You know I love my food holidays, and today we’re celebrating #NationalTaterTotDay! I figured it was the perfect day to share my new Cheesy Bacon Tater Tots recipe. These delicious bacon and cheese tater tots are great as a side dish or as a game day appetizer. The potatoes crisp in bacon grease before being baked with Cheddar cheese for an easy bacony, cheesy treat. Pin this one if you’re looking for tater tot side dish recipes!
I developed this cheesy bacon tater tots recipe as part of the Allrecipes Allstars Tastemakers program. Rate, review, and photograph my recipe for Cheesy Bacon Tater Tots on Allrecipes here, or keep reading to see the full bacon Cheddar tater tot casserole recipe at the bottom of this post along with some of my cooking tips below.
How to make bacon and cheese tater tots
To make this tater tot side dish recipe, start by preheating the oven to 450 degrees F. Cook your bacon in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat until the bacon is crispy on both sides. Then, place the bacon on a paper towel-lined plate and set it aside, keeping the bacon grease in the skillet.
In the same skillet, reduce the heat to medium and add your frozen tater tots to the skillet. Season them with garlic salt and toss them in the bacon grease until they are evenly coated in the grease and garlic salt. Cook the tater tots until the outsides are crisp (about 10 minutes), turning carefully with a spatula once or twice. Remove the skillet from heat.
Carefully remove half of the tater tots from the skillet and spread out the remaining tots in a single layer. Top with half of the Cheddar cheese, then place the remaining tots on top of the cheese, then the remaining cheese over the top of the tots.
Transfer the skillet to the preheated oven and bake until the tater tots are warmed through and the cheese is melted and starts to turn golden brown (about 10 more minutes).
While the tater tots are baking, crumble the cooked bacon. After the tots are done baking, remove the skillet from the oven and top with the crumbled bacon, sour cream, and green onions.
These bacon and cheese tater tots are so easy, and so good! Great to serve as a side dish or as an appetizer.
Here’s the cheesy bacon tater tots recipe! Enjoy!
Cheesy Bacon Tater Tots
These delicious bacon and cheese tater tots are great as a side dish or as a game day appetizer. The potatoes crisp in bacon grease before being baked with Cheddar cheese for an easy bacony, cheesy treat.
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 (32 ounce) package frozen tater tots
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Cook bacon in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat until crispy on both sides, about 10 minutes. Place on a paper towel-lined plate and set aside, keeping the bacon grease in the skillet.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add tater tots to the skillet. Season with garlic salt and toss until evenly coated in the grease and seasoning. Cook until the outsides are crisp, about 10 minutes, turning carefully with a spatula once or twice. Remove the skillet from heat.
- Carefully remove 1/2 of the tater tots from the skillet and spread out remaining tots in a single layer. Top with 1/2 of the Cheddar cheese. Place remaining tots on top of the cheese and top with remaining cheese.
- Transfer the skillet to the preheated oven and bake until tater tots are warmed through and the cheese is melted and starts to turn golden brown, about 10 minutes.
- While the tater tots are baking, crumble the cooked bacon. Remove the skillet from the oven and top with crumbled bacon, sour cream, and green onions.
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