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This Cheesy Tater Tot Casserole recipe has seasoned ground beef, crispy tater tots, veggies and lots of gooey cheese. An easy dinner the whole family will love!
Why you’ll love this family favorite recipe!
Comfort food! This cheesy hamburger tater tot casserole is a one dish meal with meat, potatoes, melted cheese and veggies in one hearty casserole.
It’s easy to make and picky eater approved, so it has a permanent place in our dinner rotation. Best of all, you get plenty of leftovers for the week!
Ingredient Notes
Here’s what you need to make it. Full amounts are in the printable recipe card below.
- Ground beef — Use lean ground beef or extra lean so you don’t have to drain the meat.
- Frozen tater tots — any brand, but the extra crispy tater tots are great if you like very crispy potatoes
- Shredded cheese — I love using a blend of cheddar cheese and Colby Jack or a cheddar blend
- Cream of celery soup — to bind the meat and add creaminess
- Sour cream — helps bind the meat and adds flavor
- Milk — to thin the cream soup a little
- Worcestershire sauce — adds flavor
- Seasonings — sea salt, black pepper, garlic powder and onion powder
- Mixed veggies — use your favorite or use just frozen peas or frozen green beans
How to Make Cheesy Tater Tot Casserole
First, preheat your oven ,and spray a baking dish with non stick cooking spray. Cook the ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until no longer pink. Then, drain any excess grease, and add the seasonings. Stir in the cream of celery soup, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and milk.
Turn the heat off, and stir in the frozen veggies. No need to thaw them — they will cook in the oven.
Next, spoon the meat mixture into the prepared casserole dish. Top with shredded cheese. Then, place the tater tots on top of the casserole in a single layer. Use as many tater tots as it takes to cover the cheese. You don’t have to make the lines super neat. I try to, but if I’m in a hurry, it’s not as pretty!
Bake the casserole for 30-40 minutes or until tater tots are crisp and golden brown and the cheese is hot and bubbling.
Recipe Tips
I like to broil the casserole for 2-3 minutes at the end for crispier tater tots, but it’s more of a personal preference. Let the casserole stand for 5 minutes before serving.
Storage and Reheating
Refrigerate leftover tater tot casserole in an airtight container or covered with plastic wrap for up to 4 days. Reheat individual portions of the hamburger casserole in the microwave or heat the entire dish in a 300 degree oven until heated through. You can freeze this cheeseburger casserole for up to 3 months for best taste. It’s a great freezer meal! You can also freeze the assembled casserole to bake for later.
Variations
For a spicier casserole, try my taco tater tot casserole. For tater tot casserole without cream soup, try my lightened up tater tot casserole.
Add cooked crumbled bacon for a bacon cheeseburger tater tot casserole!
You can use ground turkey or ground chicken in place of the hamburger meat. You can use Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream.
If you don’t have cream of celery soup, try cream of mushroom soup, cream of onion or a can of cream of chicken soup in this easy casserole.
More Casseroles
If you love hearty casseroles and easy dinner recipes, try my crack chicken casserole, or this cabbage roll casserole or easy pierogi casserole or tuna casserole next!
Cheesy Tater Tot Casserole
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds lean ground beef
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 10 oz can cream of celery soup
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
- 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 16 ounces frozen tater tots or enough to cover the dish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉ and spray casserole dish with non stick spray
- Cook ground beef in a large skillet over medium high heat until no longer pink. If not using lean beef, drain the fat.
- Season the meat with salt, garlic powder, onion powder and pepper and stir in Worcestershire sauce
- Stir in cream of celery soup, milk and sour cream
- Remove from heat, and stir in mixed veggies
- Spoon meat mixture into prepared baking dish. Top with cheese and tater tots
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until heated throughout and bubbly. Broil for 2-3 minutes at the end, if desired, for crispier tots, and allow to rest for about 5 minutes before serving
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This is the best casserole for picky eaters! Every kid loves tater tots and cheese. So easy to put together and the kids get their vegetables too. Making this more often.
Tried this out and it was absolutely delicious! Definitely going to make it again
Cheesy gooey goodness! Definitely making this again because it’s so tasty 🙂
Best grandkid friendly casserole! Easy to make and they helped with the tots too!
How simple! Made this over the weekend and had it for leftovers today! Going to make this often!
Thank you so much! It’s one of our favorite dinners!