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Tex Mex Tater Tot Bake

April 25, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

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tex mex tater tot bake

First, good luck with this one.

Two reasons.

There will be fighting over the leftovers. Legit fighting. (Not that that happened at our house!)

There might not be any leftovers.

This does make a 9×13’s worth of delicious. And with this hungry crew we had about 1 portion left for leftovers. And if I hadn’t served this with veggies and a salad, there totally wouldn’t have been leftovers.

Polished. Licked clean.

That’s what all of our plates looked like!

This is like a ‘lazy shepherd’s pie’ in a sense. The meat, beans, corn and salsa is layered on the bottom, then tater tots, then red enchilada sauce, then cheese…lots of cheese. Let that all bake together and WHOA.

I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

xo

Erin

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Tex Mex Tater Tot Bake

All your favorite Tex-Mex flavors on top of tots!
Prep Time15 minutes minutes
Cook Time30 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 Tbsp minced onion
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 15 oz can corn, drained
  • 1 cup red salsa
  • 28 oz bag frozen tater tots
  • 10 oz can red enchilada sauce
  • 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • Side: salad

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • In a large skillet, brown the ground beef with the minced onion and garlic powder. Once browned, drain and then mix in the black beans, corn, red salsa and half of the shredded cheese. Spoon the ground beef mixture into the base of baking dish.
  • Add the tater tots over top of the beef mixture in the tray and then pour the enchilada sauce over the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, and then add the remaining shredded cheese on the top and bake another 5 to 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
  • Prepare the salad.
  • Serve Tex Mex Tater Tot Bake with side salad.

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Filed Under: Baking, Beef Recipes, Budget Friendly Recipes Tagged With: best18myfrez

Comments

  1. Maria says

    April 30, 2018 at 2:42 pm

    When you say “minced onion”, do you mean dried or fresh? I know it’s a silly question but had to ask. Thanks.

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