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CRACKED OUT CHICKEN TATER TOT CASSEROLE
Sep 2, 2025
CRACKED OUT (You can't stop eating) CHICKEN TATER TOT CASSEROLE, IT's that good. Today's Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/cracked-out-chicken-tater-tot-casserole/ **Click here to see my recipe blog: https://catherinesplates.com NEW: To purchase my Dessert Cookbook, click link https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/10034701/10feb0fb4a14a171cfaeed6889d6656eab1a0016 *To purchase my cookbook vol 1, click link https://www.blurb.com/b/9452561-catherine-s-plates **To purchase my cookbook vol 2, click here https://www.blurb.com/b/10367334-catherine-s-plates-cookbook ***To purchase my cookbook vol 3, click here https://www.blurb.com/b/11248440-catherine-s-plates-3rd-edition-2022 ***My Amazon StoreFront https://www.amazon.com/shop/catherinesplates (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) ***Follow me on Social Media
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Welcome back everyone. Today I want to
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show you how to make a cracked out
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chicken tater tot casserole.
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We got the tater tots. We've got the
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chicken. We've got lots of ingredients
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to pull this all together. What is
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cracked out mean? It's an addiction or
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it's you can't stop eating it. Okay? And
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that's what's going to happen when you
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eat this recipe. Okay, you guys. We're
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going to start. I'm going to show you
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the ingredients that you're going to
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need and then we'll put this one
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together. Here they are. Y'all come on
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up and we'll go over them.
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Now, we're going to start with the
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chicken. I've got a rotisserie chicken.
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It's a mosquite flavor. You could even
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make your own chicken if you want to
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bake it, if you want to put it in the
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crock pot, if you want to boil your
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chicken. Just make sure it's got a nice
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flavor to it when you do that. You're
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going to want about three cups of fully
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cooked chicken off the bone and no skin
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on it. You're going to need some tater
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tots. Now, I'm using the crispy rounds
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here.
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We've got the cheese, of course,
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and we've got some sour cream, which
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will add a little tang to it. Nice
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flavor from the cream of chicken. Help
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boost up that chicken flavor.
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We've got a ranch seasoning packet
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because, you know, that's one of the
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things that goes into a cracked out
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dish.
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We've got green onions. That's going to
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top the dish. We've got cream cheese.
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Give it a nice creaminess to it.
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We're going to add some bacon. Now, this
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is fully cooked bacon pieces. You can
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get this from your store in a bag or in
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a little shaker container. or you can
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fry up your own bacon and crumble it up
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like this right here. And then we've got
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our seasonings of salt, pepper, onion
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powder, garlic powder, and smoked
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paprika. That'll give it some nice
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flavor to round out the whole dish. Now,
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I'm super excited that Joseph and his
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fiance Megan are coming over. Yes, if
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you didn't know, they got engaged in
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July
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on her birthday. They went out to
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Galveastston, Texas to Moody Gardens
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where the pyramids are and he tried to
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find a cool little place
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to ask her to marry him and she said
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yes. So, I've been bugging them ever
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since.
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What are the wedding plans? What are
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they going to do? When's the date?
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So, they're coming over today and I'm
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making them this dish. So, it's not a
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low carb dish, but if you eat just a
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little bit of it and have a nice big
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salad with it, sure it's pretty pretty
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good. We're going to eat some of this
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and then they're going to take the whole
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rest of that casserole back to his place
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so that they can have some meals from
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it.
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Yeah, they were really excited about
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this one here. So, I rounded up the
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ingredients this morning. I haven't put
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myself together really well yet as I've
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been running around. I'm going to get
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this chicken finished chopping up here
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and then we're going to come back. Now,
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I added some extra chicken to it from
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another rotisserie, and I was just going
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to make chicken salad out of the rest of
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it, but I wanted to bulk up the
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casserole here for them. added more
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protein and really get their money's
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worth out of it. My money's worth out of
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it, I should say. All right. So, I'm
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going to measure that out for you guys
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so you can see what we're working with
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here. I said three cups, but I mean, it
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just depends on how much chicken you
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want in your dish. This is the main kind
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of the component of the inside of the
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dish there.
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Yep. There we go.
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All right. In our bowl, we're going to
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add the chicken.
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All right, let's add in 8 oz of sour
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cream. We'll give it a nice little
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tanginess to it.
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This is 16 oz. And I'm going to go about
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half of it.
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It's all a part of making this that
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cracked out chicken.
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We've got one can of cream of chicken.
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And when I say that, it's a 10 oz can of
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cream of chicken condensed soup.
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That'll add some nice flavor. And then
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we're going to add in 8 oz of cream
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cheese.
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Bring it to room temperature. Make it
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nice and soft. And if you're just
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pulling this out of the refrigerator,
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you can take it out of the packaging,
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put it on a small plate that's microwave
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safe, and just pop it in there for about
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10 seconds or so.
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So, I'll be right back. That'll really
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help mix it in pretty good.
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Let's add in one cup of cooked chopped
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up bacon. As small as pieces as you can
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get.
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Smells so good.
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This will add a little smokiness and
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saltiness to the dish like everything
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else in here will. But it's okay. Let's
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add a little bit more. There we go.
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I'm going to add in 8 oz of some cheese
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shredded.
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That's good right there. We'll save some
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for the top.
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We've got a packet
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of ranch seasoning, dressing, and recipe
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mix. This is 1 oz.
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We'll add that in. That's part of that
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cracked out recipe for chicken.
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All right, it smells good in there. I'm
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going to get some paprika. Put that
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right on top.
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All right, now I'm not going to put any
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salt in there because I feel like
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there's a that's a lot going on in
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there. So, but we will put in some black
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pepper.
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right on top.
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And now we're going to get something to
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stir all that up.
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All right.
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Now, I am going to be trying out some
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groom cake recipes,
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and next week will be one of them.
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They're not low carb. They're just
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regular cakes, but there's a lot going
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on in them. And the first one that I'm
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going to be doing next week, I'm super
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excited for. So, I've never made it
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before
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and
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I want them to try them out and see what
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they think.
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So, that'll be the number one. Now, I'm
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trying to get them to come over next
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week hopefully and be in a show for you
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guys. You've seen them before. They've
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made two different things for you guys
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and
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I want to bring them back again.
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Okay,
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y'all.
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This is amazing already. Make sure you
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have enough chicken in there for that.
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About four cups. We'll get in with that
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mix.
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I'm going to grab a spoon
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and see if there's anything else that I
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need to flavor this with
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being that everything's cooked anyway
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right here. Okay, let's go.
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I love that creaminess of the cream
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cheese.
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The saltiness from the bacon,
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the tanginess from the sour cream, the
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extra cheese that's in there, the
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paprika gives it an extra smokiness to
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it. Don't forget that flavored chicken.
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That tastes good. All right, you guys.
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Let's go get our baking dish.
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It's right here.
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We have avocado.
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the spray.
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All right. Keep the cheese from sticking
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along the edges and the
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the bottom of our dish here. In the dish
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we go.
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Smells so delicious.
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Where's Thomas? You say he went walking.
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He went walking because he knew this was
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going to happen.
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Be prepared for this. All right. I'm
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going to smush it down into a nice layer
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and that cream cheese will melt on in
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there
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nice and even so everything cooks nice
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and even.
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I know Joseph's happy. He wants this
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recipe. So, it's not a bad recipe.
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It's delicious. They're going to be over
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here a little after 12. It is 10 after
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11 right now. And this thing takes about
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45 minutes in the oven and then some
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extra time just to kind of cool down on
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your oven top there.
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All right,
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what's next?
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[Applause]
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Potato tots.
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Sorry you guys, this was kind of last
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minute and I am like trying to get it
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all together for you here.
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All right,
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I'm going to
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put these on. Now, these are the rounds,
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which means they're flatter than a
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regular tater tot. Probably half the
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size of it. So, we're just going to fill
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the whole thing up with the tater tots.
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Nice little rose there.
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This is a 30 oz bag of the rounds.
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Yes, we are still going to be doing our
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low carb recipes.
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Just other things just kind of come in
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the way, which is totally fine. We keep
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in mind that we have regular people out
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there who like regular recipes and that
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we have people that like the low carb
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recipes. So, we're trying to make sure
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that we incorporate that for all of you
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guys
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because we don't want to lose y'all.
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Y'all mean so much to us. We love every
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last one of y'all. We love your
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comments. Always comment because we love
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Stay with us, you guys.
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I've made lots of tater tot casserles.
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You can go see them out on my recipe
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blog, catherine'splates.com.
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Type in tater tot and they'll all come
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up.
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Lots of them that I've made throughout
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the years. It didn't surprise me at all
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that Joseph wanted this. And Megan has
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never had it, so she would love to try a
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tater tot casserole.
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So, okay, you guys, there we go. Look at
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that. And I still have
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about half the bag left over, so you'll
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know that. All right, let's crack it
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out. Cheese
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right across the top.
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Some bacon
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right across the top.
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And then we'll do the green onions after
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it comes out of the oven and they'll
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stick to the melty cheese and that way
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they don't get too brown in there. Boom.
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Okay, I'm preheating my oven to 350°.
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We're going to bake this for 40 to 45
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minutes until those tater tots are
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cooked through. Nice and crispy on the
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top and that cheese has melted. We're
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going to top it with some green onions.
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You want to cool it down for just a few
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minutes to kind of pull itself together.
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and then dive in. And I'm going to give
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it a try for you. Okay, you guys. Here
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it is in all of its glory. Look at that.
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I topped it with some green onions when
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it came out. Let it rest for just a few
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minutes.
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And I think
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this right here is what I'm after.
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There we go.
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A little bit of green onion on top.
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I think we need a fork. The bite must
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have a tater crown on it.
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And a green onion. Yeah.
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You should have this on a no low carb
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day.
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All right. Are the kids here yet?
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No. All right. Another bite.
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Mhm.
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Those tater tots. Nice and crunchy on
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the outside. They're soft on the bottom
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because of that mixture. And it is so
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flavorful. It is so delicious.
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Mhm.
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I get that chicken in there, too. All
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right, you guys. Cracked out chicken
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tater tot casserole. Are y'all addicted?
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Make your own and find out. Give me a
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week, they're going to do their own
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y'all on the next episode. Bye.
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