Healthier Irish Gaelic Patato Tot Hot Dish

This is i of the easiest dinners I know how to brand – as well as it’s perfect for fall! It’s cozy, flavorful, as well as makes groovy leftovers. This version of Tater Tot Hot Dish is made healthier past times adding extra veggies as well as taking out the canned soup – but it’s withal exactly every bit creamy every bit the original!

Tater Tot Hot Dish! If yous don’t know what this is, yous must non last from the Midwest. It’s a classic roughly these parts. I intend Minnesotans are responsible for the term “hot dish” (correct me if I’m incorrect on that) thence other midwesterners mightiness exactly telephone phone this Tater Tot Casserole. Either way, it’s delicious as well as thence like shooting fish in a barrel to make!

For the filling, we’re sauteing veggies similar onions as well as bell peppers, as well as thence adding spices as well as cooked dry reason turkey. Then, we’re stirring inwards some flour, milk, as well as shredded cheese to brand that creamy casserole base of operations that a Tater Tot Hot Dish exactly MUST have. Last, stir inwards dark beans as well as corn, as well as compass off amongst your frozen patato tots!

And, this beauty is gear upwards for the oven! See? I told yous this was like shooting fish in a barrel as well as quick to make! You tin customize it a bit, also past times adding or removing whatever veggies yous exercise or don’t like. You tin also alter upwards the flavor of cheese or job dry reason beef if that’s to a greater extent than of your jam than dry reason turkey. 

Just earlier serving, compass off the whole dish off amongst some extra veggies to clothing it upwards a bit. Then, DIG IN. 

Happy fall! (I tin order that right? It’s September 3rd!)

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Healthier Tater Tot Hot Dish

This is i of the easiest dinners I know how to brand - as well as it's perfect for fall! It's cozy, flavorful, as well as makes groovy leftovers. This version of Tater Tot Hot Dish is made healthier past times adding extra veggies as well as taking out the canned soup - but it's withal exactly every bit creamy as well as delicious every bit the original!

Course

Main Course

Cuisine

American, Main Dish, Midwestern

Keyword

Easy Tater Tot Casserole

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Servings 6 people

Calories 725 kcal

Author Stephanie Simmons

Ingredients

• 
  1
  lb
  ground turkey
  or dry reason beef
  


• 
  2-3
  TBSP
  olive oil
  


• 
  2
  large
  bell peppers
  


• 
  1/2
  a
  yellow onion
  


• 
  2
  large
  cloves garlic, minced
  


• 
  1
  tsp
  salt
  


• 
  2
  tsp
  chili powder
  


• 
  2
  tsp
  cumin
  


• 
  1/2
  tsp
  paprika
  


• 
  pinch
  of
  pepper
  


• 
  12 to 16
  ounces
  cheese, grated
  I used a mix of monterrey jack as well as cheddar
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  all-purpose flour
  


• 
  3/4
  cup
  milk
  


• 
  1
  can
  black beans, drained as well as rinsed
  


• 
  1
  can
  corn, drained
  


• 
  1
  bag
  frozen patato tots
  

Instructions

1. 
   

   Prep: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Chop your onion as well as bell pepper. Cook your dry reason turkey inwards a large cast Fe pan, accept the meat out as well as laid aside (I lay mine inwards a paper-towel lined bowl or strainer to absorb excess grease), as well as wipe out the pan - or job a novel pan.

   
   


2. 
   

   Make the Hot Dish Filling: Heat the stone oil inwards your pan over medium heat. Saute the onion, peppers, as well as garlic until tender (but non also tender, it'll operate along cooking every bit nosotros progress as well as it volition bake inwards the oven at the end, thence aim for crisp-tender). Add the meat dorsum into the pan amongst the veggies, as well as add together the spices, stirring to combine everything. Add the flour, as well as stir to coat everything well. Next, tardily pour inwards the milk piece whisking the mixture inwards the pan to hold everything overnice as well as smooth. Next, tardily add together the grated cheese, whisking piece yous add together each handful. Again, this volition hold things smooth, thence the cheese doesn't clump up. You tin add together anywhere from 12-16 oz of cheese, depending on how cheesy yous wishing it. Stir inwards the dark beans as well as corn.

   Taste as well as add together extra seasoning if desired.

   
   


3. 
   

   Bake: Top amongst frozen patato tots. If your skillet is super total when yous lay it inwards the oven, add together a sail pan underneath to grab whatsoever drips. Bake for 25-30 minutes - tots volition cause got browned slightly as well as the filling volition last bubbling underneath.

   
   


4. 
   

   Serve + Store: Top amongst extra diced peppers, cilantro, etc. afterwards baking, if desired. Enjoy immediately! Store leftovers, tightly covered, inwards the refrigerator for upwards to five days.

   
   

 

Source: bluebowlrecipes.com