Italian Meatball Tater Tot Casserole

This Italian Meatball Tater Tot Casserole recipe is going to be a hit with your family!

The Tater Tot Casserole combines two of my kids’ favorite dishes: Italian meatballs and tater tots. It is made by starting with a layer of Italian meatballs coated in spaghetti sauce, a layer of Parmesan cheese, and finally a layer of tater tots. This is a delicious and easy one-dish meal!

If your kids don’t like peppers, and one of mine doesn’t, you have two options: Leave them out or cut them big enough that your kids can easily remove them.

You can easily double this recipe. Just place the ingredients in a 9x 13 pan. You will not need to make any changes to the cooking time when you double it.

Italian Meatball Tater Tot Casserole Recipe

Yields 4 servings

Ingredients

• 20 frozen Italian meatballs
• 1/2 red bell pepper, seeded and diced (reserve 2 tablespoons for garnish)
• 1/2 green bell pepper, seeded and diced (reserve 2 tablespoons for garnish)
• 1 cup spaghetti sauce
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
• 28 tater tots (this was less than half of a 2-pound bag)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Place the meatballs into the casserole dish and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
4. Carefully remove the meatballs from the oven and place on a heat-proof surface. Stir in bell peppers and spaghetti sauce until the meatballs are coated. Even out the meatballs across the bottom of the pan.
5. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the meatball layer.
6. Arrange the tater tots on top of the cheese.
7. Return the casserole to the oven to bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until tater tots and meatballs reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
8. Remove from oven. Garnish with reserved bell peppers and serve hot.

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Italian Meatball Tater Tot Casserole Recipe

The Italian meatball Tater Tot Casserole has a layer of meatballs coated in spaghetti sauce, a layer of cheese, and then a layer of tater tots for a delicious one-dish meal!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Italian Meatball Tater Tot Casserole

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 55 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 4

Calories 184 kcal

Author Alea

Ingredients

Ingredients

• 20 frozen Italian meatballs
• 1/2 red bell pepper seeded and diced (reserve 2 tablespoons for garnish)
• 1/2 green bell pepper seeded and diced (reserve 2 tablespoons for garnish)
• 1 cup spaghetti sauce
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese shredded
• 28 tater tots this was less than half of a 2-pound bag

Instructions

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Place the meatballs into the casserole dish and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
4. Carefully remove the meatballs from the oven and place on a heat-proof surface. Stir in bell peppers and spaghetti sauce until the meatballs are coated. Even out the meatballs across the bottom of the pan.
5. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the meatball layer.
6. Arrange the tater tots on top of the cheese.
7. Return the casserole to the oven to bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until tater tots and meatballs reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
8. Remove from oven. Garnish with reserved bell peppers and serve hot.

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