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Meat and Tater Casserole.

You can have Meat and Tater Casserole using 16 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Meat and Tater Casserole

1. Prepare 1 bunch of green onion.
2. It's 2 of shallots.
3. You need 2 tbsp of minced garlic.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of crushed red pepper.
5. It's 1 dash of salt.
6. Prepare 1 dash of black pepper.
7. Prepare 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar.
8. You need 2 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce.
9. You need 1 tbsp of red chilli pepper paste.
10. It's 3 tbsp of sweet baby ray's sweet and spicy bbq sauce.
11. Prepare 1 can of corn.
12. You need 1 lb of lean ground beef.
13. Prepare 1 lb of mild ground Italian Sausage.
14. It's 1 packages of instant mashed potatoes.
15. Prepare 1 packages of casserole cheese.
16. You need 1 lb of tater tots.

Meat and Tater Casserole step by step

1. Preheat oven to 450.
2. Prep onions by dicing shallots and mincing whites of green onion.
3. Place beef and sausage into large pan and begin browning, mixing the two throughout.
4. When beef begins lightly browning add salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper, shallots, green onion, and garlic..
5. Continue cooking until onion becomes transparent.
6. Add bbq, Worcestershire, balsamic, and chilli paste to meat and thuroughly mix.
7. Cover pan and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
8. Add meat to bottom of large casserole dish and pack evenly.
9. Cook instant mashed potatoes then spread across top of meat.
10. Pour can of corn evenly across top of potatoes.
11. Spread casserole cheese evenly across top of corn.
12. Place frozen tater tots side by side evenly covering top of casserole.
13. Put casserole dish into oven and cook for 25 minutes or until tots are a dark golden brown.
14. Allow to set for 10 minutes and enjoy.