Moms Favorite Chicken Bake With Tater Tots Food

CHICKEN AND TATER TOT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat until hot. Add the carrots, celery and onions and season with 1 teaspoon salt and 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are golden, about 12 minutes. Stir in the flour, and then whisk in the broth and milk and bring to a boil, whisking. Boil until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the chicken. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish.
• Pulse the tots in a food processor with the thyme until medium ground. Scatter over the top of the casserole and bake until the filling is bubbling and the topping is golden and crisp, 20 to 25 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

MOM'S FAVORITE CHICKEN BAKE WITH TATER TOTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450ºF.
• Mix oil and soup mix until blended. Combine remaining ingredients in large bowl. Add oil mixture; mix lightly.
• Spoon into shallow casserole sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 30 min. or until chicken is done.

CHICKEN TATER TOT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients together in a 9x12 glass baking dish.
• Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 45 minutes.
• Serve hot.

MOM'S TATER TOTS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In medium skillet over medium heat, sauté celery and onion in butter.
• Pour into large bowl and set aside (do not add to casserole dish yet).
• In skillet, brown the beef.
• Add salt and pepper to taste (I sometimes add a dash of garlic salt).
• Combine meat with celery and onion mixture.
• Place 1 layer of Tater Tots in the bottom of a round casserole dish.
• Top with meat mixture.
• Add another layer of Tater Tots on top of the meat.
• In separate bowl, combine soup and milk.
• Pour soup mixture evenly over top of casserole.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour.
• Cover with foil if Tater Tots get too brown.

GRANDMA'S TATER TOT CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil chicken, celery, onion in 3 cups of water.
• Remove chicken when cooked through and dice into bite size pieces.
• Remove celery and onions from pot, but keep the stock in pot.
• Continue boiling stock from chicken, celery and onions until it reduces to 1 cup (if you reduce stock to less than 1 cup, not a problem, add milk to measuring cup with stock to equal 1 cup).
• Stir together in a bowl chicken, onion, celery, frozen peas, Miracle Whip, cream of chicken soup and 1 cup of reduced stock.
• Pour chicken mixture into greased 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Sprinkle with 2 cups shredded cheese (I've tried other cheeses, but cheddar seems to hit the spot for me).
• Top with tater tots.
• Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes.
• ENJOY!

CHICKEN AND TATER TOT CASSEROLE - HEALTHIER VERSION

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together soup, onion, cheese, sour cream, yogurt and mayonnaise.
• In a 13 x 9 glass baking dish, place strips of chicken and tater tots.
• Spoon soup mixture over top and mix well.
• Cover with foil.
• Cook at 400 degrees F for 30-45 minutes.

TATER TOT CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a non-stick skillet over medium heat, brown the ground chicken and the onion until the chicken is no longer pink.
• Stir in pepper, water and mushroom soup and heat till bubbling.
• Add frozen vegetables and stir cook until the vegetables are warm.
• Pour the mixture into a 2 quart (2L) casserole.
• Arrange tater tots in a single layer on top of the chicken mixture.
• Bake, uncovered, for 40 to 45 minutes or until the tater tots are crisp and the chicken mixture is bubbling.

TATER TOT CHICKEN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• In large skillet, cook onion and pressed garlic in butter or olive oil over medium high heat until onion is tender.
• Add cooked chicken, frozen veggies, undiluted soup, milk, thyme and pepper.
• Stir ingredients together and cook over medium heat until hot and bubbly. Stirring occasionally.
• Cover and cook an additional 5 minutes; stirring frequently.
• Spoon chicken mixture into ungreased 2-quart casserole dish.
• Arrange frozen tater tots on top.
• Bake 40 minutes or until bubbly and tater tots are slightly browned.
• Note: This recipe easily doubles and you can make two. I freeze the extra one with the tater tots on top and then remove and thaw in fridge. Bake as directed above. Also, I sometimes add an extra can of soup and an extra 1/4 cup of milk for a thinner consistency. This would be a personal preference. Also, I add approximately 1/2 tsp of dried thyme and 1/2 tsp of black pepper for one casserole - adaptable to your taste.

CHICKEN TATER BAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the soup, milk and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until heated through. Remove from the heat; stir in the chicken, peas and carrots, and 1 cup cheese.
• Transfer to two greased 8-in. square baking dishes. Top with Tater Tots; sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Cover and freeze one casserole for up to 3 months. Cover and bake the remaining casserole at 350° for 35 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until heated through.
• To use frozen casserole: Remove from the freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Cover and bake at 350° for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until heated through. Yield: 2 casseroles (6 servings each).