Looking for a fun and easy dinner for your family? Check out these deliciously simple and cheesy Beef Totchos (Tater Tot Nachos)!
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Beef Totchos – Tater Tot Nachos
If you’ve never had the pleasure of eating Tater Tot Nachos also known as “Totchos,” then pleeeeease make these for your family tonight! If you’re a tacos and nachos lover as I am, you are going to LOOOOVE this easy dinner recipe!
Looking to change things up a bit for dinner? This Beef Totchos recipe is perfect and really simple to throw together for family!
Where Can I Find The Actual Recipe Card?
If you’d rather skip all of my cooking tips, important information for this recipe, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to the easy Beef Totchos recipe, just scroll down to the bottom, where you’ll find a printable recipe card.
How Easy is This to Make?
Incredibly easy, actually! Within 30-45 or so minutes you’ll have dinner ready and done!
Ingredients to Make Beef Totchos
To make this Easy Beef Totchos recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
- Tater tots
- Ground beef
- Taco seasoning
- Shredded cheese
- Taco/nacho toppings (such as guac, sour cream, salsa, queso, onions, peppers, jalapeños, etc)
Kitchen Tools Needed to Make Beef Totchos
To make this recipe, you will need the following tools:
- Baking sheets or pizza/baking stones
- Cooking spray
- Large skillet
- Spatulas (both rubber and flat)
How to Make Beef Totchos (Tater Tot Nachos)
Preheat your oven to the package directions for your tater tots. Cut open your bag/s of tater tots and start lining them up on your baking sheets or stones. You’ll want to line up your tater tots end to end to be able to fill every space available on your baking sheets or stones.
Bake your tater tots according to the manufacturer’s directions on the bag, but subtract 10 minutes from the cook time (because they’ll be baking with the meat and cheese and we don’t want the tater tots to be overdone).
While the tater tots are cooking, brown your ground beef on the stove with a large skillet and rubber spatula. Cook the meat until cooked thoroughly, drain, and then prepare with your desired taco seasoning according to the package directions.
Once tater tots are finished, take them out of the oven and set on the stove or counter top. They will be browned, somewhat crisp, but still a little soft (and most importantly able to be cooked further without burning).
Gently start adding the taco meat to the tops of the tater tots using your rubber spatula (you can also opt to use a slotted spoon).
Begin with a little at a time to ensure you coat the tater tots evenly. You also want to be gentle as to not smoosh or smash the tots by pressing too hard.
Be sure to cover the tots entirely with meat. You can use the end of your rubber spatula to ensure it is evenly placed. Ideally you want every crack and crevice coated (holy alliteration, Batman!) with the taco meat to ensure every bite is meaty. You might not use all of your taco meat (in which case, score! Leftover taco meat for later, dude).
Here comes the funnest part – coating it completely and totally with shredded cheese. Go ahead and smother it!
With the tots mostly done, the beef already cooked thoroughly, all we’re doing here is crisping up the tots and melting the cheese to make it all become one. This is the magical part, friends. Let’s pop these baking sheets/stones back into the oven for at least ten minutes if not more.
The cheese should be thoroughly melted and ooey-gooey and definitive sizzling happening. It’s go time, friends!
Grab a flat spatula to serve!
You can wait a few minutes for it to cool or you can serve it right away, your choice!
Be sure to serve it with your favorite taco and nacho toppings, such as onions, peppers, salsa, guacamole, queso, sour cream, jalapeños, and more!
In case you were wondering, I voted for all. Ha! I mean, who doesn’t love a good loaded taco or nacho dish like this? I’m allllll about the toppings, man!
What Goes With This Recipe?
Nachos for me are always served alone with toppings, but if you’re looking for a few side dishes, let me recommend for you our delicious homemade corn bread recipe. It’s crazy delicious and pairs so incredibly well with all our Southwestern dishes! You can also opt for a tasty salad of your choosing (to add a bit more veggies to it) or some sort of cheese rice (perhaps salsa cheese rice) or maybe our Jalapeño Corn Casserole?
Awesomest Corn Bread Recipe EVER! 
Jalapeño Corn Casserole
Other Awesome Tater Tot and Nacho/Taco Dinners
If you’re in love with tater tots and want to make more tater tot meals, or are looking for more nacho and taco dinners, check these out!
- Easy Taco Soup
- Chicken Tater Tot Casserole
- Instant Pot Chicken Taco Bowl Recipe
- Shredded Taco Chicken Salad Wraps
- Slow Cooker Tater Tot Hot Dog Casserole
- Taco Casserole
- Taco Macaroni
- Chicken Bacon Taquitos
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Easy Taco Soup 
Chicken Tater Tot Casserole 
Instant Pot Chicken Taco Bowl Recipe 
Shredded Taco Chicken Salad Wraps -
Slow Cooker Tater Tot Hot Dog Casserole 
Easy Taco Casserole Recipe 
Taco Macaroni 
Chicken Bacon Taquitos
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Beef Totchos Recipe – Tater Tot Nachos
Ingredients
- 1 large bag tater tots
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 2 packets taco seasoning
- 1 large bag shredded cheese
- Nacho toppings such as guac, sour cream, salsa, queso, onions, peppers, jalapeños, etc
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to the package directions for your tater tots.
- Cut open your bag/s of tater tots and start lining them up on your baking sheets or stones. You’ll want to line up your tater tots end to end to be able to fill every space available on your baking sheets or stones.
- Bake your tater tots according to the manufacturer’s directions on the bag, but subtract 10 minutes from the cook time because they will be baking with the meat and cheese again.
- While the tater tots are cooking, brown your ground beef on the stove with a large skillet and rubber spatula. Cook the meat until cooked thoroughly, drain, and then prepare with your desired taco seasoning according to the package directions.
- Once tater tots are finished, take them out of the oven and set on the stove or counter top. They will be browned, somewhat crisp, but still a little soft (and most importantly able to be cooked further without burning).
- Gently start adding the taco meat to the tops of the tater tots using your rubber spatula or you can also opt to use a slotted spoon.
- Begin with a little at a time to ensure you coat the tater tots evenly. You also want to be gentle as to not smoosh or smash the tots by pressing too hard.
- Be sure to cover the tots entirely with meat. You can use the end of your rubber spatula to ensure it is evenly placed. Ideally you want the tops of the tots completely covered.
- Cover the meat and tots with shredded cheese.
- Place the baking sheets/stones back into the oven for at least ten minutes if not more.
- When the Beef Totchos are ready, the cheese should be thoroughly melted and ooey-gooey and definitive sizzling happening.
- Use a flat spatula to serve!
- Top your Beef Totchos with your desired taco/nacho toppings and enjoy!
