Chili Cheese Tots

A slightly healthier take on coney style chili cheese fries. Easy peasy and not too greasy.

Ingredients

  • frozen tater tots

  • a good drizzle of olive oil for the tots

  • a few violent shakes of taco truck spice on the tots

  • 8oz can tomato sauce

  • 1 packet chili seasoning

  • 1/2 lb 85% ground turkey (in a TUBE)

  • 1/2 lb ground turkey breakfast sausage (also in a TUBE)

  • 8oz bag (or more, to taste) shredded cheese

 

Instructions

  1. Cook the chili stuff on medium until cooked through (~5 mins), stirring often. Break it down to Rudy’s tacomeat consistency. Lower heat and simmer until it’s saucy to your liking.
  2. drizzle the frozen tots with oil on a pan, toss with taco seasoning, and make as prescribed by package instructions.
  3. collect the tots into a close and even layer on the pan, top with the cooked chili stuff, and top with a disgusting amount of cheese. bake for 5 more minutes on the same temp as tot baking instructions.
  4. Let them cool slightly, but eat immediately so the tots don’t get mushy!

Notes

Pro tweaks:

  • Add some diced onion and green bell peppers to the chili mix early on.
  • Try adding a heaping tablespoon or two of refried beans to the mix.
  • Try chicken chorizo instead of sausage.
  • Toss some scrambled eggs on there before the cheese.