Tachos (Loaded Tater Tots)
If you need to feed a crowd or are looking for a fun dish to munch on while streaming a movie, you are going to love these loaded tater tots, aka tachos or totchos! Make a little or a lot, pile on your favorite toppings and enjoy some fabulous comfort food!
Servings 8
Calories 436kcal
Ingredients
- 32 ounces frozen tater tots
- 1 pound cooked pulled pork about 2 cups
- 8 ounces shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 1 large tomato diced
- 1 jalapeño seeded and diced
- 2 avocados chopped
- ½ cup chopped cilantro
- ½ cup diced red onions
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Juice from 1 lime
Instructions
- Place frozen tater tots on a baking sheet and bake per package directions. Bake until the tots are very crispy. You can also bake the tater tots in an air fryer.
- While the tots are baking, make the pico de gallo. Combine the chopped tomatoes, onions, jalapeño and cilantro together in a bowl with the salt and lime juice. Reserve.
- Once the tots are done, change open temperature to broil and place top shelf close to the broiler.
- Scatter the pulled pork over the hot tater tots and then cover with the shredded cheese.
- Place the tachos back in the oven and cook until cheese is melty, about 2-5 minutes depending on how close the tray is to the broiler. Watch the tots as you don't want it all to burn.
- Once all melty, top with sour cream, pico de gallo and chopped avocados.
Notes
You can also brown 1-pound of ground beef with 2-tablespoons taco seasoning and use it instead of the pulled pork. You can also use leftover steak or chicken.
For a vegetarian option, you can use black or pinto beans instead of meat.
Instead of making pico, you can just top with the chopped veggies individually.
Instead of chopped avocados, you make guacamole and use that instead.
Totchos are best eaten fresh out of the oven. You can store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days and reheat in the oven, but the tater tots won't be as crispy and you will be reheating all the toppings too.
You can also make a half batch or individual batches of totchos.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 436kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 895mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 10g
