Taco Tots With Cheese, Peppers & Olives

Submitted by Montana Heart Song

"Seasoned with dry spices and sour cream, baked and topped with shredded cheese, peppers and olives."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 907.18 g package frozen tater tots, thawed
• 453.59 g carton sour cream
• 42.52 g package mccormick mild taco seasoning
• 473.18-709.77 ml shredded monterey jack pepper cheese or 473.18-709.77 ml cheddar and colby cheese
• 425.24 g can black olives, drained, sliced
• 9.85 ml jalapeno peppers, diced (optional)
• 118.29 ml roasted red pepper, strips (optional)
• Pam cooking spray

directions

1. In bowl, mix sour cream and Taco seasoning mix.
2. In large gallon zip lock bag, add half of the thawed tator tots.
3. Add half of the sour cream seasoning mixture. Close bag and shake, shake, shake.
4. Spray Pam onlarge flat baking tray with small sides.
5. Preheat oven 425*.
6. Empty plastic sack on baking tray on one side.
7. Fill plastic sack with other half of tator tots and balance of sour cream seasoning mixture. Close bag, shake, shake, shake.
8. Emply plastic sack on other side of baking tray.
9. Bake 10 minutes. Take out of oven, turn the tots with spatula.Bake 10 minutes more. Sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake until cheese is melted and golden. Sprinkle sliced olives on one section, two kinds of peppers on other sections. Serve from tray with spatula.

Reviews

[sunny25]

These were really good. I only had about 1/2 bag of tator tots that I needed to use up. I adjusted the other ingredients as needed. Didn't have the peppers, but they were still yummy. Hubby and I snarfed them down in no time.

 

[Ginny Sue]

Good side dish with Mexican food when you're tired of rice and beans. This also would be good just as a snack.

 

[lincolnrose]

I simplified this recipe by omitting the olives, jalapenos and red peppers. I garnished it with green onions. It turned out great!!! Kids loved it and so did I.

 

[Cactus Arm]

Great for breakfast too! Use like hashbrowns. Either serve them on the side of some scrambled eggs, or mix cooked scrambled eggs into finished recipe! Easy recipe to make. I liked the peppers best because it created a small kick to it, not too much or overpowering, just enough to accent the flavor of the dish. Yummy cheese, taco, and potato flavor! Thanks for posting!

 

[Krsi Sue]

"Burp".....holy buckets this was a great recipe! The topping options for this are unlimited. I let the kids help make it. Very Kid Friendly recipe! Thanks for a great one!