Tater Tot Hotdish

• servings: 8 servings
• total time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

1½ pounds 85 percent lean ground beef

1 pound white mushroom, trimmed and sliced thin

1 onion, chopped

4 garlic clove, minced

1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme

Salt and pepper

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1½ cups whole milk

1½ cups chicken broth

3 ounces Parmesan cheese, grated (1½ cups)

1 cup frozen pea

1 cup frozen corn

1 frozen tater tots

Directions

Note: Be sure to buy cylinder-shaped frozen tater tots (not crispy crowns or coins). Do not thaw the tots or the vegetables; they go into the hotdish frozen. Serve with ketchup.

Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 450 degrees. Combine beef, mushrooms, onion, garlic, thyme, 1½ teaspoons salt, and 1½ teaspoons pepper in Dutch oven. Cook over medium-high heat until nearly all liquid has evaporated, 25 to 28 minutes, stirring occasionally and breaking up meat with spoon.

Stir in flour until fully incorporated and cook for 1 minute. Stir in milk and broth and bring to simmer, scraping up any browned bits. Cook until mixture is slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Off heat, stir in Parmesan. Transfer mixture to 13 by 9-inch baking dish.

Sprinkle peas and corn evenly over beef mixture. Lightly arrange tater tots in even layer over top, but do not press into mixture (you may have extra tater tots). Bake until tater tots are deep golden brown and filling is bubbling, 35 to 38 minutes, rotating dish halfway through baking. Let cool for 15 minutes before serving.

TO MAKE AHEAD: At end of step 2, let beef mixture cool completely, then cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. To serve, bake beef mixture, covered, until hot in center, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove foil, stir beef mixture, sprinkle with peas and corn, arrange tater tots on top, and bake as directed in step 3.

Nutrition

• Calories: 398
• Total Fat: 22 g
• Saturated Fat: 10 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
• Trans Fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 83 miligrams
• Sodium: 734 miligrams
• Total Carbohydrate: 15 g
• Total Sugars: 6 g
• Protein: 32 g