Taco Tater Tot Casserole Recipe
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
This scrumptious taco tater tot casserole recipe includes a layer of tater tots loaded with your favorite taco flavors, like taco seasoning, melted cheese, beef, and the toppings of your choice.
This recipe is quick and easy to prepare. Start with a layer of tater tots at the bottom of your casserole dish, then cook the seasoned ground beef and layer it on top. Add a generous layer of cheese, bake it to golden perfection, and serve it with your favorite taco toppings. The result is a comforting, delicious dish that’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
For an even faster meal next time, prepare double the taco meat (through step 2) and freeze half. It makes assembling this casserole even easier when you’re short on time.
How to Make Taco Tater Tot Casserole
Ingredients
- frozen tater tots
- ground beef
- taco seasoning
- barbecue sauce
- shredded cheddar cheese
- taco toppings of your choice
How to Make Taco Tater Tot Casserole Recipe
Prepare an 8 x 8 casserole dish by spraying with non-stick cooking spray.
Place a layer of frozen tater tots in the bottom of the casserole dish and set aside.
In a large skillet, brown the ground beef until it’s no longer pink.
When the ground beef is browned, add the water, taco seasoning mix, and barbecue sauce.
Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until thickened. The beef mixture will be very saucy.
Spoon the taco beef mixture over the tater tots.
Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese.
Cover with foil and bake at 400 for about 30 minutes.
While the casserole is baking, prepare your favorite taco toppings.
When the casserole is finished baking, remove from the oven.
Top the casserole with your favorite taco toppings.
Enjoy Taco Tater Tot Casserole immediately.
Storage
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- You can freeze the casserole for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight before reheating briefly in the oven.
Recipe Notes for Taco Tater Tot Casserole
- Here are some taco toppings you might want to add on top of your taco tater tot casserole: green onions, shredded lettuce, Pico de Gallo, salsa, hot sauce, crushed tortilla chips or tortilla chips, sour cream, olives, cilantro, and guacamole.
- You can use whatever shredded cheese you prefer or have on hand. Mexican blend, Monterey Jack, and Pepper Jack cheese would all work well.
- Think it can’t be tacos without corn and beans? Feel free to add a can of black beans or pinto beans, and either a can of corn or a cup of frozen corn kernels to your meat mixture.
- Add some spice with a can of diced green chiles.
- Want to add more flavor? Feel free to add 2 cloves of minced garlic, 1 chopped onion, and some bell pepper.
- Substitute the ground beef for ground pork or ground turkey.
More Taco-Flavored Recipes You’ll Love
- Taco Soup (The World’s Easiest Supper)
- Taco Pizza – Fast, Fresh, Delicious!
- Fiesta Taco Salad
- Greek Chicken Tacos
- Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
Ingredients
- 1 bag frozen tater tots small bag, you won't need them all
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 packets taco seasoning mix
- 1.5 cups water
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese I use sharp
- Taco toppings of your choice
Instructions
- Place a layer of frozen tater tots in the bottom of an 8x8 casserole dish. Set aside.1 bag frozen tater tots
- In a large skillet, brown the ground beef until it's no longer pink. Then add the water, taco seasoning mix, and barbecue sauce. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until thickened. It will be very saucy and that is fine.2 pounds ground beef, 2 packets taco seasoning mix, 1.5 cups water, 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- Spoon the ground beef mixture over the tater tots. Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 400 for about 30 minutes. Top with your favorite taco toppings and enjoy!1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, Taco toppings of your choice
A neighbor and I were recently talking about our parents/grandparents having their own chickens. They could go out, select one, grab it, and wring its neck, then pluck it, clean it, and cook it. Don’t think I could ever wring a checken’s neck!
My grandmother left her home in Ireland when she was 16 to come to America. She was miserable so she went back home. Her parents put her right back on the next boat to America. I can’t imagine how hard that was for all of them!
I can’t even begin to imagine either. It would be so scary for both her and the parents!!
Am so interested in trying this casserole. At almost 83 (BD on Sunday), I still enjoy “trying” new recipes. Do you have a nutrient chart for this dish? Doing a good job there, Christy, both for body and spirit! Blessings!
The Tater tot taco casserole was so delicious!! Thanks!
Barby G
I am so glad you liked it!!!
My grandfather retired at 40. I never remember him getting up and going to a job. He stayed outside most of the day, only coming in for lunch (they called it “dinner”), watch one of his “stories”, and returned to work in his garden or his barn until suppertime. Oh how I loved to spend the night with them! They taught me so much about loving your home!
Oh my goodness, I can just see it in my mind now!!!
My grandparents died many years before I was born. The thing I envy the most about my father’s parents and grandparents was there ability to own homes and small farms in the county I live in. I can’t even afford a 1 bedroom condo with a good job, I have a rented room! I can only dream of a farm. I’d be happy with a small yard to grow tomatoes. Where my grandparents hog pen sat is now an insurance auto repair compound lol.
Times sure have changed!!
Both my grandmother and grandfather dipped snuff. My grandmother was a lady from the word go, but she could sit on the porch swing, put two fingers to her mouth, and spit that snuff spit clear to the middle of the front yard! As much as I tried to copy her, I could never spit like that (I could also never dip snuff).
I couldn’t do those things either Wendy. I bet she was a character!!