FIESTA TATER TOT® CASSEROLE

Fiesta Tater Tot® Casserole image

We invented this recipe one night after one of us wanted Tater Tot® casserole for supper, while the other wanted Mexican...It's SUPER easy and SUPER yummy! Baking the Tater Tots® before layering may be unnecessary but we wanted to make sure they had a chance to crisp up. The whole family LOVED this dish! Hope you do too!

Provided by 2macs114

Categories Main Dish Recipes Casserole Recipes Vegetable Tater Tots¨

Time 1h

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

cooking spray
1 pound lean ground beef
½ cup chopped green onion
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix, divided
1 (10.75 ounce) can tomato soup
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed nacho cheese soup (such as Campbell's® Fiesta Nacho Cheese Soup)
1 (10.75 ounce) can milk
1 (32 ounce) package frozen bite-size potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®)
1 ½ cups shredded Mexican cheese blend

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in ground beef, green onion, and 1/2 package taco seasoning. Cook and stir mixture until the beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease.
Combine remaining taco seasoning mix with tomato soup, nacho cheese soup, and milk in a saucepan; heat soup mixture until just boiling.
Layer potato nuggets in the prepared casserole dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until potato nuggets begin to crisp, about 10 minutes.
Spoon ground beef mixture over potato nuggets; pour in soup mixture.
Bake until soup mixture is bubbling, 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle casserole with Mexican cheese blend; bake until cheese is melted, 5 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 499.6 calories, Carbohydrate 41.7 g, Cholesterol 66 mg, Fat 29.9 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 21.7 g, SaturatedFat 12.5 g, Sodium 1401.5 mg, Sugar 6.7 g