Slow Cooker Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole
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Updated Jun 27, 2024
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If you’re looking for a tasty recipe the whole family will enjoy, then look no further than this Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole. It’s a one-pot comfort food made with a few popular ingredients and yields enough to feed everyone twice.
Tater tots can make many delicious meals like my Shepherd’s Pie Tater Tot Casserole and Slow Cooker Chicken Tater Tot Casserole.
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Can you cook frozen tater tots in a crock pot?
As you’ll soon see, this recipe does call for frozen tater tots. You don’t have to worry about defrosting them or precooking them because they’ll cook nicely and thoroughly during the slow cooking process. Not having to do a lot of prep work is the highlight of this tater tot casserole recipe.
Not to mention, just like any classic casserole dish, everything is put into the slow cooker and cooked together. You can also do different variations of this recipe and add different meats, extra seasonings, or even dial back on what is currently calls for.
Casserole recipes like this make putting dinner on the table a breeze. My family sure does enjoy this meal and I know yours will too! If you are looking for the classic version, try my crockpot tater tot casserole recipe.
Recipe Ingredients
- Ground Beef: You’ll need about a pound of ground beef, which will be browned prior to being added to the slow cooker.
- Bacon: 8 slices will yield plenty of bacony goodness for this recipe. They should be cooked first so you can cut them into small pieces. Save a few bacon pieces to sprinkle on top.
- Onion: I like to use white onion for this recipe, but you can also use yellow onion or sweet onion. Either way, it’ll need to be diced and cooked with the beef.
- Garlic: Minced garlic helps provide a nice flavor to the beef mixture and overall cheeseburger casserole.
- Worcestershire Sauce: Adds a nice kick of flavor.
- Cream Cheese: This is used to make the casserole mixture that will be layered between the frozen tater tots.
- Corn: Crunch and heartiness is what this ingredient adds.
- Rotel: A can of Rotel diced tomatoes with green chiles adds a bit of a kick along with a nice flavor and texture.
- Cream of Mushroom Soup: This is added to the meat mixture to create the creamy and hearty filling.
- Sour Cream: Combines with the mushroom soup.
- Cheddar Cheese: You can grab a bag of pre shredded cheddar cheese, but I highly recommend getting a block and shredding it yourself.
- Frozen Tater Tots: This is the highlight of the entire casserole!
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – Cook the beef, bacon, chopped onion, garlic, and Worcestershire sauce in a large skillet over medium high heat until the meat is no longer pink and the bacon has crisped. (Drain excess grease if necessary.)
Step Two – Add in the cream cheese, mushroom soup, sour cream, Rotel, and corn to make the ground beef mixture.
Step Three – Heat the additional ingredients with the meat over medium heat until melted and combined. Then, stir in half of the cheese.
Step Four – Place a layer of tater tots in the bottom of the crockpot.
Step Five – Pour mixture of meat over the tater tots.
Step Six – Sprinkle with cheese, reserving a little for the top.
Step Seven – Add an additional layer with the remaining tater tots over the top of the meat mixture.
Step Eight – Then top with the remaining cheese.
Step Nine – Cook on HIGH cook mode for 4 hours or LOW cook mode for 5-6 hours. Serve immediately with toppings of choice. Enjoy!
What to serve with this
- This casserole dish is truly a meal all on its own; however, you can serve it with additional crumbled bacon (chopped bacon or bacon bits), diced red onion, a dollop of regular sour cream, shredded lettuce, and extra melty cheese.
- It also pairs well with sides like green beans, dill pickles, butter pickles, green onions, and sliced tomatoes.
Recipe FAQs and Variations
You can add garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper, and any other flavors you prefer.
Not necessarily, but if you want to you can.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. May be frozen for up to 3 months.
Of course. You can substitute the beef for ground turkey, ground chicken, or a combination of ground pork and lamb.
You can use Colby Jack, sharp cheddar, Pepper Jack, or any kind you prefer.
More Slow Cooker Casserole Recipes
- Slow Cooker Pineapple Casserole
- Slow Cooker Breakfast Tater Tot Casserole.
- Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Casserole
- Slow Cooker Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Slow Cooker Corn Casserole
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Slow Cooker Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef, browned
- 8 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
- ½ cup diced onion
- 1 Tbsp. minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp. worcestershire sauce
- 8 oz. package cream cheese
- 15 oz. can corn, drained or frozen
- 10 oz. can diced tomatoes with green chiles (Rotel)
- 10.5 oz. cream of mushroom soup
- ½ cup sour cream
- 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- 32 oz. frozen tater tots
Instructions
- Cook the beef, bacon, onion, garlic, and worcestershire in a pan until the meat is no longer pink and the bacon has crisped.
- Cut the cream cheese into pieces and heat with the meat until melted and combined. Stir in the corn, tomatoes, soup and sour cream. Stir in half the cheese.
- Place a layer of tater tots in the bottom of the crockpot. Pour the meat over the tater tots, then sprinkle with cheese, reserving a little for the top.
- Layer the tater tots over the top, then top with the remaining cheese.
- Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 5-6 hours.
Sarah’s Notes
- Save a few bacon pieces to sprinkle on top.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. May be frozen for up to 3 months.
- You can substitute the beef for ground turkey, ground chicken, or a combination of ground pork and lamb.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
What size crockpot should I use?
Does it thicken up as it’s cooking
Yes, the tater tots also absorb some of the liquid.
Can I use cream of celery soup and tomato sauce?
Yes, though you may need to add salt.
Can I use Cream of Chicken soup as don’t like cream of mushroom soup?
Yes! That is a great substitute.
Looks good. I think I got to it try it. Only for 1 person.