Description
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!
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
Instructions
- 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.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 12