp buttermilk, and 2 tsp fresh dill.
8. Get out your waffle maker and preheat on high.
9. Put down a layer of the prepared butter on the waffle maker.
10. Place baked potatoes on the waffle maker, then smash them.
11. Baste with butter every 5 minutes for 15 minutes.
12. Apply Colby Jack cheese.
13. Let the potatoes and cheese cook all together for 5 more minutes.
14. Chop up chicken.
15. Build the waffle with chicken, ranch, bacon, and chives.
16. Enjoy!

## Equipment

- cast iron skillet
- food processor
- waffle maker
- jar

## Tips

- Baste with butter every 5 minutes while cooking the potatoes in the waffle maker for about 15 minutes.
- Apply cheese during the last 5 minutes of cooking the potatoes for a frico crust.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTIfhu4EUqT/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/434b3e78-7370-44ef-bb98-49f456a4f82b
- Extracted: 2026-01-06

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