{"id":296,"date":"2004-06-30T20:43:39","date_gmt":"2004-06-30T20:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=296"},"modified":"2004-06-30T20:43:39","modified_gmt":"2004-06-30T20:43:39","slug":"anatomy-of-a-tater-tot-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"anatomy of a tater tot casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been cooler here lately, so I figured it was safe to turn on the oven. A few days ago I read about tater tot casserole on Stef<\/a>‘s blog and have been wanting to make it ever since. It sounded kind of awful and yummy at the same time, and it apparently is an Alton Brown recipe. I don’t recommend this recipe if you’re on a low sodium diet.
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\nTater Tot Casserole from Stef<\/a>
\n– Bacon (8-10 slices. I used 6 because I couldn’t remember how many slices to buy)
\n– 1 lb ground beef (you can use ground turkey or hey, how about tofu? Hmm)
\n– 1 tsp dried thyme
\n– 1 cup chopped onion (I only used about a 1\/4 of a small onion because I don’t like onions)
\n– 1 T olive oil
\n– 2 tsp minced garlic
\n– 2 cans cream of mushroom soup (I used one can of low-sodium soup and one regular)
\n– 1\/2 lb crumbled blue cheese
\n– 1 bag (32 oz) frozen tater tots
\nPreheat oven to 375F. Apply nonstick spray to a 9×13 glass casserole dish.
\nIn a large frying pan or saucepan, cook the bacon over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove to a cooling rack set over a newspaper-lined sheet pan and let drain. Chop.
\nUsing the same pan, brown the ground beef. Add thyme. Drain the beef in a colander. Still using the same pan, warm 1 T olive oil over medium heat and saute chopped onion and garlic until soft, about 10 minutes.
\nIn a large bowl, mix together bacon, beef, onion mixture, and 2 cans cream of mushroom soup. Spread in a layer in the prepared dish. Crumble blue cheese over the goopy mixture then cover with a single layer of tater tots. Bake for one hour.
\nPeter thinks this would be yummy with eggs. I served it with a nice salad of organic greens, carrots, and cucumbers (you know, to balance the artery-clogging stuff).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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