Quick & Easy Tater Tot Casserole — Crowd Favorite

Tater Tot Casserole — What’s Not To Love?

This Quick and Easy Tater Tot Casserole has become the crowd favorite in this house — and I mean that literally. My college kids request it constantly. I make two pans every single time and there is never anything left. Not a tater tot. Not a crumb. Nothing. (Stephanie’s video is embedded in the recipe card and her story continues after the recipe.)

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Stephanie Longstreth

Quick & Easy Tater Tot Casserole

A budget friendly, crowd pleasing breakfast casserole that feeds 8-10 people with just one pound of meat. A Thursday night favorite with the college kids — make two pans because there will never be any left!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 55 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Servings: 10

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 lb breakfast sausage
• – 1 can cream of chicken soup
• – 1/2 cup sour cream
• – 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• – 2 lb bag frozen tater tots
• – Minced onion to taste
• – Garlic powder to taste
• – Salt and pepper to taste

Equipment

• skillet
• 9×13 Pan

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Brown sausage in a skillet. Season with minced onion, garlic
3. powder, salt and pepper.
4. In a 9×13 pan combine cooked sausage, cream of chicken soup,
5. sour cream, and cheddar cheese. Mix well.
6. Layer tater tots evenly on top.
7. Bake uncovered at 350°F for 45-55 minutes until bubbly and
8. golden on top.

Video

Notes

Notes: Swap breakfast sausage for ground beef to convert this into a dinner meal! Serve with pancakes, fresh fruit, and scrambled eggs for a full crowd friendly breakfast spread.

We make this most often when we have our Thursday night crowd over, and it never fails. It is budget friendly, incredibly easy to put together, and it feeds a crowd on just one pound of meat. That is exactly my kind of recipe.

I usually serve this with pancakes, fresh fruit, and scrambled eggs for a full breakfast spread that keeps everyone happy and full. The pancakes are cheap, the eggs up the protein, and the casserole is the savory, filling centerpiece that everybody goes back for seconds on. It is the perfect crowd meal.

One of the things I love most about this recipe is how versatile it is. If you want to turn it into a dinner meal, just swap the breakfast sausage for ground beef. Same everything else — same easy method, same delicious result. Just like that you have a whole different dish. But it all rests on a great bag of tater tots!

This makes 8 to 10 servings depending on what you serve alongside it, and it is one of the most budget friendly ways I know to feed a crowd. Savory, filling, cheesy, crispy on top — what is not to love?

About Stephanie’s Recipes

Stephanie’s recipes are a little bit of everything — treasured old family recipes passed down through generations, dishes she has developed and made her own over the years, great finds from church ladies (because if you want a good recipe, ask a church lady!), and inspiration from food bloggers and corners of the internet. Sometimes she flexes her culinary muscles and creates something spectacular. But most of the time? Quick, easy, and absolutely delicious. Because at the end of the day, Stephanie cooks for her family and her people — and the best recipe is the one that brings everyone to the table, keeps them there a little longer, and leaves them happy and full.