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Audio the warning: Tater Tot Casserole (or Hotdish as my neighbors to the n in Minnesota similar to call it!) has been officially updated – make that UPGRADED – to skillet meal status! Oh yes, what you encounter here is saucy, seasoned basis beefiness and vegetables topped with the rex of the frozen foods aisle – tater tots of class – and everything is simmered and then oven-crisped in merely one skillet. Condolement food does not get easier than Skillet Tater Tot Casserole!

Tater Tot Casserole is a Midwest classic. Eating it is like getting a big hug from your Mom. Satisfying and comforting. Plus, similar the time I shared my Mom's Maid Rite recipe, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a whole bunch of you who have never even heard of information technology before! Y'all're welcome. Get forth and spread the adept word.

tater tot casserole in a skillet

What's Inside?

Tater Tot Casserole usually calls for condensed soup mixed with ground beef and frozen vegetables which are piled into a casserole dish then topped with irish potato tots and broiled. I'm ditching canned soup because information technology's usually not gluten-free plus information technology'southward total of unnecessary ingredients. PLUS my bootleg version tastes wayameliorate.

I've too updated the classic to exist cooked then baked in just one skillet. From browning the footing beef, to making the flavorful sauce, to crisping up the tots in the oven, all you lot need is an oven-safe skillet. I use this 10-i/iv″ cast iron skillet from Le Creuset – it'south my all-time favorite all-purpose skillet and will literally outlive me.

Skillet Tater Tot Casserole is a meat and potatoes dish that'll stick to your ribs but since it'due south made with generally homemade ingredients you can experience expert about feeding information technology to your whole family unit. We scrape the skillet clean anytime I make it for dinner!

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How to Make This Recipe

First thing's first – pretend this is the orangish, oven-safe bandage iron skillet that you're going to come across in the remainder of the pictures. The one time I made this dish with the intent to photo the steps I was doing approximately 49 other things, including peeling hummus-slathered turkey off the kitchen floor courtesy of Lincoln letting know he was done with dinner. Good times!

Beginning past browning ground beef, seasoning with salt and pepper and so drain and set aside.

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Next, melt butter in the skillet over medium heat then add sliced mushrooms and chopped shallot.Saute until the mushrooms are slightly tender, 3-5 minutes, then add together minced garlic and saute for one more than minute. Sprinkle in gluten-free or all-purpose flour (dish volition not exist GF if using AP flour) and so whisk while cooking for 1 more minute.

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Now slowly stream in craven broth and milk (I use skim or unsweetened almond milk) while whisking constantly to avoid lumps.

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Add together gluten-gratuitous tamari or soy sauce (dish will not be GF if using traditional soy sauce), ketchup, Worcestershire sauce,plus smoked paprika so plow the heat up slightly to bring the mixture to a bubble. Turn the rut dorsum down to medium and then simmer for a few minutes until the sauce has slightly thickened. Resist the urge to allow the sauce reduce down also much every bit information technology volition reduce in the oven. It will feel watery simply trust me – information technology's just right!

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Stir the ground beef back into the sauce then remove the skillet from the estrus and layer frozen tater tots on meridian. The precise amount will depend on how deep and wide your skillet is. Yous'll want at to the lowest degree a 10″ skillet, but I also tried it in our large 12″ bandage iron and it worked great too. Similar I said, since the sauce is thin the tots will sink down a little chip but it'south fine!

Annotation: If you don't accept an oven-safe skillet you could pour the mixture into a baking dish at this betoken, top with the tots, and and so bake.

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Pop the skillet into the oven then broil according to the time/temp indicated on the handbag of tater tots. Let the dish sit down and cool for near 5 minutes before serving up hot. This dish volition exist a smash hit with the whole family – the kids (and kids at middle) will admire the crispy spud tots, while the rich and flavour-packed sauce is unbelievably satisfying. Enjoy, enjoy!

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Skillet Tater Tot Casserole (No Condensed Soup!)

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Description

Skillet Irish potato Tot Casserole is an updated childhood archetype fabricated in ane skillet and without condensed soup! This gluten free dinner recipe is e'er a blast hit.

Ingredients

serves iv-v

  • 1lb ground beef
  • common salt and pepper
  • three Tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup sliced mushrooms
  • one shallot, chopped
  • ii cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 Tablespoons gluten-gratuitous or all-purpose flour (dish volition not be GF if using AP flour)
  • 1-ane/two cups chicken broth
  • one cup milk (I use skim)
  • 2 Tablespoons gluten-free tamari or soy sauce (dish will not exist GF if using soy sauce)
  • two Tablespoons ketchup
  • 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/four teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 2lb bag tater tots

Directions

  1. Preheat oven according to tater tot bag instructions. Dark-brown footing beef in a very large, oven-proof skillet (at least 10" - cast fe works great) seasoning with table salt and pepper over medium-high oestrus. Drain then set bated.
  2. Turn heat down to medium, melt butter in skillet, and and then add mushrooms and shallots. Season with salt and pepper then saute until mushrooms start to soften, 3-5 minutes. Add together garlic then saute for ane more than minute. Sprinkle in flour then whisk to combine and cook for i minute. Slowly stream in chicken goop and milk a splash at a time, whisking to avoid lumps. Add tamari/soy sauce, ketchup, worcestershire sauce, and smoked paprika, plough heat up slightly to bring mixture to a bubble, then turn heat dorsum down to medium and simmer until just slightly thickened, 2-three minutes.
  3. Remove skillet from heat then stir in ground beefiness and adapt murphy tots on top. Identify skillet on elevation of a baking sheet (or place one on the rack below) then bake according to tater tot bag instructions. Let sit and thicken for 5 minutes before serving.

This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.

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