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

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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

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Cheesy Taco Tater Tot Casserole with Ground Beef

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 casserole. Crispy tater tots, a beef mixture, green chiles, black beans, enchilada sauce, corn, and lots of cheese make this taco casserole!

Course Dinner

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword cheese, ground beef, mexican, taco

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 8

Calories 210 kcal

Author Live Love Texas

Ingredients

• 2 cups ground beef or veggie crumbles
• 1 cup diced red and green peppers
• ½ cup black beans
• ½ cup whole kernel corn
• ¼ cup chopped green chilies
• ½ – ⅔ cup enchilada sauce
• ⅓ cup shredded cheddar cheese for filling
• Bag of frozen tater tots
• ½ cup enchilada sauce for topping
• ¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese for topping – more or less if you would like
• Toppings of your choice I used diced tomato, green onion, and black olives

Instructions

1. Brown ground beef, drain, and pour into a large mixing bowl.
2. Add in peppers, black beans, green chilies, corn, enchilada sauce, and cheese. Stir to blend.
3. Spray the bottom of a 9×11 or 9×13 inch dish with nonstick, and pour in your mixture.
4. Top with a single layer of tater tots, arranged side by side.
5. Brush on enchilada sauce, sprinkle on cheese, and bake at 400 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
6. Remove from oven, add toppings, and serve.

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Nutrition Facts

Cheesy Taco Tater Tot Casserole with Ground Beef

Amount Per Serving

Calories 210 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Fat 14g22%

Saturated Fat 6g30%

Cholesterol 48mg16%

Sodium 250mg10%

Potassium 244mg7%

Carbohydrates 6g2%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 13g26%

Vitamin A 765IU15%

Vitamin C 24.8mg30%

Calcium 74mg7%

Iron 1.5mg8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.