This SLOPPY JOE CASSEROLE made from a delicious homemade Sloppy Joe recipe is topped with tater tots for the ultimate comfort food dinner!
I took a spin on an old classic and created a masterpiece. No joke. I love my homemade Sloppy Joes but we’ve always eaten them on a bun with tater tots on the side. Turns out cooking the tots with the Sloppy Joe is downright perfection!
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If you’ve never made homemade Sloppy Joes, they’re about a thousand time better than mixing ground beef with sauce from a can. Sauce that is most likely filled with a bunch of junk you don’t want in your body. Making them from scratch is super easy and the flavor can’t be beat.
I have to tell you that my kids were particularly impressed with my tater tot concentric circle design, as was I. Do you see all that steamy goodness rising up from the pan? MMMMmmmm delicious! This is the best kind of comfort food dinner you can find!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 large yellow onion finely chopped
- 1 large green bell pepper finely chopped
- 15 oz can no-salt-added tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 lbs package frozen tater tots
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Using a large 12-13 inch oven safe skillet, brown the ground beef with the onions and the bell pepper over medium high heat until the meat is fully cooked and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Add all of the remaining ingredients except the tater tots and stir well to combine.
- Arrange the tater tots in a single layer on top of the sloppy joe mixture in the pan. Cook uncovered in preheated oven until the tater tots are cooked through and golden brown, 25-30 minutes.
- Serve hot and enjoy!
Nutrition
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Liz says
April 18, 2016 at 10:40 amSounds nice. Thank you.
Carole from Carole's Chatter says
April 21, 2016 at 1:08 pmHi there, this would be a great contribution to Food on Friday: Beef over at Carole’s Chatter. Please do bring it over to join in the fun. Cheers
Coleen says
April 23, 2016 at 10:31 amI wonder how some shredded cheese, perhaps mild cheddar or even mozzarella, sprinkled on before the tater tots would be? hmmmm
Julie @Real Housemoms says
April 28, 2016 at 11:04 amDelicious!
Fran says
April 27, 2016 at 2:30 pmYeah cause tater tots are full of all kinds of nutrition.
Kukle says
December 2, 2016 at 2:39 pmIt does say ultimate comfort food dinner…
colette bonnelly says
November 11, 2017 at 4:07 pmQue sont les Taters tote?
Sylvie says
June 6, 2016 at 6:00 amAs there are no tater tots in France, I replaced them with tortellini.
I didn’t have ketchup either and used 1/2 teaspoon of Cayenne pimento instead.
Simply delicious.
Anne says
September 7, 2016 at 5:36 pmI never comment on recipes, but I just made this tonight and it was SO YUMMY and easy, so I had to let you know. Thank you! I will pass this one along to friends and definitely make it again!!
Angie says
November 29, 2016 at 7:44 amWhat a fun idea! This is on our menu for the week.
Danielle says
January 20, 2017 at 5:16 pmI don’t have an oven safe skillet. What kind/size baking dish could I use? And would the baking time change?
Laura Mcatee says
November 2, 2017 at 9:18 amI decided to use corn in mine
Bobbi says
November 29, 2017 at 8:40 ami couldn’t help it we threw cheese over half and both sides are amazing! We are a family of 5 so 10 thumbs up to you! Thank you for the easy, yummy & fun filled night we had around your dish last night!
Aubrey Cota says
March 21, 2018 at 4:13 pmWell you can’t really go wrong with a little extra cheese! Happy they were a hit!