vegetarian tater tot casserole/new addition

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This sounds great, I am going to add some chopped frozen broc to it (e LOVE broc

in my house!) LOL

Thanks for the recipe.

Cassie

(also in Florida)

 

Bests4Him <bests4him wrote: I made this

tonight for dinner with several changes (I just can't

seem to make any recipe exactly as written). I can't remember where

I got the recipe -- I even did a search on my different groups, but

it didn't show up. I'm going to post it with my changes. I didn't

tell any of my family it was vegetarian and they all like it. I did

have one pick out all the beans. Kelly, FL

 

Vegetarian Tater Tot Casserole

Ingredients:

One teaspoon vegetable oil

1/4 cup finely chopped onion

1 pound fake beef crumbles

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

One egg

1-1/2 cups tomato soup (can tomato soup plus 1/2 c. water)

1 cup cracker crumbs -don't need cracker crumbs

2 tablespoons minced parsley

3 hearty shakes Red Hot, Tabasco, or other Louisiana-style hot sauce

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese (used lot more cheese)

1 32-ounce bag frozen tater tots

 

Note: I also added taco seasoning, chili powder, cumin, and drained

pinto beans. I addded the cheese on top at the last 10 minutes of

baking. I think it still needed a little more flavor, so next time

I'll add some green chilis.

 

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat up a medium-sized skillet or

sauté pan to medium-high and add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add

the onion. Sauté onion on medium-high for about a minute, and then

bring the temperature down to solid medium for 5 to 6 minutes, until

the onion is shiny and opaque and a little soft. Add the crumbles (or

other meat substitute), salt, and pepper, breaking up the crumbles if

there are any large pieces. You want the mix heated, but not

completely cooked.

2. Lightly beat the egg with a fork, until yolk and white are

combined. Mix onion-crumbles mixture, tomato soup, egg, cracker

crumbs, parsley, and hot sauce in a medium-sized bowl.

3. Add the mixture to an 11 by 8 (or comparably sized) casserole

dish, spreading it out into an even layer. Cover the mixture with the

cheese—making sure you have it evenly spread across without any gaps

(you wouldn't want a bite without cheese, right?). Then cover the

cheese with the tater tots. You'll want a single layer of tots, with

no doubling up.

4. Place the casserole dish, uncovered, into the preheated oven, on

the middle rack. Bake for forty minutes (I'd check at 30 minutes just

to be sure of where it's at, because ovens do vary a little in

temperature, and you don't want the tots to burn).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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