Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole

Name: Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lb Hamburger; 1/4 lb Bacon; 1/2 cup Santa Fe Style Tortilla Strips or Your Fav. Flavor Doritos; 1/4 cup Diced Onion; 1/4 cup Diced Roasted Red Peppers; 1/4 cup Diced Green Peppers; 2 tsp Minced Garlic; 4 tbsp Olive Oil; 1 Cayenne Pepper; 1 chili powder; 1 paprika; 1 black pepper and Salt; 1 can Sloppy Joe Sauce; 1 can Chili Sauce with Beans; 3/4 cup Melted Velveeta (or one Cheese Sauce Pkg from a Box of Mac and Cheese); 1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese; 1 cup Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese; 2 lb bag Tater Tots; 1 Cooking Spray; 1/4 cup Freshly Chopped Green Onions (Optional); 1 Sour Cream (Optional)

mousie13.stelly @cook_3655199

Menominee, Michigan

Chili Cheese Burger Tater Tot Casserole

mousie13.stelly @cook_3655199

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Ingredients

30 mins

12 servings

2 lbHamburger
1/4 lbBacon
1/2 cupSanta Fe Style Tortilla Strips or Your Fav. Flavor Doritos
1/4 cupDiced Onion
1/4 cupDiced Roasted Red Peppers
1/4 cupDiced Green Peppers
2 tspMinced Garlic
4 tbspOlive Oil
1Cayenne Pepper
1chili powder
1paprika
1black pepper and Salt
1 canSloppy Joe Sauce
1 canChili Sauce with Beans
3/4 cupMelted Velveeta (or one Cheese Sauce Pkg from a Box of Mac and Cheese)
1 cupShredded Mozzarella Cheese
1 cupShredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
2 lbbag Tater Tots
1Cooking Spray
1/4 cupFreshly Chopped Green Onions (Optional)
1Sour Cream (Optional)

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Steps

30 mins

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)