Casserole: Tater Tot recipe

Subject: Tater Tot recipe
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Alan Boles (boles at escape.ca)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:49:45 -0800
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Anybody got a tater tot recipe to share?
From: stan at tempest.temple.edu (Stanley Horwitz)
Date: 29 Jan 1999 03:12:34 GMT
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I am sure that Heinz does. Why Heinz? Because Heinz owns Ore Ida, the makers of Toter Tots. Try doing a search at http://www.heinz.com to see what turns up.
From: lovecooking at webtv.net
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:21:54 -0800 (PST)
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I am new to this group and have been enjoying all the recipes I have found, thanks to all. This is a recipe my mother always made and my family seems to enjoy. It is quick and very simple.

1 lb. ground meat
1 can Veg-all
Tater Tots
1 can cream of mushroom soup

Brown the meat, season to your taste, and place in casserole top with Veg-all, then cover top with Tater Tots. Mix soup with one can of water and pour over the rest of the ingreidents. Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.

I have also added a layer of Velveeta Cheese between the vegetables and the Tater Tots for a different taste.
From: Andy (tranch at ibm.net+)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:18:58 -0600
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Tater Tots Casserole

Serving Size: 4

1 pound turkey -- ground
1 medium onion -- diced
1 10z. pkg frozen green beans -- thawed
1 14 oz. can chicken gumbo soup
1 14 oz. can chicken rice soup
1 14 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
1 package Tater Tots

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a skillet, over medium heat, sauté onion and ground turkey until turkey is browned. Drain and place on the bottom of an oven proof casserole dish. Layer green beans over turkey. In a small bowl combine the soups and pour over green beans. Top with Tater Tots and bake for 30 - 45 minutes.

Serving Ideas: Serve with a green salad and French bread.
From: luvtopgun at aol.com (Kathy)
Date: 3 Feb 1999 00:48:44 GMT
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I have a recipe for using tater tots ...quick and easy, and in my opinion, quite tasty!
Brown 1 lb hamburger (more or less burger, depending on the number you need to feed)
season to taste ( I use salt, pepper, garlic)
after meat is browned, drain, put into 9x13 baking pan, top with cheese (whatever you have on hand, american and cheddar work well)
on top of cheese, pour 1 can cream of mushroom soup, then top with 1 bag frozen tater tots, and sprinkle salt& pepper on top.
Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or untill tater tots are brown, and crispy
ENJOY!
From: Fradybunch (fradybunch at ellijay.com)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:16:12 -0500
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Our favorite thing to do with Tater tots isn't really a recipe, more like a
comfort food, but here goes.

We have a small cabin with no electricity, with only a wooden cook stove to cook on. We put 1/2 stick butter in the pan (iron skillet), then drop in the tater tots (small bag). Salt and pepper generously. As the cooking continues, the tater tots fall apart, becoming basically hash browns. We keep adding butter if they try to stick to the pan. Eventually, they become crisp, delicious and extremely fattening!

However, our favorite!
From: harryd at telusplanet.net (Harry A. Demidavicius)
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 00:05:40 GMT
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>We have a small cabin with no electricity,

So who's spinning the dynamo to provide computer power and do you send your web posts by spider or what?
From: Fradybunch (fradybunch at ellijay.com)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:18:49 -0500
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I just re-read my post and I wasn't very clear in my description;-) This cabin is a just a little get-away place which is out of reach of power, without going to great expense to have it pulled in. We enjoy going there to "get away from it all", but, believe me, we definitely DO live in a regular house the rest of the time, with real electricity and all!! The recipe is one of those that we came upon by accident while trying to cook tater tots on top of the cook stove. We just happened to really like it, and have continued to cook them that way. Incidentally, I haven't been able to get quite as good results on my regular stovetop at home!!!
From: jutzee at aol.com (JUTZEE)
Date: 4 Feb 1999 12:06:34 GMT
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I thought you were very clear. I knew you meant a small cabin for getting away just like some people go camping but still have a computer back home.
From: pupk9 at aol.com (JoanL)
Date: 3 Mar 1999 12:57:40 GMT
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Tater Tot Casserole

Brown 1 # of ground beef, drain fat

Stir in 1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup (undiluted), pour into a greased 9"x13" pan

Top with Tater Tots.

Bake uncovered in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for about 35-45 minutes or until golden brown (or until desired crunchiness)

Note: you can also add some green beans (canned or precooked frozen ones) to the ground beef mixture.

Sorry, but I don't know the exact amount of Tater Tots, usually it's a fairly large bag. Just make sure the ground beef mixture is covered with the tots.
From: Robin (rhelt at ionet.net)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:31:10 -0600
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Good with cheese on top. Also try substituting a can of "manwhich" instead of soup. Kind of a sloppy joe version.