Cheesy Taco Tater Tot Casserole with Ground Beef Recipe

If you’re looking for an easy kid friendly recipe, look no further than this Cheesy Taco Tater Tot Casserole with Ground Beef Recipe. It combines the flavors of your favorite taco to make one delicious hamburger tater tot casserole. Crispy tater tots, a beef mixture, green chiles, black beans, enchilada sauce, corn, and lots of cheese make this taco casserole!

Cheesy Taco Tater Tot Casserole Recipe

What’s your family’s favorite meal? Our family loves Taco Tuesday!

This tater tot taco casserole is one of our favorites. It’s such an easy casserole recipe that can be modified to suit any taste.

But you can only have taco night so many times without needing to mix things up a bit. What better way to still enjoy the flavor of tacos than by serving them on top of tater tots?!

Tater tots are such a genius potato because you can enjoy them any time of day. You can have breakfast totchos topped with bacon and eggs, eat them as a side, this cheesy tater tot casserole, or have this taco tater tot casserole for dinner.

Ingredients:

• Lean ground beef, taco meat, or veggie crumbles seasoned with my homemade taco seasoning recipe or a taco seasoning mix
• Bell peppers
• Black beans, rinsed
• Sweet corn
• Green Chilies
• Enchilada sauce
• Monterey Jack or Cheddar Cheese
• Tater Tots
• Toppings of your choice

If you don’t have a taco mix, you could also season the ground beef mixture with garlic powder, onion powder, and chili powder. For a spicy twist, add cayenne pepper.

How to make tater tot casserole:

First things, first. Making this taco tater tot casserole recipe is easy. Start by preheating your oven to 400 degrees.

Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray and set aside. Then, preheat a large skillet with olive oil.

Brown the ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat to medium-high heat. Drain any grease and place it into a mixing bowl.

Mix in peppers, black beans, green chiles, corn, enchilada sauce, and cheese until blended. Lightly spray a deep 9×13 baking dish and pour in your taco mixture.

Top with a single layer of tater tots, arranged side by side. Brush on enchilada sauce, sprinkle on cheese, and bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 35 – 40 minutes. Or until the top of the casserole with melted cheese is starting to brown.

Serve the finished casserole with all of your favorite taco toppings. For example, a little bit of sour cream, diced tomatoes, green onion, black olives, fresh cilantro, or taco sauce/hot sauce. You could also top it with fresh tomato salsa or a homemade guacamole recipe!

*Note: for this recipe, I went pretty light on the cheese. But everything is better with more cheese, so feel free to use more!

If you like this Mexican Tater Tot Casserole, you’ll love these other recipes:

• Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas
• Easy Shrimp Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
• Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Jalapeno Mango Slaw

Make sure to pin this Cheesy Taco Tater Tot Casserole with Ground Beef Recipe for later!

More ground beef recipes

• Easy Lasagna
• Homemade Chili Cheese Fries
• Sweet and Spicy Sloppy Joes
• Taco Cupcakes
• Texas Chili Beans

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Cheesy Tater Tot Casserole with Ground Beef

This is such an easy tater tot casserole recipe that the whole family will enjoy! Print out the recipe card below so you’ll have the recipe handy to make on your next Taco Tuesday!