• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest

The Blogette

Classic, Simple, and Delicious Comfort Food Recipes

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Dessert
  • Appetizers
  • Snacks

Cowboy Casserole

January 22, 2023

Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, cheese, corn, and sour cream, then topped with delicious tater tots.

Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, corn, cheese, and sour cream, then topped with delicious tater tots.

Cowboy Casserole

Much like our super-loved Shepherd’s Pie Casserole, this recipe never disappoints. If you don’t have ground beef on hand, use whatever meat you have or choose to use! We love easy and versatile casserole recipes like this.

Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, corn, cheese, and sour cream, then topped with delicious tater tots.

Ingredients

  • Tater tots, fully cooked
  • Ground beef
  • Cream of chicken soup
  • Monterey jack cheese (or cheddar cheese)
  • Corn, drained
  • Sour cream
  • Garlic powder
  • Onion powder
  • Salt and pepper
  • Green onions 
Ground beef tater tot casserole

Recipe

This recipe includes layers of a meat mixture topped with baked tater tots. You will need to bake the frozen tater tots before adding them to the casserole pan. Because this is a versatile recipe, you can use whatever meat you have on hand or choose to use (like ground turkey, ground chicken, or your protein of choice).

Ingredients

In a medium skillet, brown ground beef along with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Add ground beef to a large mixing bowl. Add in the corn, cream of chicken, half of the cheese, and sour cream. 

You can also add additional ingredients like cooked bacon, peas, carrots, green chilies, tomatoes, pinto beans, black beans, green chiles, chili powder, or more!

Meat mixture

Now it’s time to assemble the yummy Cowboy Casserole Recipe! Place the creamy and cheesy beef mixture to the bottom of your prepared baking dish. Flatten it evenly with the back of a spoon. Top with warm and crunchy tater tots, lining each one in neat rows. 

Tater tot casserole

Bake the casserole for about 25 minutes. Then, remove it from the oven and sprinkle on the remaining cheese and bake it for a few more minutes. The wonderful flavor of the casserole will begin to make your kitchen smell amazing and everyone will start to feel hungry!

Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, corn, cheese, and sour cream, then topped with delicious tater tots.

Ground Beef Cowboy Casserole Recipe

When done, allow to cool slightly and garnish with chopped green onions. This tater tot casserole isn’t only delicious for dinner, but the leftovers are super tasty too! Store the leftovers in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, corn, cheese, and sour cream, then topped with delicious tater tots.

We love classic comfort food dishes like Taco Casserole that even the pickiest of eaters love. Check out all of our Dinner Recipes to find your next family favorite.

Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, corn, cheese, and sour cream, then topped with delicious tater tots.

Ground beef and vegetables in a creamy sauce topped with golden tater tots, what is there not to love?

Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, corn, cheese, and sour cream, then topped with delicious tater tots.

More Casseroles by The Blogette to Try Next:

  • Cowboy Cornbread Casserole
  • Taco Casserole
  • Chicken Fajita Casserole
  • Dorito Casserole
  • KFC Chicken Bowl Casserole
  • Broccoli Cheese Casserole
  • Sheppard’s Pie Casserole
Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, corn, cheese, and sour cream, then topped with delicious tater tots.

Cowboy Casserole

Cowboy Casserole is an easy and comfort-food dinner with simple ingredients like ground beef, cheese, corn, sour cream, and tater tots.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Equipment

  • 9×13 baking
  • Non-Stick spray
  • skillet
  • Mixing bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups tater tots, fully cooked
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 10 ounce can cream of chicken soup
  • 15 ounce can corn, drained
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 cups Monterey jack cheese
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 2 chopped green onions 
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and prepare a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. 
  • In a large skillet, brown ground beef along with garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper. 
  • Add ground beef to a large mixing bowl. Add in corn, cream of chicken, water, half of the cheese, and sour cream. Mix until well blended. 
  • Add to the bottom of the baking dish and flatten evenly with the back of a spoon.
  • Top with tater tots, lining each one in neat rows. 
  • Place inside the oven and bake for 25 minutes. 
  • Top with the remaining cheese and continue to bake for another 5 minutes. 
  • When done, allow to cool slightly and garnish with chopped green onions before serving. 

Notes

When the dish is done baking, you will maybe notice the liquid boiling under the tater tots. After this dish cools, that liquid thickens to a typical casserole consistency

You may also like

Comments

  1. CAROL ANN REDMON

    January 29, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    SOUNDS AWESOME!!

    Reply
  2. CAROL ANN REDMON

    January 29, 2023 at 8:56 pm

    SOUNDS AWESOME!! PLEASE INCLUDE ME WHEN YOU POST ANY OF YOUR RECIPES!! EMAIL: [email protected]!! YOU DEFINITELY COOK WITH LOTS OF LOVE IN EACH POSTING!!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search for Recipes Here:

Sidebar Headshot

Hello, I'm Kelly Dixon.

I love classic, simple, and delicious comfort food recipes. Fill up bellies on a budget and create smiles with my recipes here on The Blogette. About me
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Copyright © 2023 · The Blogette | Theme by Blog Pixie

Copyright © Kelly Dixon, Inc. All Rights Reserved.