Original video by @applesauceandadhd — all credit to the creator.
Pantry Clean-Out Smoked Sausage Tater Tot Casserole
A skillet-to-oven casserole of smoked sausage, corn, black beans and chili beans in a cheesy, cowboy-seasoned base, crowned with a neat layer of crisp tater tots. Made entirely from pantry, fridge and freezer odds and ends — and somehow better for it.
Ingredients
- —butter · for the skillet
- —oil · a little, added with the butter
- —frozen diced onions · partial bag
- —cowboy seasoning · store-bought or homemade
- —smoked sausage · sliced
- —garlic · a lot, minced
- —fresh corn on the cob · kernels cut off the cob
- 1 canseasoned black beans · added with the liquid
- —mild chili beans · added with the liquid
- —diced green chilies · added with the liquid
- —tomato paste
- —shredded cheese · for the filling plus more for the top
- 1 bagfrozen tater tots
- —sour cream · for serving
Steps
- 1
Heat a large oven-safe skillet over medium heat and add butter and a little oil.
- 2
Add the frozen onions and cowboy seasoning and saute.
- 3
Add the sliced smoked sausage and cook, then stir in plenty of garlic.
- 4
Cut the kernels off the corn cobs and add them to the skillet.
- 5
Stir in the canned black beans, chili beans and diced green chilies with their liquid, along with the tomato paste.
- 6
Stir in the shredded cheese until combined.
- 7
Arrange the tater tots in an even layer over the top of the skillet.
- 8
Bake until the tater tots are done, then top with more shredded cheese and return to the oven until melted.
- 9
Spoon into bowls and top with sour cream.
Creator's notes
A true pantry clean-out — Jessica made it up on the spot with what was in her pantry, fridge and freezer. She uses homemade cowboy seasoning but says any store-bought version works. The beans and chilies go in juice and all, because "the juice is the seasoning."
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