How to Prepare Ultimate Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. 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. Take 1/2 cup Santa Fe Style Tortilla Strips or Your Fav. Flavor Doritos
4. Make ready 1/4 cup Diced Onion
5. Take 1/4 cup Diced Roasted Red Peppers
6. Prepare 1/4 cup Diced Green Peppers
7. Prepare 2 tsp Minced Garlic
8. Make ready 4 tbsp Olive Oil
9. Get 1 Cayenne Pepper
10. Take 1 chili powder
11. Take 1 paprika
12. Prepare 1 black pepper and Salt
13. Prepare 1 can Sloppy Joe Sauce
14. Make ready 1 can Chili Sauce with Beans
15. Prepare 3/4 cup Melted Velveeta (or one Cheese Sauce Pkg from a Box of Mac and Cheese)
16. Make ready 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)

This is like chili cheese fries that you get to call dinner. Sprinkle the grated cheese liberally over the meat-chili mix, create a NICE layer of cheese. Pour the Tater Tots out of the bag onto the top off the cheese and even them out so they heat evenly, sprinkle a little seasoning over the top if you like. Cheese Tater Tot casserole is an easy make ahead weeknight meal.

Steps 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)

Pour the Tater Tots out of the bag onto the top off the cheese and even them out so they heat evenly, sprinkle a little seasoning over the top if you like. Cheese Tater Tot casserole is an easy make ahead weeknight meal. A hearty beef and bean chili base is topped with gooey melted cheddar cheese and finished with crispy tater tots. Today I've got an easy everyday recipe for you made with ground beef! Place half of the Tater Tots™ in single layer on bottom of baking dish.

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