Tater Tot Casseroles

Name: Tater Tot Casseroles
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2 casseroles (6 servings each).
Ingredients: 3/4 pound bulk hot Italian sausage; 3/4 pound lean ground beef (90% lean); 1 small onion, chopped; 2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of celery soup, undiluted; 2 cups frozen cut green beans, thawed; 1 can (15-1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained; 2 cups shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese, divided; 1/2 cup 2% milk; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt; 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 package (32 ounces) frozen Tater Tots

Ground beef, sausage, cheese, and, of course, Tater Tots make this classic casserole a crowd-pleaser. Cayenne pepper and hot Italian sausage give it a pleasant kick. —Ryan Jones, Chillicothe, Illinois

Ingredients

3/4 pound bulk hot Italian sausage
3/4 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
1 small onion, chopped
2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of celery soup, undiluted
2 cups frozen cut green beans, thawed
1 can (15-1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
2 cups shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese, divided
1/2 cup 2% milk
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 package (32 ounces) frozen Tater Tots

Directions

In a Dutch oven, cook the sausage, beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the soup, beans, corn, 1 cup cheese, milk, garlic powder, seasoned salt and cayenne. Transfer to two greased 11x7-in. baking dishes. Top with Tater Tots; sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Cover and freeze one casserole for up to 3 months. Cover and bake the remaining casserole at 350° for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake 5-10 minutes longer or until bubbly.
To use frozen casserole: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
Cover and bake at 350° for 50 minutes. Uncover and bake 5-10 minutes longer or until bubbly.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 370 calories, 22g fat (8g saturated fat), 48mg cholesterol, 1085mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 3g fiber), 16g protein.

Originally published as Tater Tot Casserole in Simple & Delicious April/May 2011

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Jennifer

Mar 7, 2018

Great recipe, I made half and used just one can of soup. Easily adapts to your preferences for vegetables and seasonings. Minnesota Nice!
Psalm127-3

Jan 11, 2018

oh myyyy goodness this sounds ah-mazzing!I will make this when there is a family get together. wonder if this'll remind me of my family's meals in Minnesota. I too will spike up the spices as that is one thing I notice often when reading recipes from TOH. to me I don't compute the idea of 1/4t anything. but that's just me I love robust flavors as my tastebuds are not up to snuff.
texvic

Oct 31, 2017

So on this recipe you had me at tater tot's, very good recipe, i like flavor to jump out just a little bit more, so I'm going to make this again, and as I noticed there was not a lot of spice to it I added some Mrs. Dash the first time around which I will do again but add even more in with the meat mixture, ground pepper on top of the tater tot's will help bring more flavor and instead of the frozen green beans which I found to still kind of have a frozen taste to them, I think I'll go with the Can Green beans, and also add some chopped bell pepper with the onion, I think this will make the flavor pop A tad bit more, thanks for the recipe, got a love those tater tot's!.... I will be making seven of these casseroles this coming week to take to A church get together, I'm thinking this will be a winner!!
yungel

Mar 26, 2017

I made this delicious recipe last weekend It s absolutely out of this world. I froze half of it. Hoping it will be as good or better. Don't change to much or you will miss this DELISH dish.....
KristineChayes

Dec 19, 2016

My husband loved this! I used white cheddar (I don't used foods colored with Annatto) and frozen corn and frozen peas, thawed (instead of canned corn and frozen green beans). My grown sons each took home half a casserole. A definite keeper!
dawnrosanne

Mar 10, 2015

Excellent! I just made one casserole instead of two, so I cut the recipe in half. I still used 2 cans of soup though. I also added 1 TB of worcestshire sauce.
Lehde

Sep 18, 2013

Fantastic, freezes well and lends itself to easy adaptations with different spices.
nancy headlee

May 2, 2012

This was great! I made a couple of changes as well. Instead of cayenne pepper, I used pepper jack cheese. We don't like frozen beans so I used 1 can whole kernal corn, 1 cream style and a large can of mushrooms. Yum! Thank you for a really good new favorite.
jstoltz

Mar 5, 2012

The family loved this. I used cream of mushroom soup because that is what I had on hand. Also halved the recipe just to make 1 casserole.
kerschc

Dec 23, 2011

Great flavor and easy!