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Tachos bring together golden, crispy tater tots and all the toppings you love from nachos. It's like comfort food took a trip to the Southwest and came back even better! Cheesy, savory, and guaranteed to make your taste buds sing.
These are nacho average tater tots!
Tater Tot Nachos
Let's be honest, this tochos recipe is not really about healthy eating. But all things in moderation, right?
Whip out this tasty recipe for the game day and you'll have people lined up around the street. It's basically next level nachos, switching things up from regular sheet pan nachos.
These are perfect for taco night or an addition to your taco bar party. And if you have leftover taco meat, you can put it to use in this recipe.
Tachos Ingredients
You will need the following ingredients:
- Frozen tater tots
- Ground beef - you can use ground turkey or ground sausage if you prefer
- Yellow onion
- Taco seasoning - use your favorite seasoning, either store-bought or homemade
- Nacho cheese sauce - this is the prepared nacho cheese sauce that comes in a can
- Pepper Jack cheese - use fresh cheese and shred it yourself to get the best meltability. You can substitute with your favorite kind of cheese.
- tomatoes
- Sliced black olives
- Sour cream
- Salsa - use your favorite kind of salsa
- Jalapeño peppers - optional
Additional toppings:
Pick whatever your favorite toppings are for traditional nachos and stack them up in your nachos. A few ideas are chopped green onions, fresh pico de gallo, and fresh cilantro.
How should I store leftovers?
You can store any leftover totchos in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You may prefer to serve the sour cream and salsa on individual servings to avoid soggy Totchos after they have been stored.
How do I reheat totchos?
The best way to reheat the Totchos is in the oven so the tater tots crisp up a bit more. Reheat at 350° Fahrenheit until warmed through. You can reheat them in the microwave as well but the tater tots won’t be as crispy.
Storage Instructions
You can store any leftover totchos in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You may prefer to serve the sour cream and salsa on individual servings to avoid soggy Totchos after they have been stored.
If you make these tater tot nachos, head on back and leave a recipe review or comment below. I'd love to hear from you!
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Tachos Loaded Tater Tots
Deanne Frieders
Tachos Loaded Tater Tots are topped with meat, melty cheese and your favorite nacho toppings. These are nacho average tater tots!
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Appetizers and Snack Recipes
Cuisine American
Servings 6 8 servings
Calories 309 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 bag frozen tater tots
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 1 1.25 ounce packet of taco seasoning or homemade taco seasoning
- 1 15 ounce can nacho cheese sauce
- 4 ounces shredded cheese like pepper jack cheese cheddar cheese
- 2 or monterey jack
- Roma tomatoes diced
- 1 can sliced black olives
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup of your favorite tomato salsa
- 2-3 jalapeno slices optional
Instructions
Place tater tots in a single layer on a rimmed large baking sheet. Bake tater tots according to package directions. Leave your oven on after the tater tots have finished cooking.
While the tater tots are baking, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the ground beef and diced onion until the ground beef is no longer pink. Drain if necessary, though you may not need to if using lean ground beef
Stir the taco seasoning and ¼ cup water into the cooked ground beef mixture. When the tater tots have finished baking, spread the ground beef in an even layer over the cooked tater tots.
Place the nacho cheese sauce is a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds-1 minute or until the cheese is warmed and pours easily. Drizzle the nacho cheese sauce over the ground beef and sprinkle with the shredded pepper jack cheese.
Bake for 10 minutes or until the cheese melts.
Top with diced tomatoes, sliced black olives, sour cream, salsa, and sliced jalapeños before serving.
Notes
- If you prefer extra crispy tater tots feel free to stir them once while baking and/or broil them for 5 minutes or so after they have cooked and before you add any of the toppings.
- You can also broil the cheese for a bit at the end if you would like it to brown up a bit before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 309kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 23gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 83mgSodium: 605mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3g
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