Mexican Tater Tot® Casserole

Create a delicious Mexican casserole with ground beef and a few time-saving ingredients: canned vegetables, salsa, Tater Tots®, cheese sauce, and taco sauce.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 353 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (4.5 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 cup diced green bell pepper
• 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, or as needed
• ½ large tomato, diced
• ½ cup mild salsa
• 3 tablespoons mild nacho cheese sauce
• ¼ cup mild taco sauce
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen bite-sized potato nuggets (such as Tater Tots®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.

Step 2

Mix corn, mushrooms, green bell pepper, salsa, tomato, and nacho cheese sauce together in a bowl. Layer mixture over the bottom of the prepared dish. Mix ground beef and taco sauce together in a separate bowl; add to the corn mixture in the dish and stir together. Layer potato puffs on top of casserole. Top with shredded Mexican cheese blend.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until beef is no longer pink, about 25 minutes.

Step 4

Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Broil casserole until top is golden brown, about 5 minutes.