Slow Cooker Breakfast Tater Tot Casserole
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Slow Cooker Breakfast Tater Tot Casserole
- Prep Time: 20
- Total Time: 180
Ingredients
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- 1/2 lb thick-cut bacon, chopped
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 bunch green onions, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 (7 ounces) precooked sausage links, chopped
- 1 (32 ounces) package frozen tater tots
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cauliflower, riced
- 1 (10 1.2 Oz) can cream of mushroom soup
Instructions
- Turn on the slow cooker to high.
- On a cutting board cut the bacon and sausage. The meat should be cut in chunks not in crumbles. Add both the sausage and bacon to a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook until crispy. Transfer the cooked bacon and sausage to the slow cooker. Reserve the grease in the frying pan.
- Go back to the cutting board and chop up the yellow onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, garlic, and green onion. Then use a box grater to rice the cauliflower into the size of rice. Rice enough cauliflower to make 1 cup, leaving any large tough stems behind. Add the chopped vegetables to the frying pan that has the grease from the meat in the pan. Cook until the onions turn translucent and the vegetables have cooked through, about 10 minutes. Place the cooked vegetables, shredded cheese, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, cream of mushroom soup to the slow cooker. Stir till well combined.
- While the crock pot is starting to heat up the other ingredients you can fry up the tater tots. Place the tater tots in the frying pan for 5 minutes and then turn them over and fry for another 5 minutes or until crispy. Transfer the crispy tater tots to the slow cooker, reserving some tater tots to be placed on top. Slowly stir all the ingredients together in the slow cooker and then place the rest of the tater tots on top.
- Cover and cook on high for 2-3 hours
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 493
- Sugar: 3
- Sodium: 1405
- Fat: 30
- Saturated Fat: 13
- Unsaturated Fat: 14
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 37
- Protein: 20
- Cholesterol: 63