Moms Tater Tot Casserole Recipe: The Main Dish Your Family Craves

We make this delicious casserole recipe a few times a month in our house. It is one of the few meals that everyone will eat and enjoy. This Tater tot casserole recipe is easy, takes very little time to prepare and it's a really cheap way to feed an average sized household for under $10.

It's also a fantastic recipe to get the kids involved with cooking. Mixing the cream of mushroom soup, lining up the tater tots, and pouring the soup mix over the top. As long as there is adult supervision, aside from cooking the beef, much of this recipe can be prepared by little ones.

This tater tot casserole recipe can modified to be made for freezing and serving at a later date. See instructions at the bottom.

Great when served with bread rolls, green beans or corn on the side.

• 1 lb Ground Beef
• 1 Can Campbells Cream Of Mushroom Soup
• 1 tbls Milk
  
• 1/2 cup Chopped Medium Onion
• 1/2 cup Shredded Medium Cheddar Cheese
  
• Seasoning Salt and Pepper
• Package of Frozen Tater Tots
  

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

On stovetop in a skillet, brown ground beef and season with seasoning salt and pepper. Drain fat and add onions. Cook till onions are soft. Pour beef and onion mixture into large casserole dish. Spread out evenly across the bottom. Cover the top with frozen tater tots in rows.

In a bowl, mix cream of mushroom soup with a table spoon of milk. Pour over tater tots. Put in oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Add shredded medium cheddar cheese and bake an additional 5 minutes or until all cheese is melted.

Serves 4 adults

If you are a fan of making many casserole dishes at once and freezing them to eat later in the week or month, this tater tot recipe works awesome for this. To prepare, brown beef and cook onions are directed above. Place frozen tater tots over the beef and onion mixture in casserole dish. Cover with cream of mushroom soup.  put shredded cheese in a ziplock bag and tape to the top of the casserole dish lid with baking instructions. Freeze.

Baking time may take longer. To defrost beef.