Tater Tot Rodeo Casserole. Add frozen tater tots to top of the dish in even layers. Serve up and top with cheese, sauce, sour cream, and hot sauce to really fill out the dish. Cowboy casserole is a true crowd-pleasing recipe. Tater Tot Rodeo Casserole

You can have Tater Tot Rodeo Casserole using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tater Tot Rodeo Casserole
  1. It’s 1 lb of ground beef.
  2. Prepare 1 lb of ground pork.
  3. You need 1 can of Bush's Griller Bean Fiesta.
  4. Prepare 1 packages of ready-made chili seasoning/flavoring.
  5. Prepare 1 packages of enchilada sauce.
  6. It’s 2 tbsp of hot sauce.
  7. You need 16 oz of sour cream.
  8. You need 16 oz of shredded Mexican Cheese mix.
  9. It’s 2 lb of frozen tater tots.

The cozy one dish meal is full of ground beef, green beans and corn, and then finished off with a layer of melted cheddar cheese and a crispy potato topping. Tater Tot Casserole, known initially as "hotdish," has its origins in the Midwest, United States. The Midwest is known for some serious comfort foods, so it is no surprise this dish first came from there. Many still refer to this dish as Cowboy Casserole, White Trash Casserole, or Church Lady Casserole.

Tater Tot Rodeo Casserole instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F Fahrenheit.

  2. Brown pork and beef. Drain..

  3. Mix in chili seasoning and bean mix to drained beef. Add mixture to casserole dish..

  4. Mix 8oz. of sour cream with enchilada sauce and 2tbsp of your favorite hot sauce (I totally recommend the Chipotle Texas Pete).

  5. Add HALF of this new sauce to top of meat and beans in the casserole dish. Save remaining sour cream and enchilada sauce mixture to top casserole servings as desired!.

  6. Sprinkle some cheese atop the mix in the dish..

  7. Add frozen tater tots to top of the dish in even layers..

  8. Bake in oven for 45 minutes to an hour, or until the tater tots brown, sauce is bubbly, and no tots are left frozen..

  9. Serve up and top with cheese, sauce, sour cream, and hot sauce to really fill out the dish. Enjoy!.

Either way, we call it delicious! Truly one of the best (and the most simple) casserole around, Cracked Out Cowboy Tater Tot Casserole is a delightful and delicious twist on one of our favorite comfort foods. Bacon, ranch and chicken make this dish truly addictive, hence the term "cracked out." Almost no prep is necessary for this easy-peasy dinner idea. Yes, you can freeze Mexican Tater Tot Casserole. In fact, I have a couple different varieties shared here in my recipe box.