Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole – hamburger, bacon, cheese, cheese soup, sour cream and tater tots – what’s not to love? We ate this twice in one day! Can be made ahead of time and refrigerated or frozen for later. You can also divide it between two 8×8-inch foil pans and freeze one. Great for a potluck and tailgating this fall!
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Pin This RecipeI can’t get enough of this Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole! It was SO good. Like, really, really, really good. We ate this for lunch and dinner the same day! That should tell you how much we liked it. Hamburger, bacon, cheese, cheese soup, sour cream and tater tots – what’s not to love? Just heat up some green beans and you have a full meal!
This Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole can be made ahead of time and refrigerated or frozen for later. You can also divide it between two 8×8-inch foil pans if you don’t need to feed a larger family. We actually have a pan in the freezer right now!
This Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole is guaranteed to please the whole family. You can even add some tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms and onions to the mixture if you wanted to jazz it up. It would be great for a potluck. I think this would be perfect for tailgating this Fall too!
Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1½ pounds ground beef
- ¾ cup cooked chopped bacon
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 (32-oz) package frozen tater tots
- 1 (10.5-oz) can condensed cheddar cheese soup
- 1 (16-oz) container sour cream
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Cook ground beef in a large skillet until no longer pink. Drain fat.
- In a large bowl, combine cooked beef, bacon, cheddar cheese, tater tots, cheese soup, and sour cream. Mix until thoroughly combined.
- Spread mixture into prepared pan.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until bubbly.
Notes:
Steph
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Made it tonite – super-good!! I changed a couple of things… I cooked up a 8 oz pack of bacon and chopped that up instead of the bacon bits, rendered the bacon fat and used that to grease the 9×13, browned the beef with onions & garlic, added a 10 oz package of frozen supersweet corn and used half the shredded cheese. I give it a little zip with Whataburger Spicy Ketchup on top. I'n adding it to my "Dad's in charge of dinner" rotation.
Yummy. Made it by recipe the first time and was great. Second time I added some onion and because I like pickly, added some chopped up pickle on just my plate. Was awesome. Will make again and again.
Great additions!! So glad you enjoyed it!
Chopped pickle – brilliant!
I personally loved this dish but my kids did not. They didn't care for the texture of the tater tots after they cooked. If I were to make it again, I would leave out the tots, spread the meat mixture in the pan, and then top it with the tots. This approach would crisp up the tots more I think. 🙂
Try putting the tots on top and cook till the tots the desired consistency
Have no cheese soup on hand. Since Shredded cheese is an ingredient would it work to replace cheese soup with cream of mushroom? I'm assuming other than changing flavor slightly it would work.
I would think that would be just fine. Enjoy!????
I usually don't add cheese soup or cream of mushroom, But I use a can of nacho cheese instead
Are the bacon bits really hard/crunchy after you cook them? Or do they soften up?
They arent hard to start. Ive yet to hit a hard piece and Ive made this twice
Are the bacon bits real crunchy when you cook them? Can't have something too crunchy, needs to be a bit softer. Thanks!
No – I used the precooked bacon pieces/bits and they aren't hard. You can also use an equal amount of cooked chopped bacon.
No exaggeration – this is really good! I used Ore-Ida Mini Tater Tots and an entire package of precooked bacon (2.6 oz). For a little extra flavor I added a sauteed onion and some Lawry's Seasoned Salt. By mistake we purchased the Campbell's Healthy Request Cheddar Cheese soup (instead of the regular type) and it worked out fine. Loved it!!!
Could you replace the cheddar cheese soup with say Velveeta? My daughter has celiac disease and we cannot use the soup.
I use gluten free cream of mushroom and warm it up with some shredded cheese added in
What can I use for the cheese soup, since I don't have any on hand and I would love to make this for my husband tonight.
I made it with cream of mushroom since i didnt have it either and it worked fine!
I bet it would be great in a crock pot. It would be great anywhere. Great recipe. Mmmmmmm making it again a week later. 🙂
DO you think you could use the tater rounds? I like that they are flat so they get even crispier!
I don't see why not. Enjoy!
Are the tater tots frozen when you mix all the ingredients ?
I did use the tater tots frozen
I made this tonight but doubled it for my house and the neighbors. I added onions, garlic powder, and hamburger seasoning. Everyone in both houses loved it. Thank you for sharing this great recipe.
We had this last week and it was a hit. I will definitely make this over my old tatter tot casserole recipe.
Do you thinhk you could make it in a crock pot?
Could you use Hashbrowns Shredded instead of tater tots. Hmmm