Tater tot casserole is so cheesy and so easy! This delicious dish is filled with ground beef, green beans, cream of chicken, and cheese, then topped off with tater tots. Everyone will love this easy meal!
Classic Tater Tot Casserole
This classic tater tot casserole recipe is easy to make, and it’s sure to please everyone at the table. If you’re looking for something simple for dinner, this is it!
This is the best tater tot casserole, made with green beans, ground beef, lots of cheese, and so much more for an amazing flavor. Then everything is topped off with tater tots!
Why you’ll love this Cheesy Tater Tot Casserole recipe:
- CASSEROLE: Casseroles are the easiest weeknight dinners for families, and this one is delicious.
- KID-FRIENDLY: Even the kids will love this recipe! It’s cheesy, creamy, and topped with tots.
- EASY DINNER: Prep and cooking for this recipe is so easy, so you won’t need to stress about dinner.
How to make this Kid Friendly Tater Tot Casserole
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- Preheat oven to 375F and prepare a 9×13 baking dish.
- Season and cook the ground beef in a skillet.
- In a mixing bowl, combine green beans, cream of chicken, cheese, sour cream, ketchup, and soy sauce. Then mix in the ground beef.
- Pour the mixture into the baking dish, then arrange the tater tots on top in a single layer.
- Bake uncovered for 25 minutes. Then sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top, and bake another 10-15 minutes.
- Serve while hot and enjoy!
Can you freeze tater tot casserole?
Yes, this recipe makes a great freezer meal! If you want to make it ahead of time, prep and assemble the casserole according to instructions.
Instead of baking it, let it cool, cover it with aluminum foil, then freeze up to 1 month. You can freeze it the same way after cooking if you have leftovers.
What to serve with this recipe?
With all of the ingredients in this casserole (beef, green beans, and tater tots), it’s a full meal on its own.
But if you’d like to add something extra, I’d recommend serving it with another veggie side, a salad, or maybe some bread.
Try this spinach salad and cornbread muffins.
How long do you cook tater tot casserole?
This casserole takes a total of 35-40 minutes to cook at 375 degrees F. The full prep and cook time should take you about 1 hour.
Tips!
- Cook and season ground beef ahead of time to cut down on prep time.
- Keep the tater tots frozen while prepping. They’ll cook fully in the casserole.
- Cook the tater tot casserole uncovered.
- To store leftovers, cover the baking dish with plastic wrap, or scoop into an airtight container, and refrigerate up to 3 days.
Make this easy, cheesy tater tot casserole for your next weeknight dinner, and the whole family will be happy!
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- Frito Pie Casserole
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Classic Tater Tot Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 15 ounces green beans drained
- 10 ounces cream of chicken
- 2 ½ cups sharp cheddar cheese divided
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ Tablespoon ketchup
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 16 ounces bag of frozen tater tots don’t thaw the tater tots- keep them frozen
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a 9×13 baking dish and spray with cooking oil. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef until no longer pink over medium heat. Drain grease.
- Season with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, dried basil, and pepper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together drained green beans, cream of chicken, 1 cup of the divided cheese, sour cream, ketchup, and soy sauce. Add the ground beef to the bowl and mix together.
- Spread the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Make sure it’s evenly dispersed.
- Take frozen tater tots and arrange them in a single layer covering the beef mixture.
- Place the pan in the oven uncovered to cook for 25 minutes.
- Top tater tots with remaining 1 ½ cups of cheese over the casserole and return pan to the oven for an additional 10-15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the tater tots are golden brown. The sides should also be bubbly.
- Best when served warm.
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Nutrition Information
Another good one! I was hesitant to use canned green beans but did anyway, and they were fine, but next time I might try chopped green chiles as another person suggested. I also might bake it at a higher temperature because we like our tater tots a little crispier. I also topped the cheddar with some Mexican blend cheese because it melts better than the cheddar I use (no idea why!).
Sounds amazing!
It’s called hotdish.
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I make this also except never with green beans, yuck! I use Bacon instead 😊 And it’s delicious ! just fry it up with the hamburger meat then drain almostajj of the grease but not
Sounds like a tasty substitute!
Been making tator tot recipe for years. Only I’m not a fan of green beans in it. I subsituted green chile instead. Try it it’s wonderful.
Definitely modify to your liking!!
Love it!
Thanks for stopping by, Donna!
If you don’t like Cream of Chicken Soup can you use Cream of Mushroom Soup, or; Cream of Celery Soup?
I don’t see an issue with it!
I have made this casserole many time with whatever creamed soups I had on hand. My family liked the broccoli rather than green beans.
I use cream of mushroom condensed soup and a bag of frozen carrots ,peas and and green beans ! No cheese! I took it at pot lucks and everyone absolutely loved it!
Yes that’s what I use! 😊