Cheesy Hot Dog Tater Tot Casserole is pure comfort food. Sliced hot dogs, chili, tater tots, and cheddar cheese combine to make an easy and delicious meal. This redneck casserole is sure to be a family favorite.
Type Of Chili
I use canned chili for this Cheesy Hot Dog Tater Tot Casserole but you could use homemade. Either with or without beans. You’ll need 2 15-ounce cans which would be just under 4 cups of homemade chili. I typically use one can with beans and one can without.
Other Ingredients For Cheesy Hot Dog Tater Tot Casserole
Eight hot dogs get sliced and added to the chili along with ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, finely chopped onion, and just a few red pepper flakes.
Assemble and Bake
Place the mixture in a 9×13-inch baking dish and sprinkle with 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese. Then top with the tater tots. Bake for 30 minutes to get the tater tots crispy. Then sprinkle another cup of shredded cheese on top and bake 10 more minutes. Then get ready to dig into all that cheese!
Recipe Tip
Be sure to either finely chop the onion or saute it for a few minutes. Otherwise it will taste raw and crunchy in the finished casserole.
Is This Casserole Spicy?
With 1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes, this casserole has minimal heat. Double the amount for more substantial heat or serve with hot sauce.
Just look at all that cheese!
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Cheesy Hot Dog Tater Tot Casserole
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 hot dogs, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 2 (15-ounce) cans chili (either with or without beans)
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire
- 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- 1 (28-ounce) bag frozen tater tots
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine sliced hot dogs, chili, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, onion, and red pepper flakes. Mix well.
- Transfer mixture to prepared pan.
- Sprinkle 1 1/2 cups cheese on top.
- Spread tater tots on top of cheese layer.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle remaining 1 cup cheese on top and bake another 10 minutes.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally posted August 8, 2018.
I wasn’t so sure about this when I decided to try it, but in fact it turned out well! I did saute the onions before putting them in the mix because my husband hates raw onions and I didn’t think they’d cook enough in the oven. I also baked it at 400 degrees instead of 350 since the tater tots I buy call for a 450 degree oven. They didn’t turn out terribly crispy but were done enough for the dish. Definitely one I’ll be making again!
I made this for my husband and my kids. I didn’t think I would care for it because it’s not the kind of thing that I like, but this is actually really really good
Hi I saw this recipe
And wanted to make
It but I’m wondering
If I can use french fries
Instead of tator tots
Yes, I don’t see why not.
Was really good.. quick, easy and great for last minute dinner idea on busy days. I used sausage dogs and turned out great..may options you could add to make it over the top if you want to.. will be making this again
This was soooo easy and delicious
Quick. Easy. Great taste. Makes a lot
Looks really good! I’d like to make this on game day or for a potluck!
Very good make it couple times a month
How much ketchup and worchesthire sauce
THANK YOU FOR SHARING, you did great.
This stuff is absolutely amazing and it’s made with ingredients most have in hand at all times especially with kids in the house.
We always have cheddar cheese in the fridge and a couple to a few packs of hotdogs and a pack or 2 of tater tots in the freezer usually at all times along with several cans of chili and ketchup and Worcestershire sauce which those ingredients are all I used because they were all we have at this time.
I cut the recipe in half because I only had a half bag of tots that needed used up and this was excellent and turned out most excellent for a quick hassle free meal. I didn’t measure anything, just sliced up an opened pack of hotdogs that needed used, had 5 leftover in the pack and used a can of thick chili with beans and some ketchup and Worcestershire sauce and mixed it all together following the rest of the direction. Turned out great.
Be a nice easy dinner on cold evenings at home.
Much appreciated by us.
Will be made often.
Please put more super easy recipes online for us all to enjoy.