Meat & Potato Style Tater Tot Casserole

Submitted by Heather Reynolds in

"This is such a wonderful hearty one dish meal. I love the sour cream and cheese mixture in this. If your family is a meat/potato kinda family then they will go crazy over this. This is a combination of many different recipes rolled into one to meet my family's picky needs at the table."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 lbs ground beef
• 32 ounces oreda tater tots
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup (undiluted can)
• 2 1⁄2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 16 ounces sour cream
• 1 (15 1/4 ounce) can sweet corn
• 3 tablespoons chopped green onions
• salt & pepper

directions

1. Brown and drain ground beef.
2. Mix ground beef, cream of chicken soup, cheese, milk, sour cream, corn and onions all together.
3. I salt and pepper the mixture to taste.
4. Spread mixture evenly in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish or pan. The pan will be VERY full but it will all fit. I just line the bottom of my oven with foil just in case.
5. Cover the mixture with the entire bag of tater tots making sure to spread them evenly. I lay most on their sides and some upright and then kind of smash them down into the mixture a little. I give them a good smashing and smash as much as i can so just the tops of the tots are showing.
6. Bake uncovered in a preheated 350°F oven for about 45 minutes.
7. You can also sprinkle a little teeny bit of cheddar cheese on the top if you want.
8. Step away from the table because your meat eaters will LOVE this.
9. YOU CAN USE MORE SOUR CREAM AND CHEESE DEPENDING ON YOUR TASTE! I SOMETIMES USE A LOT.

Reviews

[CindiJ]

Made this recipe and added our own "extras" to it after reading the reviews. LOVED the zip the sour cream gave. I used cream of mushroom soup, corn AND 2 cups of green beans & 1 medium onion, chopped to the mixture. I did saute the onions with the beef after draining the grease off. The green onions I added towards the end of the baking cycle along with the reserved cheese and we really liked it. Thanks for posting

 

[Kina2548]

I liked this but my hubby wasn't crazy about it. I totally forgot to add the corn but it was still tasty to me. Since hubby wasn't crazy about it I'm going to use it as a lunch option for the kids during the summer instead of for dinner. I used cream of celery soup as someone else suggested.

 

[daisyprincess98]

This was not a winner for my family. We do the "typical" TTC recipe often, so I decided to try this when I realized I was missing an ingredient for the other. I DID like some aspects...the addition of a veggie (I used corn), the sour cream, the tater tots on top, but I have to say the Cream of Chicken soup in a beef recipe skeeved me out. I did not like that. Next time, I will use Cream of Mushroom (or onion, or celery).

 

[Belinda in Austin]

I liked this; the flavor was great. I tried to make this ahead and freeze it, thinking it would be a nice dish for that. However, the tater tots disentegrated into little potato pieces, instead of holding together. Maybe, if I try that trick, again, I'll freeze it, and add the tator tots after it's cooked and thawed, a little.

 

[TansGram]

we had this last night for dinner and it was great! I think the sour cream and the green onions are what really set this apart from other tater tot topped casseroles. Easy to prepare. I had my older son make this before I returned home from younger son's baseball game. Served with a green salad for a complete, simple meal. Thanks, Heather, for a recipe that will definitely be reapeated at our house!