Good Tuesday friends! What a whirlwind the last week or so has been. We’ve been traveling back and forth to AZ for Thanksgiving and just got back a couple days ago. Had the best time being with our family. Now Christmas is in full swing! Managed to get the house decorated yesterday, feels nice and festive 🙂
I don’t know about you guys, but getting dinner on the table these days is rough with everything else going on. Shopping, wrapping, decorating, school parties and shows, the list goes on and on! Here is a quick and easy dinner you can get on the table with minimal preparation. The kids love this one too! Check it out…
Optional: add hot sauce on the side!
1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place soup and milk into a large pot over medium heat. Whisk until smooth and heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in broccoli and cook for 5 additional minutes to soften slightly. Stir in chicken, hot sauce, salt, pepper and garlic seasoning. Pour mixture into 11×7 inch baking dish that’s been sprayed with cooking spray. Top evenly with tater tots and cheese; bake for 20 minutes then cover with foil. Bake for an additional 15 minutes with dish covered with foil. Remove from oven and serve.
Broccoli, Cheddar, Chicken, and Tater Tot Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 small cans cream of chicken soup
- 2 small cans cheddar cheese soup
- 1 1/2 Cups milk
- 8-10 Cups broccoli florets
- 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts cooked and shredded (bake or I throw mine in the pressure cooker)
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce Tabasco or Chalula
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon Lawry's Garlic Salt with Parsley
- 1/2 bag Ore Ida Seasoned Tater Tots frozen
- 1/2 Cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place soup and milk into a large pot over medium heat. Whisk until smooth and heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in broccoli and cook for 5 additional minutes to soften slightly. Stir in chicken, hot sauce, salt, pepper and garlic seasoning. Pour mixture into 11x7 inch baking dish that's been sprayed with cooking spray. Top evenly with tater tots and cheese; bake for 20 minutes then cover with foil. Bake for an additional 15 minutes with dish covered with foil. Remove from oven and serve.
Notes
Broccoli Cheddar, Chicken and Tater Tot Casserole
2 small cans cream of chicken soup
2 small cans cheddar cheese soup
1 1/2 Cups milk
8-10 Cups broccoli florets
2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded (bake or I throw mine in the pressure cooker)
1 teaspoon hot sauce (Tabasco or Chalula)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
1/8 teaspoon Lawry’s Garlic Salt with Parsley
1/2 bag Ore Ida Seasoned Tater Tots, frozen
1/2 Cup shredded cheddar cheese
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place soup and milk into a large pot over medium heat. Whisk until smooth and heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in broccoli and cook for 5 additional minutes to soften slightly. Stir in chicken, hot sauce, salt, pepper and garlic seasoning. Pour mixture into 11×7 inch baking dish that’s been sprayed with cooking spray. Top evenly with tater tots and cheese; bake for 20 minutes then cover with foil. Bake for an additional 15 minutes with dish covered with foil. Remove from oven and serve. I enjoy mine with hot sauce, yum!
6 servings
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Had so much fun decorating for Christmas yesterday with the family. My youngest would NOT sit still for a picture, but I managed to snap a shot of my oldest cutie pie by the tree. Love the santa hats by picnik.com! Can hardly believe Christmas is coming so fast!
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You MUST make one of these for your family! Check out ours for a good laugh!
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I was wondering if you use fresh broccoli or frozen, I bought frozen and wondered if it would still work in this recipe, thanks! Looks yummy, can’t wait to try it this week!
I cannot have cheddar cheese; it triggers my migraines. I good substitutes for the cheddar cheese, but not the cheddar soup. Any suggestions?
ok…this is officially the THIRD recipe I’ve done from your blog and I’ve loved everyone one of them. This turned out awesome and what a great change from my boring old tater-ole recipe. I used ground beef instead of chicken and halved this and put it in a tall pie plate. THANK U THANK U THANK U again for the weekday dinner inspirations that are not only delicious, they are economical! God Bless and keep cookin!
I just found your website on Saturday and I love it. I made this recipe tonight and my hubby and I liked it. On my kids I didn’t put tater tots and my son liked it. Daughter didn’t eat with us.
Tried this tonight, but it was too salty. 🙁 I even used low sodium cream of chicken (campbells) and left our all the extra salts.. Small can = 10oz.? I had to use a 9×13 pan. Oh well, it was fun to try, maybe it was user error? 🙂 Can’t wait to try some of the other recipes.
That looks frickin DELICIOUS….but my arteries are screaming NO!
Well, maybe just a bite.
And also, to answer someone’s question above, Jen I think it was, I did use frozen broccoli and it worked just fine. I just let it simmer a little longer in the soup mixture.
I made this last weekend and it is wonderful! My six year old ate it up. I have a soft spot in my heart for tater tots anyway, so this one was a no brainer :-} Loved it and I’ll definitely make it again!
This looks so yummy! I hope to try it soon 🙂
This looks so yummy! I love casseroles in the winter time, so warm and hearty. I think can even get my husband to eat the broccoli in this one because it’s hidden under tater tots and cheese.
Did anyone try this with frozen broccoli? Thaw first?
Looks delicious!
What a cute idea!
Wow this looks good! My kids will love that there are tater tots involved. Thanks for the great idea. What a wonderful blog. I will check back soon and let you know how it turned out.
Alex
I love the dinner idea and the video! I am doing the 12 days of christmas via e-mail and will for sure use that as one of my days. If you have any more ideas in that regard please share!!! Thanks!
Yum!!!
I’m a big fan of the tater tot casserole. I’ll have to try this version…it’s a little healthier than mine with the broccoli and chicken in there. Happy Holidays!
Well – just made/served/ate this for dinner. It was really, really salty! Did I do something wrong? Is cheese soup pretty salty? I’ve never cooked with it before so maybe that was it. I seasoned my chicken before cooking it – maybe if the soup was salty I should have left the chicken bland. Not sure. Your pictures look fantastic & scrumptious, though!! LOL
It’s Dinnertime!! I can’t wait to try this recipe!!
Love the Elf card… TOO fun!
That casserole sounds so yummy! I’ve had several chicken, broccoli, and cheese casseroles – but never topped with tater tots! Great idea!
This looks so delicious! I LOVE tater tots…and pretty much anything classified as “kid food” for that matter. Thanks for the recipe!
Has anyone tried freezing this? I worry that the tater tots will get soggy but I live alone and no way I can eat all this in one (or two or three) sittings?
Oh, I’m going to have to make that! I adore tater tots and so does my son.
Very cute video!
Quick and easy meals like this are perfect this time of year! Great idea, Jenny!
This looks awesome! We’re having it tonight. Thanks for another great recipe!
I love the elf cards. They’re so fun!!
Tater tots remind me of when I was in school…they are so good. Great idea for a recipe!
Sounds yummy!! I bet I can get my kids to try this one!
Was just thinking – this would be a pretty easy one to cut n half & throw into an 8×8, too! I think I’ll go that route & try it out tonight!
Really 8-10 cups of broccoli? I make a pretty awesome Stomboli with the same ingredients…except the tater tots.
Growing up in the mid-west tater tot casserole was a staple. Living in NY people think I’m weird if I just mention the word casserole. Personally I think people do not know what they are missing by not eating casseroles. This one looks great and I love the addition of broccoli…sorta makes it healthy 🙂
Mmmm, I heart tater tots and I don’t think they are used enough in recipes! 🙂 This looks very yummy. Glad you had fun in AZ with your family.
This looks delicious and I love quick things you can throw in the oven during a busy holiday season!
Glad you had a good holiday! That casserole looks sublime, all that cheese. Mmmm.
This looks delicious! I must try this, thank you 🙂
Can’t wait to try this recipe, looks delicious! And I love the holiday video, too cute!
Hahahah! This video cracked me up! Too cute. Casserole looks warm and comforting. Perfect for this time of year. Thanks for sharing!
I love the tater tots on top! I loved them growing up so I’m sure kids will LOVE it.