Best Taco Tots With Cheese Peppers Olives Recipes

TOTCHOS LIBRE

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As Napoleon Dynamite instructed us: It's time to go find our own tots! Free yourself from the tried-and-true tortilla chip and wow everyone at your next Taco Tuesday with this delicious variation using Tater Tots®! Totchos Libre!

Provided by The Gruntled Gourmand

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Cheese Nachos Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 (32 ounce) package frozen bite-size potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®)
1 pound lean ground beef
¾ cup water
1 (1 ounce) packet taco seasoning mix
1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
1 cup shredded pepperjack cheese
½ cup sour cream
½ lime, juiced
1 tomato, chopped
½ cup chopped black olives
½ cup fresh jalapeno pepper slices
1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and cut into chunks
¼ cup chopped scallions
¼ cup chopped cilantro

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spread potato nuggets out onto a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until nuggets are golden brown and crisp, 22 to 24 minutes.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add water and taco seasoning to beef; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until liquid reduces, about 5 minutes.
Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Arrange potato nuggets on an oven-proof platter and cover evenly with ground beef; spread Mexican cheese and pepperjack cheese over the top.
Cook potato nuggets under the broiler until cheese melts, 1 to 3 minutes. Whisk sour cream and lime juice together in a bowl. Top potato nuggets with tomatoes, black olives, jalapenos, avocado, sour cream mixture, scallions, and cilantro, respectively.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 355.9 calories, Carbohydrate 24.2 g, Cholesterol 49.6 mg, Fat 24.6 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 14.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.5 g, Sodium 708.3 mg, Sugar 1.5 g

TACO TATERS

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This quick dinner was inspired by many other posts while looking for easy, gluten-free meal idea for a large crowd. It got such rave reviews i had to post for future meal. I failed to take a picture though.

Provided by mullucj45

Categories Main Dish Recipes Casserole Recipes Vegetable

Time 50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1 (15.25 ounce) can corn
1 (8 ounce) jar salsa
1 ounce processed cheese (such as Velveeta®)
1 ounce cream cheese
1 package taco seasoning mix
1 (16 ounce) package frozen bite-size potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®)
1 (4 ounce) can sliced black olives
1 (4 ounce) can diced jalapeno peppers
4 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add corn, salsa, processed cheese, cream cheese, and taco seasoning to ground beef and stir until combined.
Spread beef mixture over bottom of 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange potato nuggets over beef mixture, sprinkle black olives, jalapenos, and Cheddar cheese on top.
Bake in preheated oven until potato nuggets are crisp and cheese is bubbly, about 25 minutes. Garnish with sour cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 565.5 calories, Carbohydrate 42.7 g, Cholesterol 91.3 mg, Fat 35.9 g, Fiber 4.8 g, Protein 24.3 g, SaturatedFat 15.9 g, Sodium 1892.3 mg, Sugar 5.7 g