Cheeseburger Tots
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4.2
Cheeseburger Tots
Description
This recipe uses frozen tater tots pressed into mini muffin cups to create small crispy shells baked before filling with a beef mixture. The beef is browned with finely diced onions, then combined with mayonnaise, yellow mustard, ketchup, and pickle relish for a cheeseburger-inspired flavor. The filling is spooned into the baked tater tot cups, then topped with shredded cheddar cheese and baked again until the cheese melts and the filling is heated through.
Once out of the oven, the tots are cooled slightly before removing from the pan. A special sauce, crafted from mayonnaise, pickle relish, yellow mustard, white wine vinegar, paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder, is drizzled over the finished tots adding a tangy and spiced note reminiscent of a burger sauce.
These Cheeseburger Tots serve as a playful snack or appetizer that highlights familiar cheeseburger flavors combined with crispy tater tot texture in a convenient finger food style.
Ingredients
Cheeseburger Tots
- 48 tater tots frozen
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup onion finely diced
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons pickle relish
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 24 pickles mini, for garnish
Special Sauce
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 4 tablespoons pickle relish
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium high heat. Once meat has browned drain the grease then add beef and onions back to the skillet and cook until the onions have softened.
- Add mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, and pickle relish to the ground beef and stir to combine. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Grease a mini muffin pan and place three tater tots in each cup. Bake for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes remove the muffin pan from the oven and use a tamper to press the tater tots down into each cup. This will create a tater tot cup.
- Fill the tater tots with the ground beef mixture and top with cheddar cheese.
- Place the tater tots back in the oven and cook for another 15 minutes.
- Remove the cheeseburger tots from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the muffin pan.
- While the cheeseburger tots cool mix together all of the special sauce ingredients.
- Drizzle the special sauce over the cheeseburger tots and top with mini pickle slices. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 16Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 241 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 3tots | |
| Calories | 241kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 27mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 311mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 380mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 150IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1.7mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 80mg | 8% |
| Iron | 2.3mg | 13% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.2
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