Copycat KFC Famous Bowl

This Chicken Mashed Potato bowl is a semihomemade Copycat KFC Famous Bowl recipe! We’ve got layers of mashed potatoes, fried chicken, corn, gravy and cheese! No need to run to KFC when we can make this famous bowl at home!

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We don’t eat KFC a lot but when we do, I love their Famous Chicken Mashed Potato bowl! It has layers of mashed potatoes, corn, gravy and fried chicken nuggets!

These mashed potato bowls are so easy to make at home and this is the perfect copycat recipe!

Why You Should Make this Copycat KFC Famous Bowl…

• Easy Dinner Recipe
• Great Alternative to getting take out from KFC
• good way to use up leftover mashed potatoes or leftover chicken nuggets

QUICK GLANCE AT INGREDIENTS for Copycat KFC Famous Bowl:

• 24 ounce bag popcorn chicken*, cooked
• 4 cups prepared mashed potatoes
• 2 cups brown gravy
• 15 ounce can corn, drained
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

* you can use precooked chicken nuggets (I like the popcorn chicken for this recipe) OR you can make your own chicken nuggets at home. I have the directions for making them in the air fryer below in this post.

What kind of chicken should I use for these copycat chicken mashed potato bowls?

To make it as close to the restaurant version, you’ll want to use some kind of popcorn chicken or small chicken nuggets.

You can use the frozen popcorn chicken, like I use for our General Tso’s Chicken recipe, OR you can make chicken nuggets from scratch. I have directions below on how to make chicken nuggets using the air fryer or you could even use leftover chicken nuggets from a fast food place.

Ps. I have a recipe for Healthy Low Carb Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets and Copycat McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets over on BigBearsWife.com if you want to check those out

What kind of mashed potatoes should I use for these copycat chicken mashed potato bowls?

Using Instant Mashed potatoes or leftover mashed potatoes for this recipe makes it super quick. There are so many types of Instant Mashed Potatoes, like the cheesy mashed potatoes I use in our Mashed Potato Bottom Chicken Pot Pie.

You could also make mashed potatoes from scratch like our favorite Creamy Mashed Potatoes or these Three Cheese Loaded Red Skin Mashed Potatoes.

How to make Copycat KFC Famous Bowl/ KFC Mashed Potato Chicken Bowl at home:

How to make Easy Chicken nuggets in the air fryer:

• 2 chicken breasts, cut into cubes
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup Cornstarch
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon Natures seasoning (Mortons Natures Seasons No MSG Seasoning Blend)

1. Preheat air fryer at 385 for 5 minutes when ready to cook.
2. In 3 small bowls, add to one bowl your eggs. Beat.
3. In another bowl, cornstarch.
4. In the last bowl, flour mixture and seasoning. Mix.
5. Coat each piece of chicken in your cornstarch, then egg mixture, and then flour.
6. Lightly spray your air fryer basket with cooking spray.
7. Add your chicken to your air fryer basket.
8. Cook at 385 For 8-10 minutes, shaking every 3 minutes.

More copycat recipes :

• Better Than Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup
• CopyCat Rock-ola Loaded Cheese Fries
• Copycat Orange Julius
• Copycat Olive Garden Breadstick Recipe

More KFC Copycat recipes :

• Copycat KFC Coleslaw Recipe
• Copycat KFC Fried Chicken Recipe
• KFC Honey BBQ Sauce Copycat Recipe

Copycat KFC Famous Bowl

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