Mexican Tater Tot® Casserole
Description
Create a delicious Mexican casserole with ground beef and a few time-saving ingredients: canned vegetables, salsa, Tater Tots®, cheese sauce, and taco sauce.
Ingredients
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2 teaspoons vegetable oil, or as needed
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1 (15 1/4 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
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1 (4 1/2 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
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1 cup diced green bell pepper
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1/2 cup mild salsa
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1/2 large tomato, diced
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3 tablespoons mild nacho cheese sauce
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1 pound ground beef
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1/4 cup mild taco sauce
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1 (16 ounce) package frozen bite-sized potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®)
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1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
2
Mix corn, mushrooms, green bell pepper, salsa, tomato, and nacho cheese sauce together in a bowl. Layer mixture over the bottom of the prepared dish. Mix ground beef and taco sauce together in a separate bowl; add to the corn mixture in the dish and stir together. Layer potato puffs on top of casserole. Top with shredded Mexican cheese blend.
3
Bake in the preheated oven until beef is no longer pink, about 25 minutes.
4
Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Broil casserole until top is golden brown, about 5 minutes.