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Season 3, Episode 2: Tator Tot Hotdish for Vegetarians AND Meat Eaters One Recipe One Dish. As a vegetarian, have you ever looked at a dish and wish you could have some too? Well that was me with Tator Tot hotdish for years, so I finagled a meatless Tator Tot Hotdish so I could have a vegetarian tator tot hot dish alongside my family have meat tator tot hotdish. Tator tot hotdish is popular in Minnesota, and is a class Midwest dinner casserole dish. I've never tasted it, UNTIL I made a vegetarian version. This is one recipe for one dish to create a meatless hotdish portion and a meat portion. Midwest cooking! Casserole Recipes! Let's go!

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Recipe adapted from "The Great Minnesota Hot Dish" cookbook by Theresa Millang
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Make this dish work for vegetarians and meat-eaters:
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef, lightly seasoned with salt and pepper
1/2 cup chopped onions (cooked is better)
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can of cream of celery (or cream of potato)
1 cup creamed corn (or beans or peas)
1 small can of peas and carrots, drained
1 (10 3/4 ounce) cream of mushroom soup
Frozen tator tots
1 can chickpeas (drained)
1/2 cup fried onions

Instructions:
Spread raw ground beef in 3/4 of a greased 9x13 glass baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread chickpeas across remaining 1/4 of pan where the ground beef is not. Sprinkle evenly with cooked diced onions. Top with cream of celery soup, spread it across with a spoon. Top with can of creamed corn, spread it across the whole pan evenly. Spread the can of drained peas and carrots evenly across the top. Sprinkle evenly with fried onions. Lay a confluent layer of frozen tator tots across the entire pan. Spread cream of mushroom across the entire top of the dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes. Carefully scoop out meatless portions, avoiding scooping up any meat. Top each serving with ketchup to garnish as desired.

Enjoy!

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