Taco Tots With Cheese, Peppers & Olives

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

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 1 (32 ounce) package  frozen tater tots, thawed
• 1 (16 ounce) carton sour cream
• 1 (1 1/2ounce) package  mccormick mild  taco seasoning
• 2 -3  cups  shredded monterey jack pepper cheese or 2 -3  cups cheddar and colby cheese
• 1 (15 ounce) can black olives, drained, sliced
• 2  teaspoons  jalapeno peppers, diced (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup  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.