Mom's Tater Tots Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1 small onion, diced (optional)
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 (32 ounce) package frozen tater tots
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup (or cream of chicken soup)
• 3/4 cup milk
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in medium skillet over medium heat, sauté celery and onion in butter.
• 3 pour into large bowl and set aside (do not add to casserole dish yet).
• 4 in skillet, brown the beef.
• 5 add salt and pepper to taste (i sometimes add a dash of garlic salt).
• 6 combine meat with celery and onion mixture.
• 7 place 1 layer of tater tots in the bottom of a round casserole dish.
• 8 top with meat mixture.
• 9 add another layer of tater tots on top of the meat.
• 10 in separate bowl, combine soup and milk.
• 11 pour soup mixture evenly over top of casserole.
• 12 bake at 350° for 1 hour.
• 13 cover with foil if tater tots get too brown.