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Healthy Tater Tot Casserole: Gluten, Dairy, Nut, Soy free

Healthy Tater Tot Casserole

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 10 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 large shallot
  • 3 large cloves garlic
  • 16 ounces baby portabello mushrooms divided in half
  • 1 head cauliflower
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken bone broth
  • 1 lb 96% lean ground beef
  • 1/2 cup finely diced yellow onion
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 2 lb bag of frozen tater tots
  • 1 tbsp potato starch or Bob's Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • While the oven is heating up we'll start on our "cream" of mushroom soup. Roughly chop your shallot (don't worry about making them small, they are going into a blender in a bit), peel and rough chop your garlic, rough chop half of the mushrooms, and get cauliflower florets off of the stalk and into medium-sized pieces.
  • Preheat a medium pot on medium heat. Once hot, add olive oil and coat the pan.
  • Add shallots and cook for 2 minutes, stirring around so they don't brown.
  • Add mushrooms and salt, stir in with shallots then cover for 1 minute.
  • Uncover, stir and add garlic. Cook for one more minute.
  • Now add broth and cauliflower. Cover with a lid and cook on medium heat for 8-10 minutes, until cauliflower is very soft and easily pierced with a fork.
  • During that 8-10 minutes the sauce is steaming in the pot, brown your ground beef and be sure to break it into very small pieces.
  • While the beef is browning, finely dice your yellow onion and other half of the mushrooms.
  • Once the beef is mostly cooked, make a hole in the meat and add your diced yellow onion. Cook the onion for 1 minute, then add in mushrooms and mix into your ground beef.
  • Cook another 2-3 minutes, then add frozen peas. Cook another 2-3 minutes and turn off heat.
  • Pour everything for the "cream" of mushroom soup into your blender along with the 1 tbsp potato starch or Bob's Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour) and blend until smooth. It will have a thick consistency.
  • Grab a 9x13 baking dish and add your meat and vegetable mixture.
  • Then evenly top with your "cream" of mushroom sauce.
  • Take your frozen tater tots and line them up on top of your casserole. You want them evenly on top to maximize the number of tots and for even cooking.
  • Place on the second shelf of your oven and bake for 20 minutes, or until tots are crispy.
  • Let cool about 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!