Put the cheese on top, bake, and then broil for a few mins, to brown the cheese. Think pizza

Nice😀

download you his hot-dish recipe!

just google 'How To Make Tim Walz’s Turkey Trot Tater-Tot Hotdish'


sorry i dont have the link but it sounds mighty good ( carby but good)

But I gotta tell you, the idea of brats and cream of celery soup scares me!

there’s a lot of salt so add a few fresh or frozen vegetables

I have made tater tots, lol.
Scallions are a good tip and I happen to have some in the fridge.

I was wrong.
My wife now makes homemade cream of mushroom soup for the base.
Un-effin' believable.

Sprinkle the cheese on top after the tots get browned.

Coach Tim is just like me, except he smiles.

Brown the meat with onions, garlic, salt & pepper. Drain.
Pour meat into the bottom of 9x13.
Pour mushroom soup over browned meat.
Layer on Tots.
Bake 375-400 until tots brown, add cheese, brown cheese.

For myself, I use hamburger fried with onions and add pepper. Then, I mix a can of cream of mushroom soup and a can of cream of celery soup. I mix a can of corn and and a can of french style green beans (both drained). Place that in the bottom of the casserole dish, put a layer of sliced mild cheddar cheese over this, then top with the tater tots and cook until the tater tots are done. That is how I like it. I know people who vary the veggies they add, the cheese / type they use, etc.

Honestly, the only authentic 'hot dish' is the one you make that you like.

It looked better than it tasted. Was a bit bland for my taste, but hey Go Coach Tim!!!!

They were cheap and a bit like Hot Pockets but 1,000,000 times better. The pastry was light and flakey. They are only $1.29, so I don't expect super high quality. I had the jerk chicken. I need to buy more when I'm at the store.

I've never had Jamaican food before, so I don't know how to judge. But the pastry on that frozen turnover was excellent for $1.29