Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole
Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chili cheese burger tater tot casserole. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Reduce heat to medium; stir in chiles, soup, sour cream and salt until well blended. Butter a casserole dish, or spray with nonstick cooking spray. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook beef and onion stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chili cheese burger tater tot casserole using 21 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole:
  1. Make ready 2 lb Hamburger
  2. Make ready 1/4 lb Bacon
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup Santa Fe Style Tortilla Strips or Your Fav. Flavor Doritos
  4. Prepare 1/4 cup Diced Onion
  5. Make ready 1/4 cup Diced Roasted Red Peppers
  6. Get 1/4 cup Diced Green Peppers
  7. Get 2 tsp Minced Garlic
  8. Prepare 4 tbsp Olive Oil
  9. Make ready 1 Cayenne Pepper
  10. Prepare 1 chili powder
  11. Get 1 paprika
  12. Make ready 1 black pepper and Salt
  13. Prepare 1 can Sloppy Joe Sauce
  14. Get 1 can Chili Sauce with Beans
  15. Make ready 3/4 cup Melted Velveeta (or one Cheese Sauce Pkg from a Box of Mac and Cheese)
  16. Take 1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  17. Make ready 1 cup Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
  18. Get 2 lb bag Tater Tots
  19. Take 1 Cooking Spray
  20. Take 1/4 cup Freshly Chopped Green Onions (Optional)
  21. Take 1 Sour Cream (Optional)

The chili cooks while the tater tots partially bake …. but if you really wanted to, you could use canned chili instead and save yourself that step - although, I highly recommend making the This looks so good. It's my super secret chili recipe. I'm not sure you guys can handle it, but I put that super secret chili in this over the top chili cheese tater tot casserole, so brace yourselves. I mean, let's talk about the casserole for a minute before I tell you abut the chili.

Instructions to make Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole:
  1. Brown Hamburger, drain and set aside.
  2. Cook Bacon, cool, and crumble. Mix with crumbled Santa Fe Style Tortilla Strips/Doritos. Set aside.
  3. In a skillet, heat olive oil. Add Onion, Roasted Red Peppers, Green Peppers, and Minced Garlic. Sauté until browned.
  4. In a kettle, combine Sloppy Joe Sauce and Chili Sauce with Beans. Add Sautéed ingredients from step 3.
  5. Add spices to Sauce to taste. Heat until bubbling.
  6. Spray a 13X9 inch baking dish (preferably glass) with cooking spray and cover the bottom with about 3/4 of the Tater Tots.
  7. Cover Tots with 3/4 of the Sauce.
  8. Drizzle the Cheese Pouch/Melted Velveeta over Tots and Sauce.
  9. Layer with 3/4 of the Shredded Mozzarella and Sharp Cheddar Cheeses.
  10. Scatter the remaining Tots on top and press them down lightly.
  11. Bake uncovered in Oven at 350°F for approx. 40 mins.
  12. Top Casserole with remaining Shredded Cheese and Bacon/Tortilla Crumbles.
  13. Continue Baking for 5 to 10 more mins. until Cheese begins to brown slightly.
  14. Top with Freshly chopped green onions and serve with Sour Cream (optional)

This is like chili cheese fries that you get to call dinner. This tater tot casserole is a cross between Mexican and Taco - kind of like a Tex-Mex casserole! Adding the extra beef to the chili make this a much heartier meal and allows it to feed more people, making it perfect for a large family or a potluck. Add the chili seasoning, chili tomatoes, condensed tomato soup and chili beans. Spread the shredded cheddar cheese over the chili mixture.

So that’s going to wrap this up with this exceptional food chili cheese burger tater tot casserole recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I’m sure that you will make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food in home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!