I've been making this recipe for over 45 yrs.... Just a little different tho.... Tried it this way, turned out excellent!!! I did keep my hamburger in it too.

Eric, have a glass of wine and eat a couple of pieces of cubed cheese.

Brown hamburger with onions and put it on the bottom, then add a package of mixed veggies, then the tater tots and topped off with soup sour cream mixture & cheese. It still tastes great but you feel better with some veggies added.

I have been making a version of this recipe for years and always put tater tots on top and they brown up real nice!

I tried it all 3 ways tater tots, shreds, and cubed. amazingly they all were great. and my family loved them all. thanks for the additional ideas Jeanna, it may not be qualified to take the Tater Tot Casserole name but who cares, its very nice to see a different variation to the recipe. That's what cooking is all about twisting it up.

I have always made this recipe by browning and draining the hamburger first. I add one,sometimes two cans of cream of mushroom, plus a small can of mushroom pieces plus salt and pepper. Then top with the tater tots and a bunch of shredded cheddar on top. Always very tasty.

i prefer to use cubed potatos in my tator tot casserole

Wow you guys are hilarious couldn't stop reading all the comments! True it is a TATER TOT casserole so we should just use tater tots =] I believe it is really good with hamburger, nacho cheese, shredded cheese, cream of mushroom soup, TATER TOTS (LOL), and sour cream!!! But there are so many ways to make it and they all taste good! WOW you guys cracked me up

I thought that this recipe was great! It is really easy to make, cheap and tastes GREAT!

OH PEOPLE you made my day. I started reading the comments and I was literally laughing my a__ off. I love this quick and easy casserole. Kids always love it too.

Thanks, all the comments made my day. Home during snow day in Dallas, and needed some entertainment.....who knew a recipe could be so fun. Make as is.....no meat. I copied all comments to reread later to my husband.

Whats a tater tot ?

So we love it but I didn't have ground beef so I used three cans of Costco chicken it was still good

Jeanna, you can substitute anything you want, you're making it. Eric that is okay! I'm using cream of chicken and cheddar cheese.

Simon, In the states Tater Tots are found in frozen food isle. A staple for most anyone on our side of the big pond. New Englanders like this casserole with more potatoes the better, southerners quick and easy, mid west (they usually like more cheese), and west coast always tries to put vegetables in. Hope you can find them at the grocers next time. I don't think they would stay frozen for the trip to you???