CHEESY BACON TATER TOTS®

Cheesy Bacon Tater Tots® image

These delicious tots are great as a side dish or as a game day appetizer. The potatoes crisp in bacon grease before being baked with Cheddar cheese for an easy bacony, cheesy treat.

Provided by fabeveryday

Time 35m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

6 slices bacon
1 (32 ounce) package frozen bite-size potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®)
½ teaspoon garlic salt
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
¼ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped green onions

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
Cook bacon in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat until crispy on both sides, about 10 minutes. Place on a paper towel-lined plate and set aside, keeping the bacon grease in the skillet.
Reduce the heat to medium and add potato nuggets to the skillet. Season with garlic salt and toss until evenly coated. Cook until the outsides are crisp, about 10 minutes, turning carefully with a spatula once or twice. Remove the skillet from heat.
Carefully remove 1/2 of the potato nuggets from the skillet and spread out remaining nuggets in a single layer. Top with 1/2 of the Cheddar cheese. Place remaining nuggets on top of the cheese and top with remaining cheese.
Transfer the skillet to the preheated oven and bake until nuggets are warmed through and the cheese is melted and starts to turn golden brown, about 10 minutes.
While the nuggets are baking, crumble the cooked bacon. Remove the skillet from the oven and top with crumbled bacon, sour cream, and green onions.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 359.7 calories, Carbohydrate 28.9 g, Cholesterol 40.4 mg, Fat 24.4 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 12.5 g, SaturatedFat 9.8 g, Sodium 905.2 mg, Sugar 0.9 g