Slow-Cooker Cheesy Tater Tot Chorizo Hotdish

Name: Slow-Cooker Cheesy Tater Tot Chorizo Hotdish
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 lb ground chorizo; 1 small onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced or grated; 1 jalapeño, seeded and chopped; 1-2 chipotle chilies, chopped; 8 oz. frozen spinach, thawed and excess water removed; 1 jar (12 oz.) marinated artichokes, drained and chopped; 8 oz. cream cheese, softened; 2 lb frozen tater tots; 6 oz. Fontina cheese, shredded; 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped; 2 green onions, chopped

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Slow-Cooker Cheesy Tater Tot Chorizo Hotdish

Prep 15 min
Total 3 hr 15 min
Servings 4

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By Half Baked Harvest

Updated May 3, 2017

Ingredients

lb ground chorizo

small onion, chopped

cloves garlic, minced or grated

jalapeño, seeded and chopped

1-2 chipotle chilies, chopped

oz. frozen spinach, thawed and excess water removed

jar (12 oz.) marinated artichokes, drained and chopped

oz. cream cheese, softened

lb frozen tater tots

oz. Fontina cheese, shredded

1/2

cup fresh cilantro, chopped

green onions, chopped

Steps

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1

Spray your slow-cooker with cooking spray. In a large skillet, brown chorizo all over, breaking up meat as you go. Add onion, garlic and jalapeno. Continue cooking for 5 minutes or until the onion is fragrant. Stir in chipotle chilies, spinach artichokes and pinch of salt and pepper.
2

Remove from heat and stir in cream cheese.
3

Add half of the tater tots to the bottom of your slow-cooker. Spoon chorizo mixture over tater tots. Add remaining tater tots over chorizo mixture. Add Fontina cheese. Cover slow-cooker and cook for 3 hours on High or 5-6 hours on Low.
4

Serve with fresh cilantro and green onions.

Expert Tips

If you don’t have a slow-cooker, just preheat oven to 350ºF. Instead of adding tater tots to slow-cooker, just sprinkle them over the chorizo and spinach mixture. Add the cheese. Bake for 30-25 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the tater tots crisp. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 1410
Calories from Fat: 890

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 99g; 152%
Saturated Fat 40g 198% Trans Fat 9g
Cholesterol: 210mg; 70%
Sodium: 3200mg; 133%
Potassium: 1590mg; 45%
Total Carbohydrate: 79g; 26%
Dietary Fiber 11g 46% Sugars 8g
Protein: 50g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 120%; 120%
Vitamin C: 30%; 30%
Calcium: 40%; 40%
Iron: 25%; 25%

Exchanges:

3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 3 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 4 High-Fat Meat; 12 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

For the longest time I had no idea what a tater tot hotdish was. Sure, I’d heard of it here and there, but never really thought about looking into what it really was until my older brother mentioned it. Just like a 5-year-old, he loves tater tots. But then again, who could not love them?! I mean, they’re pretty delicious. Anyway, after he said something, I felt it was time to finally make a hotdish. Typically, a tater tot hotdish consists of ground beef, cheddar cheese and tater tots, but I did mine a little differently. For one, I made my hot dish in a slow-cooker so when I came home, dinner was all ready to go! Man, I love cooking with a slow-cooker. Two, I made my filling with spicy chorizo. I’m not a huge fan of ground beef, but I love chorizo! It has so much flavor. Serve with fresh cilantro and green onions and enjoy!