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I think I would use a small, regular sized can of cream if mushroom, then add 1/2 can of while milk. The casserole would not be as salty yet it would be noise and a softer, not so "thick" consistency. I think for the amount of ground beef and veggies, this makes more sense!! But that is personal taste!! I love the tater tots on top!!! Wonderful!! (Oh less soup mix means less calories also.)
@emmymadeinjapan l use Greek yogurt with sauteed mushrooms and a diced onion (less salt!) mixed with a spicy salsa, and ground turkey with chili seasoning and the liquid from a can of chipotles in adobo, Mexican cheese blend and mixed vegetables. Last time l made it with cubed southwest style chicken.Yum!
They used to make this at my elementary school. It was a small school, so the meals were homemade. I hope all the lunchladies that went the extra mile to prepare delicious homemade meals for the school have/had long, happy lives.
We had homemade meals also. Our lunch ladies were sisters and also went to my church. They provided meals for every organization in our area even summer camps. Our breads were homemade. Yeast rolls, hamburger and hotdog buns were amazing. They even remembered your favorite foods and gave you extra. We were definitely blessed. I hope they knew that we appreciated their extra efforts. The last sister passed last year. They are missed and definitely can not be replaced.
I went to school with a girl who’s mom was from Minnesota and she would make this like once a week for her kids. I used to love being at her house on those nights! I’ve made this a few times and it always makes me think of her! We’re still friends and now she makes it for picnics and get togethers. I love it so much!
Didn't seem like she disliked it, I think she's pretty honest about things like that; it's not too often she finds something she doesn't like though but when she does, she makes sure you know that. More often than not, if she didn't like it, she'd say something like "Not for me" or something along those lines. I take "Not half bad" as it's okay, nothing spectacular about it and it's edible but likely not something I'd make again.
Texas girl here. We do tater tot casserole with mixed vegetables, rather than the corn and green beans. I also like to use one can of cream of mushroom and one of cream of celery, instead of a big can of cream of mushroom. It's a family favorite. :) I recently saw a version of it that uses chicken instead of ground beef. That sounds really good , but I haven't tried it yet.
@@janathompson1204 I’m a chef, I always want to use the best of the best!, but… I love Emmy for sharing these recipes that on their humble level share a bit of Americana, or any other culture! Love it! So many variations so many cultures!
I'm a Minnesotan and I love this hotdish! Mine is a tad different. Try adding a layer of shredded Sharp cheddar cheese before adding the tots mmm😋 Was excited to see you tried this!😊👍
I live in South Dakota. I add a layer of velveeta under the tater tots. I also use carrots and french style greenbeans. I can tell you it tastes much better the next day.
Having lived in Minnesota for the past 63 years, most folks here dispense completely with the pan and press raw hamburger directly into the bottom of the casserole pan. Season the hamburger, and place the vegetables and soup directly onto the raw burger. We then dump and spread the tater tots on the top and heat at 375 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Even less work and clean up.
That’s how I grew up eating it. My mom would press the raw ground beef into the pan and fry it on the stove for a little while, then add the can of soup, corn, beans, then tots. Bake until beef fully done, then turn on the broiler to make sure the tots got nice and crisp.
I do something like this sometimes, but the mixture I make has beef, onions, and garlic, a little tomato paste, beef broth, carrots, and peas. I season it with salt, pepper, Worcestershire, a little onion and garlic powders. I put the tater tots on top with cheddar cheese. It's SO good.
@@trinswurld very similar! I think the biggest difference is the tomato paste, which changes the flavor quite a bit. (I also make more of a gravy for cottage/shepherd's pie)
I make this for my elderly parents who are originally from Iowa (just South of Minnesota.) The big differences I see are a regular can of cream of mushroom (not that giant one) with 1 cup of milk so the sauces ends up thinner. Also, I'm lazy and just dump in frozen mixed vegetables and call it a win. Finally, instant potatoes rather than tater tots, but I admit; that does sound good. I add paprika. Considering it is from a recipe card written out by my paternal grandmother (who was born in 1900) and put in a recipe box for my mother when they got married in 1960; well, it's been around for a while. Yes, my paternal grandmother really did give her new daughter-in-law recipes to make sure she could feed her youngest son.
@@adriannakeller8057 Shepherd's pie does have a mash potato topping but the filling is usually much meatier, usually lamb and uses gravy (as in cooked meat juices/fat) for the sauce instead of creamy stuff. Probably inspired these types of casseroles though, they are similiar.
@@shroomyesc Could be a difference between uk shepherds pie and american shepherds pie? Every American recipe I've ever followed is basically what Emmy made but with mashed potatoes on top. Always made with ground beef. Even store made versions here are this version.
My mother was from Minnesota and I grew up eating this very same hot dish. I love this video Emmy! It makes me feel warm and fuzzy and like I’m hugging my mom again
My boss makes lunch for everyone once a week and she made something similar to this once. Instead of beef she used diced chicken breast. It was sort of like a chicken pot pie just without the crust. Loved it so much I started making it for my kids and husband. Can’t wait to try this as well!!!
I have made several different variations of tator tot casserole... including: *Enchilada (red Enchilada sauce instead of cream of mushroom, taco seasoning in the beef, with onions and green chiles, Mexican cheese, tator tots of course, topped with cilantro and sour cream) *Breakfast (country gravy instead of cream of mushroom, ground sausage instead of beef, scrambled eggs, cheese, tator tots of course, and topped with bacon and salsa if desired) So delicious!! Definitely recommend giving these a try 👍
Tater tot casserole is a all time favorite at our house. My kids used to try to figure out who made it best me or my husband. When my son came home from overseas I told him he could have anything he wanted and I would cook it and he asked for tater tot casserole and for dad to do the cooking. I thought it was an okie original. Thanks and hats off to Minnesota!
One time my mom messed up and added Golden Mushroom soup to the casserole instead of Cream of Mushroom. I've been making it with Golden Mushroom soup ever since.
I live in MN and this is a staple at every potluck I've ever been to. I make it when I am wanting something quick and easy after a busy day. One thing I do is use a small can of cream of mushroom (or you can substitute cream of chicken if that's what you have) and stir in about a cup of sour cream. It cuts down on the salt and the sauce part ends up creamier. And I use a bag of mixed veggies instead of just corn and green beans. A sprinkle of shredded cheese on top and broiled for 5 minutes or so and it's done.
My grandma and mom used to make this and called it “hamburger glop.” They were from the northern middle of Pennsylvania and it was one of my favorite dishes growing up in the 70s and 80s. I’ll have to make it again now, thank you so very much Emmy!!!
We are a family of 6 plus we take lunches from the previous nights dinner, so we make large meals. Tater tot cassarole is in regular rotation. It is filling and delicious with right combo. My "twist" is i make the cream soup from scratch. I dont like the canned stuff.
I can't get enough of my mom's Tater tot casserole. Reminds me of my childhood. I also remember my grandma making Sloppy Joe with Cream of Mushroom Soup. She didn't like Manwich. So she always used the soup.
It reminds me of Sheppard’s Pie, just swapped the mashed taters for tater-tots, lol. Gonna try this tonight or tomorrow night. I’ll be adding some cheddar cheese. ☺️
my mum is from Minnesota, she still makes this till this day, didn't realize this was a thing centered/originated from Minnesota, but because of a house that has people who hate veggies (i don't, but she priorities my dad's taste then we came along and don't think she ever bothered trying to add in veggies after that point, though I love the sound of this version more) she stripped the recipe to be basically only ground beef, cream of mush soup and tater tots and kept it that way still till this day, it tastes great, I don't mind it, but now that I have opened my eyes to how its really suppose to be done, I wanna eat this version now XD. Gonna go text my mum now and tell her we need to normalize the onions, green beans and corn from now on in our tater tot casserole.
That's pretty much my experience with Tater tot casserole as well. It's just burger, soup usually cream of mushroom and cream of celery combined and topped with tots. We do salt it though and pepper is added after cooking. I never had it in Minnesota, but do eat it in Washington, my home state.
Tater tot casserole was what I prepared for the kids whenever we had a sitter - easy enough to cook and the kiddoes loveloveloved it! We had it on other nights too, because I love it too! 🤤
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Well she rather had to since they were her sponsor. Also if you're usually eating quality beef why would you switch to a lower quality feed lot raised ground beef just because you're making a casserole?
There was a time when casseroles weren't looked down on like they are today. It fed the entire family (usually farming farms) and it could be frozen. We need to bring back family meals again.
When I was in college and got my first apartment, all the ladies I worked with gave me recipe cards with recipes for cheap dishes that you could make easily and could eat for a week. While they weren’t called "hot dishes" (no one in Texas would know what a "hot dish" was back then), they were all these types of one-dish casserole meals. Meat, vegetables, canned soup, and either pasta or potatoes of some sort. Once I figured out the basic concept, I made all sorts of adaptations based around whatever flavors I wanted that week. I honestly learned how to cook starting out this way with these simple, straightforward dishes. I’ll still make something like this for big gatherings - making it all from scratch because I now hate those canned soups.
This reminds me of the mac and cheese, ground beef and can of peas Gouladish dish my uncle used to make up when we were over at his house. It was completely delicious and one of my favorite comfort foods.
Was thinking the same thing. I started adding frozen or fresh peas to my casseroles & they add just an extra touch of fresh sweetness & a pleasant pop. I've used them several times to save dishes I've accidentally added too much of something to.
Born and raised Minnesotan, the recipe our family uses definitely has shredded cheese! The recipe Emmy used is quite different, but I think every family has a slightly different one. Food here is always quite salty so if that's not your thing, the peas are probably a good idea!
@@kaylee5126 I'm just joking. It's kinda like how Minnesotans say duck, duck, GRAY DUCK, while the rest of the country says duck, duck, GOOSE. It's Min-e-soota Norwegian. 🤣
I used to make a version of this many years ago when my nieces and nephew were little (I lived with my sister). Except that I used thawed frozen mixed veggies and cheddar cheese soup. My sister has passed, the kids are grown up and have their own lives, and since I now live on my own I haven't made it in years. Maybe I should make a half sized dish of this, it would make enough for leftovers for a few days. 👍💖😁
Use a soup crock; I now live alone, and, sometimes, that's the only way I get casserole. Mine holds one can green beans, the sauce, half a hot dog, and the potatoes.
@@Katie-qb5vd I learned that if there were leftovers it was best to put them in a smaller baking dish to reheat it. That way the sauce on the sides didn't get baked on and be hard to clean. Plus it would help re-crisp the tots on top. You could also slide in a tray with more tots at the same time if, like what happened in our house, the tots would get picked off and devoured.
@@justhere4thet482 Yes! Fall is one of my favorite seasons. It means time for hearty soups, stews and casseroles. I make chili, beef stews, chicken-yellow rice casseroles and chicken Southwest stew, which is a favorite with Jiffy corn muffins. I'm more creative in the Fall. I wonder if it's because I was born in the Fall. October.
I love casseroles like this! Even now with my diet mostly vegetarian, it’s still yummy. I just use the veggie grounds instead. I’ve done a chik’n pot pie type casserole too and that was delish! 🤤😋
Looks yummy! I live in Iowa and we eat this about once a month or so. We make it a little different. No onions and the veggies we use can change depending what's around. Sometimes just corn, sometimes just peas. Just depends on what we have.
I'm originally from Duluth, MN so I have had countless meals of tater tot hot dish. I have lived in Scotland for over 15 years and kept threatening that I'd make haggis tater tot hot dish, but never could because tater tots were not available here until the last couple years. Last year I finally did it. I used veggie haggis and it came out better than the traditional way.
HA, you eating the condensed soup from the can reminded me of when I was a kid and used to sneak dried stovetop stuffing to snack on! I liked it because it was super salty! XD
@@emmymade we usually don't use such a big can of soup for this dish. We used a normal sized one with some milk or water added to it to make it more creamy. No wonder you were a bit shocked at the saltiness of the dish you made. 😬 Also, when frying the beef, we'd add Lawry's seasoned salt and nothing else. The canned corn and beans would also go in the mix like you did after adding the can of cream of mushroom soup. Another thing you can try is our Shepherd's Pie specialty! Another one of my ultimate favourite dishes! I also remember growing up with my grandma's porcupine meatballs. So yummy!
This was a staple in my family and I’m from the PNW. We always made it backwards with the tots on the bottom of the pan and the meat mix on top and topped with lots of cheddar cheese that would brown and get crispy. The tater tots would basically meld into the rest and it was really good! The cheese on top gets nice and brown as well. Very nostalgic for me!
Yours looks amazing! I grew up in central MN and this was a staple in school lunch rooms. AND I worked in Congress for years. It’s actually not just the senators who participate in the competition, the members of the House also participate (staff actually make the dish, the members get the credit, of course). With more immigrants and refugees moving to the state, we’re seeing more (IMO better) variations of hotdish. Love this video!
I just made tater tot hotdish last night, I like to start baking the tater tots while I'm browning the meat. Gives them a crispier texture and I sprinkle cheese over the top and bake until it start to bubble around the edges! Btw I live in Minnesota 😁
Growing up in Minnesota, there wasn't a month that went by when this dish wasn't on all the school lunch menus in my home town at least once. Nourishing, comforting, and budget-friendly, it never fails to please. Also, can we talk about the irony of presenting a budget dish while sponsored by a place that charges *$11.10 per pound, at the cheapest* for ground beef? Because that kind of price point is _way_ out of reach for most people.
I'm from Louisiana, and my mom makes this about twice a year and it's amazing. But she's always done hers a bit different. Ground beef. Mushroom soup. Tots. Then shredded cheese. 400° for 35 min. That's it. Love it!! 😁
For the true Minnesotan experience, top your serving of tater tot hot dish with ketchup or sriracha. Idk why, but that's how we always ate it. Thanks for sharing part of my childhood with the world.
Oh the joy I felt when I saw this on my feed!! My mom would make this for us at least once a month growing up in MN in the 90s, almost this exact recipe. And it was always accompanied by “apple salad”, chopped apples mixed with whipped cream. It’s still a staple for my fiance and I when we need some good comfort food.
I first found this recipe on the Christopher Lowell interior design show on television. It was popular in the 90s. He was so funny. This is one of my sons favorite meals!
My mom loved him! He's one of those people where I am watching HGTV with her and I keep thinking, who are these guys... didn't we used to watch other people...?
Hi Emmy, I was thinking maybe doing a dish or food from all fifty states that are native to them. would love to see that in a series as sometimes I’ve noticed friends and family members who live in the US (and many other people who live in the US) don’t know what food is often “American”. Loved this. Cheers!
Emmy, I made this for the first time today. I made a few little tweaks, like using mixed vegetables instead of just green beans and corn, and I saw a comment where someone said they also add a packet of instant gravy mix, so I tried that too, and my family loved it. Thank you for always bringing me new recipes to try!
I put worcheschire in my meatloaf mix, my family LOVES it. I know I spelled it wrong and have never said it right, but I believe if you say it fast enough, people understand, lol
I heard a mnemonic that has worked for me, "WRooster Shire's Sauce" so I imagine a rooster in his shire (yard), then in a pot being sauce LOL 🐓🐓🐓 Hope that helps! Spelling worchestire has no helps! Sorry!
This makes me think of my grandma ❤️ she moved to California in the 60’s to start a family with my grandpa. She went back home to Minnesota for a funeral and came back raving about this recipe that they kept making while she was there. I’ve loved it ever since! The other one she would make was goulash!
@@betsysternhagen7318 Right! We've never called it hotdish where I'm from (Texas), but have a friend from Minnesota that calls it hotdish and never casserole. LOL
Got about 10 seconds into the video and stopped because I was HAPPY that I knew I could finally make a dish with ease! I can't wait to try this when the weather gets a little colder as it seems like a great fall/winter comfort food dish. I'll finish watching the video now.
Some advice: do not use as much onion as she did and you only need a small can of soup and about half of that can's worth of milk stirred into the sauce. Makes it less gloopy and less salty! I also use frozen mixed veggies for convenience. Anyone can make these and everyone should! This is how I learned to cook and how I started when teaching my kids. I hope you enjoy it! :)
Thank you so much for posting this video. I made this for my family for the first time this week and they absolutely adored it. I do believe that this might be a new staple meal in my household. Who needs a cookbook when you have a wonderful CZcams Creator like Emmy who gives you such amazing meal ideas. It is about time that we see Emmy compete on top chef as a home cook.
THIS is my all time favorite food! As a North Dakotan/Minnesotan, Thank you for shining a light on one of the worlds finest culinary masterpieces lol! but actually, I make my mom makes this every time I come home for a visit now that I live away
I had this growing up over here in Michigan, and my parents always just slapped a layer of raw beef down at the bottom of the casserole dish (Dad would always be impatient by how long it took for the hamburger to cook all the way through xD ), and then just plop every thing else right on top. We would also drizzle left over mushroom soup on top of the tots, too.
I made it tonight for dinner. Everyone loved it, thanks Emmy! I didn't quite follow the recipe, I never do lol. I used cream of celery because I don't like mushrooms. I also can't really eat corn it makes my stomach hurt so we used peas and green beans, and I didn't have worsteschire sauce. So just seasoned with some garlic powder. It wasn't soupy and the tater tots were interesting.
I once asked a friend of mine who grew up in Minnesota if hotdish was any good. "Yeah, if you put enough ketchup on it," was his reply. Great video! Thank you, as always.
this particular recipe is, but in minnesota the ingredients can vary wildly into something that doesn't resemble shepherd's pie. also, true shepherd's pie is made with lamb, never beef. a beef version is called cottage pie.
You'd make shepherd's pie with lamb, a proper gravy (as in rendered meat juices and fats) for the sauce, different vegetables and a mashed potato topping. But I imagine shepherd's pie was one of the bases for this kind of casserole.
I love this recipe! I definitely got the inspiration from Sarah and other CZcamsrs, expect I do a mushroom white sauce in place of the soup. It is delicious and comforting! Thank you Emmy!
Love this! I took a business trip to Minnesota years back and they sent me home with a "Minnesota Cookbook". I'm pretty sure 90% of it was variations on the tater tot casserole. :) I never got around to making one, but you make it look tempting!
I made this tonight! I used a can of cream of chicken and Herb Campbell soup, a can of cream of broccoli and I chopped fresh garlic clove in with the onion. Then I topped it all with the Bega canned cheese I bought after seeing one of your MRE videos! The cheese doesn't melt but OMG it melts in your mouth with this casserole!!
i never had this as a kid, but tried it a couple months ago. i’m crispy tot obsessed so i actually cooked off the tots for awhile first and ngl it was fantastic
Subscriber from Minneapolis, MN! ❤️ Next time when it’s almost done add, Lawrys Season Salt and Colby Jack shredded cheese, brown it and it just adds that touch haha
I grew up eating this! Of course, I grew up in northwestern WI…hotdish is ubiquitous in the region. I’ve now transplanted to MN and I still love tator tot hotdish and still make it on occasion. My husband, who is originally from Iran has also been converted to the joys of hotdish. When I make this, I just use tator tots, ground beef, and a bag of frozen mixed veggies (without Lima beans), along with cream of mushroom soup, milk and shredded cheese. I mix in half the tots with the meat and then top the hot dish with the rest of the tots and more cheese. It is so good!
Grew up eating tator tot casserole in eastern WI. Ours was simply ground beef, onion, garlic, celery, small can of cream of mushroom soup (we used reduced sodium so you can salt to your liking), soup can amount of milk, salt, pepper, paprika, some cayenne if you like a bit of spice, cheddar cheese on top of that mixture and then tater tots on top of the cheese. Always loved it and still make it for a quick, easy and inexpensive meal.
Just throw your leftover meat and vegetables into an oven proof dish and throw a can of cream of mushroom soup over it. Cover with cheese and breadcrumbs if you want to be fancy.
I make this every month at least!! Lol born and raised in MN!!! I bake some tots beforehand and then mix into the beef/soup mix. Top with frozen tots. Sooo good! I love this dish ❤
Yes! Fellow Minnesotan here! This looks great! Not my favorite dish, but its comforting on a cold winter day. I prefer deep frying or baking the tots beforehand for a crisper tot.
I make this every winter! I use frozen mixed veggies though, just like how my mom makes it. I also mix cream of mushroom soup with cream of potato soup. It makes it even more potatoey!
My mom made tuna chip loaf - tuna, cr of mush soup and smashed potato chips all mixed together and baked! She loved it, I tolerated it, she introduced it to my kids who didn't like thankfully! Way too salty and processed tasting!
i grew up around seafood so i loved tuna casserole but i understand why some people don't like it. if it was made on the stovetop and served right away we called it tuna a la king, but if it was baked with a crispy topping it became tuna casserole. toppings could be crushed potato chips, buttered bread crumbs or canned french fried onions.
My mom lives with me now and she quickly learned to only make enough for her...just the smell of it kicks off my gag reflex. I ate it as a child, though...
I've made this and fed my family it over the years until 10 or so years ago. I need to make it a little lighter, but it is so easy and so good! I've also varied the canned veggies. It's always good.
I think maybe she said, “It’s not half bad,” which is slightly more positive, I think. (Although I know the captions said, “not that bad.”) Personally I think it looks like something that should have died with the mid-century. Probably the only thing that would make it delicious is having nostalgia for it, which is totally understandable.
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I think I would use a small, regular sized can of cream if mushroom, then add 1/2 can of while milk. The casserole would not be as salty yet it would be noise and a softer, not so "thick" consistency. I think for the amount of ground beef and veggies, this makes more sense!! But that is personal taste!! I love the tater tots on top!!! Wonderful!! (Oh less soup mix means less calories also.)
@emmymadeinjapan l use Greek yogurt with sauteed mushrooms and a diced onion (less salt!) mixed with a spicy salsa, and ground turkey with chili seasoning and the liquid from a can of chipotles in adobo, Mexican cheese blend and mixed vegetables. Last time l made it with cubed southwest style chicken.Yum!
Is their beef 100% grass fed - not grass fed and grain finished?
Why does her audio keep malfunctioning?
You love that sound. 😊
My misophonia can't stand it, unfortunately.
They used to make this at my elementary school. It was a small school, so the meals were homemade. I hope all the lunchladies that went the extra mile to prepare delicious homemade meals for the school have/had long, happy lives.
That's so sweet
Lucky you my schools food was like prison food
@@Bouncyboy901 I swapped schools in 5th grade and subsequently ate prison food for the rest of my school career
We had homemade meals also. Our lunch ladies were sisters and also went to my church. They provided meals for every organization in our area even summer camps. Our breads were homemade. Yeast rolls, hamburger and hotdog buns were amazing. They even remembered your favorite foods and gave you extra. We were definitely blessed. I hope they knew that we appreciated their extra efforts. The last sister passed last year. They are missed and definitely can not be replaced.
Unfortunately they all died
I went to school with a girl who’s mom was from Minnesota and she would make this like once a week for her kids. I used to love being at her house on those nights! I’ve made this a few times and it always makes me think of her! We’re still friends and now she makes it for picnics and get togethers. I love it so much!
That's awesome! That's such a fun part of cooking, learning little things from different people in your life and recreating those memories
I love how even when Emmy clearly doesn't like something that she still finds kind things to say about it! 💗
@yuyu tubee I noticed that too! She's very sweet.
always with the mouth frown and nod with the "mhm.... not bad!"
Didn't seem like she disliked it, I think she's pretty honest about things like that; it's not too often she finds something she doesn't like though but when she does, she makes sure you know that. More often than not, if she didn't like it, she'd say something like "Not for me" or something along those lines. I take "Not half bad" as it's okay, nothing spectacular about it and it's edible but likely not something I'd make again.
@@citrusbutter7718 Yeah i had a friend make it without corn. Tasty.
@@lynnevetter I never had it with corn. Green beans only.
Texas girl here. We do tater tot casserole with mixed vegetables, rather than the corn and green beans. I also like to use one can of cream of mushroom and one of cream of celery, instead of a big can of cream of mushroom. It's a family favorite. :)
I recently saw a version of it that uses chicken instead of ground beef. That sounds really good , but I haven't tried it yet.
Chicken is really good too! It’s even pretty good with canned chicken.
I always use ground chicken. It makes the whole dish taste lighter. I use ground chicken for any recipe that calls for ground beef.
@@janathompson1204 I’m a chef, I always want to use the best of the best!, but… I love Emmy for sharing these recipes that on their humble level share a bit of Americana, or any other culture! Love it! So many variations so many cultures!
I use a can of fiesta nacho cheese soup and a can of cream of celery. Adds a little extra flavor, so good!
Same! (Texan here as well) Except we have one can cream of chicken and one can of cream of mushroom. Also plenty of cheese.
I'm a Minnesotan and I love this hotdish! Mine is a tad different. Try adding a layer of shredded Sharp cheddar cheese before adding the tots mmm😋 Was excited to see you tried this!😊👍
My family's version is the same as yours. As I was watching I was thinking Emmy forgot the cheese. LOL
I’m from MN too and I add like to add a cup of sour cream to my hot dish.
@@JennaSakura that sounds good I will have to try that!
I add a tad of milk and a brown gravy packet to my cream of mushroom soup
I live in South Dakota. I add a layer of velveeta under the tater tots. I also use carrots and french style greenbeans. I can tell you it tastes much better the next day.
Having lived in Minnesota for the past 63 years, most folks here dispense completely with the pan and press raw hamburger directly into the bottom of the casserole pan. Season the hamburger, and place the vegetables and soup directly onto the raw burger. We then dump and spread the tater tots on the top and heat at 375 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Even less work and clean up.
And the seasoning has to be lawrys seasoned salt!
That's how my parents made it over here in Michigan! And my dad would always get super impatient waiting for the hamburger to cook through. xD
Minnesota my whole life and have never done it this way.
That’s how I grew up eating it. My mom would press the raw ground beef into the pan and fry it on the stove for a little while, then add the can of soup, corn, beans, then tots. Bake until beef fully done, then turn on the broiler to make sure the tots got nice and crisp.
That's how we do it too! In MN also!
I live in Michigan and I grew up eating this. My mom used to use mixed frozen veges and added cheese with the soup.
Yes i was sitting here like where's the cheese
I use corn, but I use mashed potatoes instead of tater tots,and a crapton of cheese. Gonna have to try it with tator tots.
I do something like this sometimes, but the mixture I make has beef, onions, and garlic, a little tomato paste, beef broth, carrots, and peas. I season it with salt, pepper, Worcestershire, a little onion and garlic powders. I put the tater tots on top with cheddar cheese. It's SO good.
Sounds similar to a Shepard’s pie! :)
Cottage Pie is made with beef. It can only be called Shepard's pie if made with lamb. Tater tots instead of mashed would be good though!
I make almost the exact same thing except I swap the tater tots for instant mashed potatoes and add shredded cheddar to the top.
@@trinswurld very similar! I think the biggest difference is the tomato paste, which changes the flavor quite a bit. (I also make more of a gravy for cottage/shepherd's pie)
@@nicolederhone7847 that sounds so good! I know what I’m making for dinner today 🤤
I make this for my elderly parents who are originally from Iowa (just South of Minnesota.) The big differences I see are a regular can of cream of mushroom (not that giant one) with 1 cup of milk so the sauces ends up thinner. Also, I'm lazy and just dump in frozen mixed vegetables and call it a win. Finally, instant potatoes rather than tater tots, but I admit; that does sound good. I add paprika.
Considering it is from a recipe card written out by my paternal grandmother (who was born in 1900) and put in a recipe box for my mother when they got married in 1960; well, it's been around for a while. Yes, my paternal grandmother really did give her new daughter-in-law recipes to make sure she could feed her youngest son.
I think the mashed-potato-topped-hotdish name is Shepard's pie, but I could be wrong.
@@adriannakeller8057 Shepherd's pie does have a mash potato topping but the filling is usually much meatier, usually lamb and uses gravy (as in cooked meat juices/fat) for the sauce instead of creamy stuff. Probably inspired these types of casseroles though, they are similiar.
@@shroomyesc Could be a difference between uk shepherds pie and american shepherds pie? Every American recipe I've ever followed is basically what Emmy made but with mashed potatoes on top. Always made with ground beef. Even store made versions here are this version.
@@praxus0793 I believe it’s “cottage” pie when made with Beef? Heard it called that here and in UK.
Iowa girl here, and we always had it with tots instead of instant potato’s but now I wanna try it with instant potatoes instead that sounds so good
My mother was from Minnesota and I grew up eating this very same hot dish. I love this video Emmy! It makes me feel warm and fuzzy and like I’m hugging my mom again
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My boss makes lunch for everyone once a week and she made something similar to this once. Instead of beef she used diced chicken breast. It was sort of like a chicken pot pie just without the crust. Loved it so much I started making it for my kids and husband. Can’t wait to try this as well!!!
I have made several different variations of tator tot casserole... including:
*Enchilada (red Enchilada sauce instead of cream of mushroom, taco seasoning in the beef, with onions and green chiles, Mexican cheese, tator tots of course, topped with cilantro and sour cream)
*Breakfast (country gravy instead of cream of mushroom, ground sausage instead of beef, scrambled eggs, cheese, tator tots of course, and topped with bacon and salsa if desired)
So delicious!! Definitely recommend giving these a try 👍
Wow!! Your variations sounds good too!!❤️
My grandpa has made a chili cheese version before :)
I've never had tater tot casserole. The original sounds yummy, and your variations sound really delicious 😊!
You're s beautiful person. I'm trying this!!
Thank you for calling this what it is as well, a casserole.
Tater tot casserole is a all time favorite at our house. My kids used to try to figure out who made it best me or my husband. When my son came home from overseas I told him he could have anything he wanted and I would cook it and he asked for tater tot casserole and for dad to do the cooking. I thought it was an okie original. Thanks and hats off to Minnesota!
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I never knew this recipe was from Minnesota! It’s been in my family cookbook for years 😁
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One time my mom messed up and added Golden Mushroom soup to the casserole instead of Cream of Mushroom. I've been making it with Golden Mushroom soup ever since.
I live in MN and this is a staple at every potluck I've ever been to. I make it when I am wanting something quick and easy after a busy day. One thing I do is use a small can of cream of mushroom (or you can substitute cream of chicken if that's what you have) and stir in about a cup of sour cream. It cuts down on the salt and the sauce part ends up creamier. And I use a bag of mixed veggies instead of just corn and green beans. A sprinkle of shredded cheese on top and broiled for 5 minutes or so and it's done.
I’m from Minnesota and I like to add sour cream too.
I just had this yesterday and you posted it 2 hours ago! That's a crazy coincidence lol It was tasty! We added corn to ours!
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@@TheWorldOfMeghan I'm good I'd like to know more about you if you don't mind 🙂
My grandma and mom used to make this and called it “hamburger glop.” They were from the northern middle of Pennsylvania and it was one of my favorite dishes growing up in the 70s and 80s. I’ll have to make it again now, thank you so very much Emmy!!!
We are a family of 6 plus we take lunches from the previous nights dinner, so we make large meals.
Tater tot cassarole is in regular rotation. It is filling and delicious with right combo.
My "twist" is i make the cream soup from scratch. I dont like the canned stuff.
Yep,I make my own bechemel sauce. Can’t do the canned soup 🤢
@@happycamper4thewin I call it cream of goo. Lol its vile
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I can't get enough of my mom's Tater tot casserole. Reminds me of my childhood. I also remember my grandma making Sloppy Joe with Cream of Mushroom Soup. She didn't like Manwich. So she always used the soup.
That Sloppy Joe swap out sounds good!
It reminds me of Sheppard’s Pie, just swapped the mashed taters for tater-tots, lol. Gonna try this tonight or tomorrow night. I’ll be adding some cheddar cheese. ☺️
my mum is from Minnesota, she still makes this till this day, didn't realize this was a thing centered/originated from Minnesota, but because of a house that has people who hate veggies (i don't, but she priorities my dad's taste then we came along and don't think she ever bothered trying to add in veggies after that point, though I love the sound of this version more) she stripped the recipe to be basically only ground beef, cream of mush soup and tater tots and kept it that way still till this day, it tastes great, I don't mind it, but now that I have opened my eyes to how its really suppose to be done, I wanna eat this version now XD. Gonna go text my mum now and tell her we need to normalize the onions, green beans and corn from now on in our tater tot casserole.
😆Your dad's gonna be mad.
That's pretty much my experience with Tater tot casserole as well. It's just burger, soup usually cream of mushroom and cream of celery combined and topped with tots. We do salt it though and pepper is added after cooking. I never had it in Minnesota, but do eat it in Washington, my home state.
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Tater tot casserole was what I prepared for the kids whenever we had a sitter - easy enough to cook and the kiddoes loveloveloved it!
We had it on other nights too, because I love it too! 🤤
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I'm still in shock that you used that good quality beef for a casserole. 😂
You read my mind.
Well she rather had to since they were her sponsor. Also if you're usually eating quality beef why would you switch to a lower quality feed lot raised ground beef just because you're making a casserole?
Yep it was a sad moment
There was a time when casseroles weren't looked down on like they are today. It fed the entire family (usually farming farms) and it could be frozen. We need to bring back family meals again.
Better ingredients make a better outcome. This is common sense
I'm new to your channel and I absolutely love it, plus there's a seemingly endless list of old episodes to binge... this is perfection.
When I was in college and got my first apartment, all the ladies I worked with gave me recipe cards with recipes for cheap dishes that you could make easily and could eat for a week. While they weren’t called "hot dishes" (no one in Texas would know what a "hot dish" was back then), they were all these types of one-dish casserole meals. Meat, vegetables, canned soup, and either pasta or potatoes of some sort. Once I figured out the basic concept, I made all sorts of adaptations based around whatever flavors I wanted that week. I honestly learned how to cook starting out this way with these simple, straightforward dishes. I’ll still make something like this for big gatherings - making it all from scratch because I now hate those canned soups.
This reminds me of the mac and cheese, ground beef and can of peas Gouladish dish my uncle used to make up when we were over at his house. It was completely delicious and one of my favorite comfort foods.
This looks simple and delicious. I would've added sweet peas to offset the saltiness and def some sharp cheddar. Can't wait to try this for my family.
Was thinking the same thing. I started adding frozen or fresh peas to my casseroles & they add just an extra touch of fresh sweetness & a pleasant pop. I've used them several times to save dishes I've accidentally added too much of something to.
Born and raised Minnesotan, the recipe our family uses definitely has shredded cheese! The recipe Emmy used is quite different, but I think every family has a slightly different one. Food here is always quite salty so if that's not your thing, the peas are probably a good idea!
@@loveyourselfplease6842 long live sweet peas! Lol...
Campbell's makes both reduced sodium and no salt added condensed mushroom soups.
I grew up in minnesota and my strongest memory of tater tot hot dish is from sleep away camp. It's really good with a little ketchup too. Yummmm
I have long since loved cooking shows, but you're just delightful! Thanks Emmy I love your fb page and I'm equally happy to find your youtube channel.
IVE NEVER CLICKED SO FAST. Proud Minnesotan. 🤗🤗🤗
I am the same. Thats why I said HOTDISH
@@katiejahnke1665 Uff da!! Yeah, yeah HOT DISH!! 😁
Same!
Where’s your MN nice? If someone says casserole it’s not a big deal 😉
@@kaylee5126 I'm just joking. It's kinda like how Minnesotans say duck, duck, GRAY DUCK, while the rest of the country says duck, duck, GOOSE. It's Min-e-soota Norwegian. 🤣
I used to make a version of this many years ago when my nieces and nephew were little (I lived with my sister). Except that I used thawed frozen mixed veggies and cheddar cheese soup. My sister has passed, the kids are grown up and have their own lives, and since I now live on my own I haven't made it in years. Maybe I should make a half sized dish of this, it would make enough for leftovers for a few days. 👍💖😁
Use a soup crock; I now live alone, and, sometimes, that's the only way I get casserole. Mine holds one can green beans, the sauce, half a hot dog, and the potatoes.
@@lydialady5275 that sounds like a great idea, I'll have to give it a try!
🤔 would tots on the side make for better leftovers? If anyone knows, please share.
@@Katie-qb5vd I learned that if there were leftovers it was best to put them in a smaller baking dish to reheat it. That way the sauce on the sides didn't get baked on and be hard to clean. Plus it would help re-crisp the tots on top. You could also slide in a tray with more tots at the same time if, like what happened in our house, the tots would get picked off and devoured.
@@Katie-qb5vd I don't eat tater tots because to reheat them makes them too crispy. Aside from I'd rather eat my carbs as carrots.
Being from Minnesota, we literally had tater to hot dish on Tuesday.
We had it this week too! 🤣
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Yes!
Fall is one of my favorite seasons.
It means time for hearty soups, stews and casseroles.
I make chili, beef stews, chicken-yellow rice casseroles and chicken Southwest stew, which is a favorite with Jiffy corn muffins.
I'm more creative in the Fall. I wonder if it's because I was born in the Fall. October.
@@anakelly76512 yummmmm!!! Chili is my favorite!
Literally did you, literally
I love casseroles like this! Even now with my diet mostly vegetarian, it’s still yummy. I just use the veggie grounds instead. I’ve done a chik’n pot pie type casserole too and that was delish! 🤤😋
Looks yummy! I live in Iowa and we eat this about once a month or so. We make it a little different. No onions and the veggies we use can change depending what's around. Sometimes just corn, sometimes just peas. Just depends on what we have.
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Is your audio damage or is it that you forgot twice? Close captions were super helpful.
Thanks for always providing them!
Ohhh this is going to be so good when the weather gets cooler. Can't wait to try this one! Never heard of this one before, but it looks really good.
I'm originally from Duluth, MN so I have had countless meals of tater tot hot dish. I have lived in Scotland for over 15 years and kept threatening that I'd make haggis tater tot hot dish, but never could because tater tots were not available here until the last couple years. Last year I finally did it. I used veggie haggis and it came out better than the traditional way.
HA, you eating the condensed soup from the can reminded me of when I was a kid and used to sneak dried stovetop stuffing to snack on! I liked it because it was super salty! XD
Such a kid thing to do. I LOVE kids!😆
I’m in my 40’s and I still prepare stove top per the directions and eating it with a spoon as my whole meal. 😀😀
ewwww, but that's too funny. The things we did as kids huh?
Lol, me too! Mine was brown gravy packets 😂
That was the largest can of soup I've ever seen.
Maybe Emmy is only 3 feet tall....
Right?!
It looks like the family size can, 22.6 oz. standard can is 10.5 oz.
Or the tiniest cook?
@@emmymade we usually don't use such a big can of soup for this dish. We used a normal sized one with some milk or water added to it to make it more creamy. No wonder you were a bit shocked at the saltiness of the dish you made. 😬 Also, when frying the beef, we'd add Lawry's seasoned salt and nothing else. The canned corn and beans would also go in the mix like you did after adding the can of cream of mushroom soup. Another thing you can try is our Shepherd's Pie specialty! Another one of my ultimate favourite dishes! I also remember growing up with my grandma's porcupine meatballs. So yummy!
Thank you for doing these "comfort food" dishes. Especially since Fall and Winter are coming. Yummy!! Time to get back into the kitchen!
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This was a staple in my family and I’m from the PNW. We always made it backwards with the tots on the bottom of the pan and the meat mix on top and topped with lots of cheddar cheese that would brown and get crispy. The tater tots would basically meld into the rest and it was really good! The cheese on top gets nice and brown as well. Very nostalgic for me!
I wouldn't be that far from MN these days living in northern Iowa. I used to make plenty of tater tot casseroles years ago for dinner. So good. 😊😋
When I get sensory overload in our current world, all I need to do is watch this channel to calm me down a bit. Thanks Emmy.
Yours looks amazing! I grew up in central MN and this was a staple in school lunch rooms. AND I worked in Congress for years. It’s actually not just the senators who participate in the competition, the members of the House also participate (staff actually make the dish, the members get the credit, of course). With more immigrants and refugees moving to the state, we’re seeing more (IMO better) variations of hotdish. Love this video!
Poppyseed chicken is my favorite casserole. I discovered it in my college dining room in Tennessee and fell in love.
I just made tater tot hotdish last night, I like to start baking the tater tots while I'm browning the meat. Gives them a crispier texture and I sprinkle cheese over the top and bake until it start to bubble around the edges! Btw I live in Minnesota 😁
I just figured out this hack with my new air fryer. Let the tots cook while you prep the rest ... then throw them on top!
Growing up in Minnesota, there wasn't a month that went by when this dish wasn't on all the school lunch menus in my home town at least once. Nourishing, comforting, and budget-friendly, it never fails to please.
Also, can we talk about the irony of presenting a budget dish while sponsored by a place that charges *$11.10 per pound, at the cheapest* for ground beef? Because that kind of price point is _way_ out of reach for most people.
I'm from Louisiana, and my mom makes this about twice a year and it's amazing. But she's always done hers a bit different.
Ground beef. Mushroom soup. Tots. Then shredded cheese. 400° for 35 min.
That's it. Love it!! 😁
I live in Texas and make Tater Tot Casserole at least once a month. I love it.
For the true Minnesotan experience, top your serving of tater tot hot dish with ketchup or sriracha.
Idk why, but that's how we always ate it. Thanks for sharing part of my childhood with the world.
I’m from mn too and I like to add sour cream before I top it off with gator tots. Nothing screams Minnesotan than sour cream.
@@JennaSakura TRUEEE
I would never do it, but I feel like the TRUE Minnesota experience would be to add Ranch.
Oh the joy I felt when I saw this on my feed!! My mom would make this for us at least once a month growing up in MN in the 90s, almost this exact recipe. And it was always accompanied by “apple salad”, chopped apples mixed with whipped cream. It’s still a staple for my fiance and I when we need some good comfort food.
My boyfriend and I are from Wisconsin and we both grew up eating tator tot hotdish. I haven't had it in years but this makes me want to make it!
I first found this recipe on the Christopher Lowell interior design show on television. It was popular in the 90s. He was so funny. This is one of my sons favorite meals!
I totally used to watch that! I used to use uplights to highlight the decor in my house because of him. 😂
My mom loved him! He's one of those people where I am watching HGTV with her and I keep thinking, who are these guys... didn't we used to watch other people...?
Hi Emmy, I was thinking maybe doing a dish or food from all fifty states that are native to them. would love to see that in a series as sometimes I’ve noticed friends and family members who live in the US (and many other people who live in the US) don’t know what food is often “American”. Loved this. Cheers!
Emmy, I made this for the first time today. I made a few little tweaks, like using mixed vegetables instead of just green beans and corn, and I saw a comment where someone said they also add a packet of instant gravy mix, so I tried that too, and my family loved it. Thank you for always bringing me new recipes to try!
My mom is from Iowa and she grew up eating this! My grandmother would always make it for her! I love it as well!
MN native here. Good call on the Lea n Perrins, I always add that to my Totdish. Like to add a big scoop of sour cream as well.
I always add sour cream to mine also.
"Totdish". How perfect! 😆
I put worcheschire in my meatloaf mix, my family LOVES it. I know I spelled it wrong and have never said it right, but I believe if you say it fast enough, people understand, lol
I heard someone call it “Magic W sauce” recently. Thought that was a clever way around it.
I heard a mnemonic that has worked for me, "WRooster Shire's Sauce" so I imagine a rooster in his shire (yard), then in a pot being sauce LOL 🐓🐓🐓
Hope that helps! Spelling worchestire has no helps! Sorry!
@@sissinoklahoma2057 I pronounce it, “wuh-stuh-sheer.”
This makes me think of my grandma ❤️ she moved to California in the 60’s to start a family with my grandpa. She went back home to Minnesota for a funeral and came back raving about this recipe that they kept making while she was there. I’ve loved it ever since! The other one she would make was goulash!
oooo I'm from wisconsin and this is so nostalgic. My aunt always made casseroles like this. Breakfast casserole is my fav!
This is EXACTLY the tater tot casserole I ate growing up in Iowa. Lol, close enough to Minnesota. Neat memory :)
Hotdish, only hotdish never casserole. You need to add an insane amount of cheese next time and more veggies 😃
Depends where you come from my family called it casserole.
@@betsysternhagen7318 true Minnesotan is hotdish, rest of the Midwest it is casserole
@@frostbitrunner2659 Okey Dokey there ya know fur sure eh? 😂😂😂
It’s just a word, it’s the same thing no matter what you call it.
@@betsysternhagen7318 Right! We've never called it hotdish where I'm from (Texas), but have a friend from Minnesota that calls it hotdish and never casserole. LOL
Got about 10 seconds into the video and stopped because I was HAPPY that I knew I could finally make a dish with ease! I can't wait to try this when the weather gets a little colder as it seems like a great fall/winter comfort food dish. I'll finish watching the video now.
Some advice: do not use as much onion as she did and you only need a small can of soup and about half of that can's worth of milk stirred into the sauce. Makes it less gloopy and less salty! I also use frozen mixed veggies for convenience. Anyone can make these and everyone should! This is how I learned to cook and how I started when teaching my kids. I hope you enjoy it! :)
This is so timely! My bff is visiting me in MN from new york, and she tried TT Hotdish for the first time ever this week
My Minnesotan heart already loves this before watching it. 😂❤️
It’s also “hotdish” but I’ll let it slide. Lol.
Aussie here. The first time I'd heard of a variation of this is when the Duggar's made it on 19 Kids and Counting.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I made this for my family for the first time this week and they absolutely adored it. I do believe that this might be a new staple meal in my household. Who needs a cookbook when you have a wonderful CZcams Creator like Emmy who gives you such amazing meal ideas. It is about time that we see Emmy compete on top chef as a home cook.
THIS is my all time favorite food! As a North Dakotan/Minnesotan, Thank you for shining a light on one of the worlds finest culinary masterpieces lol! but actually, I make my mom makes this every time I come home for a visit now that I live away
Tater tot casserole is my jam- even better with a little bacon jam
Today I learned that "bacon jam" is a thing, thanks to you. I looked up what it is and now I MUST have some. Thank you!
@@Duncan_Idaho_Potato you will love it on your tots
Oooooh! Interesting!
You are officially a Minnesotan. MN state fair, Matt’s Jucy Lucys, Betty’s Pies and now Tator Tot Hot Dish
YAAAY!!!
I had this growing up over here in Michigan, and my parents always just slapped a layer of raw beef down at the bottom of the casserole dish (Dad would always be impatient by how long it took for the hamburger to cook all the way through xD ), and then just plop every thing else right on top. We would also drizzle left over mushroom soup on top of the tots, too.
I made it tonight for dinner. Everyone loved it, thanks Emmy! I didn't quite follow the recipe, I never do lol. I used cream of celery because I don't like mushrooms. I also can't really eat corn it makes my stomach hurt so we used peas and green beans, and I didn't have worsteschire sauce. So just seasoned with some garlic powder. It wasn't soupy and the tater tots were interesting.
I once asked a friend of mine who grew up in Minnesota if hotdish was any good. "Yeah, if you put enough ketchup on it," was his reply.
Great video! Thank you, as always.
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Is it just me or does this bear a striking resemblance to Shepherd's Pie?
Thats what I call it..
Just tots instead of mashed 🙃 🙂
this particular recipe is, but in minnesota the ingredients can vary wildly into something that doesn't resemble shepherd's pie. also, true shepherd's pie is made with lamb, never beef. a beef version is called cottage pie.
You'd make shepherd's pie with lamb, a proper gravy (as in rendered meat juices and fats) for the sauce, different vegetables and a mashed potato topping. But I imagine shepherd's pie was one of the bases for this kind of casserole.
@@marzsit9833 I actually knew that, but I didn't think anyone else would know what cottage pie was lol.
I love this recipe! I definitely got the inspiration from Sarah and other CZcamsrs, expect I do a mushroom white sauce in place of the soup. It is delicious and comforting! Thank you Emmy!
Love this! I took a business trip to Minnesota years back and they sent me home with a "Minnesota Cookbook". I'm pretty sure 90% of it was variations on the tater tot casserole. :) I never got around to making one, but you make it look tempting!
“For what it is, it’s not bad.”
Emmy is always the diplomat.
Ha! I literally had this for supper tonight.
We use a whole lot less of cream of mushroom soup. More like a small can of it and it's much drier.
I made this tonight! I used a can of cream of chicken and Herb Campbell soup, a can of cream of broccoli and I chopped fresh garlic clove in with the onion. Then I topped it all with the Bega canned cheese I bought after seeing one of your MRE videos! The cheese doesn't melt but OMG it melts in your mouth with this casserole!!
i never had this as a kid, but tried it a couple months ago. i’m crispy tot obsessed so i actually cooked off the tots for awhile first and ngl it was fantastic
A bit of a variation on the one I know, but it still looks good. More use to the bag of frozen mixed vegetables with carrots, beans, peas, and corn.
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Next time when it’s almost done add, Lawrys Season Salt and Colby Jack shredded cheese, brown it and it just adds that touch haha
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I grew up eating this! Of course, I grew up in northwestern WI…hotdish is ubiquitous in the region. I’ve now transplanted to MN and I still love tator tot hotdish and still make it on occasion. My husband, who is originally from Iran has also been converted to the joys of hotdish. When I make this, I just use tator tots, ground beef, and a bag of frozen mixed veggies (without Lima beans), along with cream of mushroom soup, milk and shredded cheese. I mix in half the tots with the meat and then top the hot dish with the rest of the tots and more cheese. It is so good!
Grew up eating tator tot casserole in eastern WI. Ours was simply ground beef, onion, garlic, celery, small can of cream of mushroom soup (we used reduced sodium so you can salt to your liking), soup can amount of milk, salt, pepper, paprika, some cayenne if you like a bit of spice, cheddar cheese on top of that mixture and then tater tots on top of the cheese. Always loved it and still make it for a quick, easy and inexpensive meal.
My favorite version is to use ground Turkey, cream of broccoli and then fresh or frozen broccoli. It’s so good!
I would go to America just to try that authentic casserole. But I'm not rich so 😅
same!
Just throw your leftover meat and vegetables into an oven proof dish and throw a can of cream of mushroom soup over it. Cover with cheese and breadcrumbs if you want to be fancy.
Yeah, just make it yourself
@@o3MTA3o I really want to try the tater tots though. Yes, I think that’s the only way for now 😊
Hotdish. Minnesotans say Hotdish not casserole. Same with cantelope. It's a musk melon.
I make this every month at least!! Lol born and raised in MN!!! I bake some tots beforehand and then mix into the beef/soup mix. Top with frozen tots. Sooo good! I love this dish ❤
WOOO I LOVE THAT YOU MADE THIS AND CORRECTLY ! 💕
Emmy always has the best shirts.
Why, thank you.
@@emmymade You’re welcome my lady.
Down south in Texas, we grew up calling this Shepard's pie.
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Yes! Fellow Minnesotan here! This looks great! Not my favorite dish, but its comforting on a cold winter day. I prefer deep frying or baking the tots beforehand for a crisper tot.
I'm in total agreement here
I make this every winter! I use frozen mixed veggies though, just like how my mom makes it. I also mix cream of mushroom soup with cream of potato soup. It makes it even more potatoey!
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I remember my mom used to make a hot tuna noodle casserole with mushroom soup and lays potato chips on top. It was gross, but also weirdly good.
Yes, it was called Tuna Noodle in our house growing up in the 60s 70s in SE South Dakota
My mom made tuna chip loaf - tuna, cr of mush soup and smashed potato chips all mixed together and baked! She loved it, I tolerated it, she introduced it to my kids who didn't like thankfully! Way too salty and processed tasting!
I grew up with that too, we called it tuna casserole
i grew up around seafood so i loved tuna casserole but i understand why some people don't like it. if it was made on the stovetop and served right away we called it tuna a la king, but if it was baked with a crispy topping it became tuna casserole. toppings could be crushed potato chips, buttered bread crumbs or canned french fried onions.
My mom lives with me now and she quickly learned to only make enough for her...just the smell of it kicks off my gag reflex. I ate it as a child, though...
Where are my fellow Minnesotans at?
I grew up in MN and definitely ate this growing up and I still make it today ☺️ yummy, so good!
I've made this and fed my family it over the years until 10 or so years ago. I need to make it a little lighter, but it is so easy and so good! I've also varied the canned veggies. It's always good.
"It is not that bad" is not a very strong recommendation.
I would never subject my family to this!
I think maybe she said, “It’s not half bad,” which is slightly more positive, I think. (Although I know the captions said, “not that bad.”) Personally I think it looks like something that should have died with the mid-century. Probably the only thing that would make it delicious is having nostalgia for it, which is totally understandable.
taste is subjective? just bc emmy doesn't enjoy it doesn't mean someone else wont, she's not just here to recommend you dishes but give her own reviews and enjoy making/exploring different foods
Got to love the honesty though💗
As a Minnesotan, everyone I've brought home when my mom's cooked this has always come back asking for more, just saying, you should give it a try!