Tater Tot Casserole

I got the gist of this recipe from a text message sent from my Minnesotan-born buddy Mandu. I hope it does her proud.

Prep time: PT10M

Cook time: PT30M

Total time: PT40M

Rating

4.31 stars (13 reviews)

Keywords

casserole, easy meals, hot dish, pot luck, tater tots

Ingredients

1 tsp. vegetable oil
1 C. yellow onion (chopped)
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. black pepper (freshly cracked)
22 oz. cream of mushroom soup (or cream of chicken )
11 oz. canned corn
8 oz. frozen sliced green beans
20 oz. frozen tater tots

Cuisine

American

Steps

Preheat oven to 400˚F/200˚C.
In a skillet heat oil on medium heat. Add the chopped onion and cook for 1-2 minutes or until they become translucent.
Add the ground beef to the onions. Use a spatula to crumble up the beef and cook until no longer pink.
Turn off the heat. Add the garlic powder, onion powder, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper.
Add the cream of mushroom soup, canned corn, and green beans. Stir to combine.
Pour into a buttered casserole dish.
Top with a layer of tater tots. If you're feeling fancy arrange them in an artful pattern.
Place the casserole into the oven and bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until the tater tots are golden brown. Serve hot.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 375 kcal
Carbohydrates: 33 g
Protein: 17 g
Fat: 20 g
Saturated Fat: 7 g
Trans Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 44 mg
Sodium: 967 mg
Sugar: 2 g
Unsaturated Fat: 11 g

Reviews

Laurie Swenson on 2023-09-07 (5 stars):
I love you and your recipes and can't get enough of your videos. You're so sweet and earnest and open-minded. This dish looks delicious. Just a point: Hot dish (two words; the one-word spelling is a novelty that didn't originate in Minnesota, where the first known appearance was in a 1930 cookbook in Mankato with a recipe for Hot Dish) may contain canned cream soups and canned veggies but also may contain cream sauce or tomato-based pasta sauce and fresh or frozen veggies (if veggies are used). The most common hot dish around me (I live in northern Minnesota with all the Scandinavians and pockets of the French) is a simple one made from hamburger, pasta and tomato-based pasta sauce, versions of which are commonly found in the pasta section of restaurant menus, often with cheese. Tater Tot hot dish is common, as is wild rice hot dish and many others. Hot dish is really just another term for casserole. My family makes a macaroni salad we just call "cold dish," though we don't expect other people even in Minnesota to use that term. :) It contains pasta (usually elbow macaroni but sometimes shells or other pasta), mayo, tuna and frozen peas, and sometimes diced onion, celery and/or green pepper.
Laurie on 2022-11-01 (3 stars):
Try the Hamburger pulled apart and loosely layered on the bottom of the pan. Put it in the oven for 5-10 minutes to start browning. Take out of oven, Pour bag of frozen peas (corn or mixed veggies work too, we love peas), over the Hamburger, 80/20 works best, any leaner and it's like dry mini hockey picks, we've tried it! Sprinkle a packet of knoor onion soup mix evenly over the top of the peas. Then spread the Cream of Mushroom Soup over the top of the peas/onion soup, the 2 soups cook together and make the best sauce!! Top with the tater tots then cook in 400°-425° oven until its happily bubbling and the tots are a beautiful brown color,we like ours really crunchy. You can go a little higher on the oven temp because you already started cooking the ground beef. We even go further and make more tots in the air fryer to add to our meal. That also works really good for leftovers (I make a giant pan of this ,3-4 lbs of meat, adjusting the other ingredients to reflect how many recipes you make at one time. you could also put peas in one section, corn in another, mixed veggies in the other),when the tots aren't crunchy anymore. I also freeze this in Snapwear rectangle containers for my husband to take for dinners while out on the road driving his truck.
Terry on 2022-05-31 (5 stars):
I've meant to look for a Hotdish recipe after reading a cozy mysteries series that mentioned it in every book! This seems super easy and ready to feed a bunch of folks - very cool! I just started Noom a week ago so will hold this recipe to give it a go a bit down my journey.
Larisa on 2022-05-04 (5 stars):
This was soo good, added to my recipe book. Made it multiple times, we don’t have the green beans and still delicious!
Echo Rivera on 2022-02-02 (5 stars):
This is my family recipe as well. I make this for my family and they love it. I do bake my tater tots in the oven first then I top the casserole after it's been cooked. That way all the tater tots are completely crispy all the way around. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Cindy Ward on 2022-01-27 (4 stars):
When do you freeze it? Before or after baking? Thank you!