James Coney Island Loaded Tater Tots are a favorite side dish at the restaurant. Tator tots get a major upgrade. Best of all, you can enjoy this treat with your favorite burger or hot dog.
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One of my favorite sides at James Coney Island is their baked loaded tater tots. Tater tots are souped up with all sorts of extras.
Sure, they are known for their Juicy Lucy burgers or even their chili. They make so much more. It took me a long time to try a side other than the cheese fries.
Three Ways to Cook Tater Tots
When you make tater tots at home, you can cook them in three different ways. You can make tater tots in an air fryer, you can bake them in the oven, or you can keep fry them in vegetable oil. It’s up to you.
I personally like them either deep-fried or cooked in an air fryer. I think air fryers do a really good job of crisping up tater tots.
Recipe Ingredients
Here’s a list of what you need:
- Vegetable oil for frying
- Frozen tater tots
- Shredded Cheddar cheese
- Crumbled cooked bacon
- Sour cream
- Sliced green onions
You can also add a dash of Tabasco Chipotle sauce for a kick of flavor and heat.
How to Make Loaded Tater Tots
- Pour the oil into a deep fryer or saucepan to a depth of 3 to 4 inches.
- Heat the oil to 350 degrees.
- Cook half of the tater tots in the hot oil until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
- Cook the remaining tater tots.
- Place the cooked tater tots in a greased casserole dish or cast-iron skillet and sprinkle cheese and bacon on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees until the cheese begins to melt.
- Remove the dish from the oven and top it with sour cream and green onions.
You can make deluxe tater tots in individual serving sizes or you could make a whole big serving for everyone to enjoy family style. So I hope you enjoy these fancy potatoes soon!
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James Coney Island Loaded Tater Tots
Ingredients
- vegetable oil for frying
- 8 ounces frozen tater tots
- 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons crumbled cooked bacon
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 2 teaspoon sliced green onions
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a small casserole dish with cooking spray.
- Pour the oil into a deep fryer or saucepan to a depth of 3 to 4 inches.
- Heat the oil to 350 degrees.
- Cook half of the tater tots in the hot oil until golden brown, about 2 to 4 minutes.
- Once the first batch is finished, drain them on paper towels.
- Cook the remaining tater tots.
- Place the cooked tater tots in the prepared casserole dish and sprinkle the cheese and bacon over them.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 5 to 7 minutes or until the cheese begins to melt.
- Remove the dish from oven and top it with sour cream and green onions.
PCGamer
I made these as my family and I had a big gaming weekend. Nothing better than leveling up with your tots!
Drew
This is great, I love to make this. I am not always near a JCL.
Freebird
We made this for game night. It was the perfect addition to Game of Things.
Stephanie
I love that game too!
ved
Love me some tots.
Houstonfit
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Funblocked
Those look so delicious. They gonna be very tasty. Thanks for sharing your recipe
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This was really easy to make. I had tried this and really came out well than i actually expected. I haven’t had any idea that my first try would be that perfect. It took me little time to prepare this and the result was awesome too.
SamT
We loved these baked tots. I love James Coney Island.
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Very good
Agradecer Sempre
I never thought about cooking tater tots like that… I’ll try it today!!
Thanks for your post 😀
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Baltisraul
Indent a few wells in the surface of the tots with a ladle and crack an egg in each well. Cook the tots in the oven a little longer about 12 min so the eggs will set. I did a whole 30 oz. bag of tots in a 12″ iron skillet with 8 eggs. Our weekend guests were amazed.
JoyDee McCorkle
What a wonderful brunch idea!!!! Thanks much!
Brenda Cox
Sounds so good!
Brenda Taylor
Yummy! Can’t wait to try these…