Tater Tot Hotdish

Tater tot hotdish is a classic Midwestern treat, and I highly recommend you make it. And it’s a hotdish, NOT a casserole, there is a difference and anyone living in Minnesota can explain it, as I do here… This is comfort food nirvana. People of America, pull this recipe out at your next potluck or dinner party and I guarantee your friends will love it.
Get the recipe here: andrewzimmern....
Thank you to our sponsors:
Shun Knives: shun.kaiusa.com/
Flor de Caña Rum: flordecana.com/

[@ureallyannoyme]

My family was poor, and I used baby sitting money to buy ingredients for tuna noodle casserole. It’s still one of my favorite dishes, and it reminds me how I helped care for my younger siblings. Make a box of Mac and cheese, toss in a can of tuna, throw in some mushroom soup and peas, top with tots, bake until tots are brown, eat hot and bubbling.

[@aarizansari294]

Noob

[@ariannasaucedo1152]

Yesss weve had this too! nothing like a poor man's meal 🥰

[@veeherreraJanecka]

Love your story. You’re an amazing sister too. 😊

[@sandraolsen6596]

I always made this , but never added tater tots that sounds wonderful!! Just made it again 2 days ago with aldi's mac and cheese and had left over cooked chicken cut up. It was differently a bump up with cheese sauce in the pouch instead of powder cheese still no tater tots, but didn't know about adding something like that , it will be difently more hardy and filling, will have to try it. Already know I will love it. Sandy from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA 🎉 ❤ 😊😊😊

[@jefferyneu3915]

I love to see an incredible chef of your caliber can see the value of canned cream of mushroom/chicken/celery! Well done Chef Zimmern!❤️

[@Voxphyle]

Didn't realize this guy became a Minnesotan.. well, we're glad to have him. Good on him for sharing this piece of Minnesota.

[@barryrickert6544]

uh oh!! Price sticker on spoon bottom!! That'll add some fiber! (:

[@cherriaydelotte8327]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!!

[@davidb9547]

My version has onion soup mix in the meat with the mushroom soup. Mixed vegetables instead of green beans.

[@robertvaleri1844]

Lately my favorite thing is lighting up a J watching you cook while I hope to copy your skill...which I won’t be able to, but still. Cheers to you! Miss you on travel.

[@user-rp6pl9th2v]

I was raised in Minnesota and I never put green beans in my Hot dish, green beans are for green bean casserole. Love the idea ❤

[@quiklids]

Grew up in Minnesota, this being one of the first dinners I ever made. Only thing different was we always used a large can of Veg-all instead of frozen green beans. We also used a layer of shredded cheese (hand shredded) before the tots. Saving a little cheese for the top. Not too much, gotta make sure those tots get crispy! Crystal hot sauce? If it wasn’t Tabasco, it must be imported! THATS fancy😆

[@dragshoe9339]

I loved the story of Andrew trying to impress the family by making a higher quality, fresher version of hotdish and being rebuffed by them. It reminds me of that scene in Joe Dirt when Joe drives to the security guards shack at the movie studios, and tries to say his name is Joe Dirté. "Don't try to church in up, son, it's Dirt" I also laughed out loud at the "John Quincy Adams shit" comment. This type of comfort food is magic because you can make a tasty meal from the freezer and the pantry without needing anything fresh. Pantry meals are a working people's necessity. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

[@thefibergoddess6771]

My take about this being 'The Food of Minnesota' is that every region of this country has a 'The Food' that developed due to the people who settled in that region and the food that was available. I'm from NE and a clam/lobster bake is generally considered our regional food. Then you get into the different state food. This dish looks delicious and I love that it only takes 2 dishes to complete!

[@timivers8823]

In the oven now. Thanks for the video! The family is excited.

[@MaryWehmeier]

Andrew you-- You nearly made me cry happy tears. Hamburger hotdish and Funeral Potatoes are my favorite foods. Well-- maybe other than a delicious pork tenderloin sandwich. Love seeing you give this historical classic the props it deserves. Happy Holidays!

[@danielngubane7630]

Daniel Ngubane from South Africa here! Love watching your show with my mom, gonna be watching your KZbin channel from now😎

[@marybk882]

Life long Minnesota here. We mix our layers together, except, of course, the tots! They get layered on top. All cooked together in a deep cast iron skillet. Yum.

[@NoahLeFord]

Well he got the recipe & his information on hotdishes from his lifelong Minnesota in laws so I don't think there's a clear one or the other as the "right way"

[@jekku4688]

Came for the tater tots, stayed for the OMG IS THAT ANDREW ZIMMERN WITH A BEARD?!?

[@justinsmall756]

my dad makes a dish i love you take cream chicken soup chicked breast one per person put soup and chicken in oven pan glass is best onion garlic power salt and pepper to taste bake at 450 for one hour make some rice on your stove 15 min rice will do then once its all cooked take out the chicken and plate mix the rice with the hot soup then plate everyone thats tryed it cleans the plate but whats so good is you can change the meat to beef or pork if you like and the soup can be any cream soup you like and you can even change the rice out for fryed or mashed potatos it never goes wrong as long as you spice it right it will always be good

[@lilyflores7018]

Andrew we love you!!!! all the way from Idaho, God bless you!!! BTW, love your beard!

[@laurenschenck5355]

I am definitely making that Andrew! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@AromaticVendor]

Speaking of MN restaurants, Haute Dish - when it was open - had an amazing "deconstructed" version of this with braised short rib. I miss that place :/

[@PikachuuNinja]

I remember seeing you a while ago!! So glad I found this video! It looks absolutely delicious, and I'm now gonna subscribe!! Love your demeanor!! 😁 Feels like we're just hanging out!

[@cherriaydelotte8327]

Hi Andrew, I’m late to the game in viewing this video…sorry. I love dishes like this. Thanks 😉 Will you please do an authentic Pastie recipe??? My in-laws were from Iron Mountain and my mother-in-law taught me how to make them ( years ago!!!) but she has passed and I really need to find that recipe again!!! I hope you can help me out😉 Thanks 😊

[@josephblakeley3718]

I made this dish and am really glad I did, amazingly simple and amazingly tasty. only issue was the tots did not get crispy enough, I think next time I'll do 60 minutes at 450.

[@devolvedmutant]

19:00 would've been a perfect spot to mention your oven temp along with the 40-45 minutes. .... and the price sticker still on the spoon 22:14+. :) Priceless! (pun intended) Carry on,, brother of the beard. You're rockin' it.

[@laurenschenck5355]

Happy Friday Andrew! Have great weekend 🥰🥰

[@keganwallace8753]

I enjoy cooking fancy meals but this type of cooking makes me the most happy.

[@RyanAdamKennedy]

*Adds 1/2 tsp dried thyme Minnesotans: "Oh, that's too fancy."

[@richshelton7303]

I was making something very similar to this 30 years ago as a bachelor. Can't go wrong with it.

[@rayjaurique]

The awesome apron! And Long live Shun knives!

[@ravenfury77]

Omfg! I have made this dish with hamburger and Italian sausage. Added a few spoon fulls of corn, just for the color. I make a BBQ and hot sauce mix that I put on top of mine. As always great content. Have been watching you cooking in front of a camera for 9 years. You never disappoint. Thank you for all you, and your team do, to bring a smile to us on these stressful times.

[@chadesser7779]

When I make this in Kentucky, I tell people to put on what you would put on a cheeseburger and fries. Katchup, mustard, and pickles. When people take a bite, they say it tastes like a white castle dish. Oh, the onions are a must, but I lay off all the other vegetables.

[@iamzombie]

Metal spoon on the non-stick cookware?!?! Zimmern you monster!

[@rAyBieS25]

be better Zimmern!

[@cherriaydelotte8327]

🤣🤣🤣 The thing is @iamzombie that it won’t hurt the newer pans like it did before. Especially the more prominent brands. However, it was funny and I get it😁👍

[@jfbaker5351]

Reminds me of what we have here in Québec which is the "pâté chinois" (chinese pâté) which is not Chinese at all. It is a layered hot dish: 1- ground beef & onions, 2- corn, and 3- mashed potatoes. Ketchup is pretty much mandatory.

[@TheIdahogrl]

Thanks for the shoutout to hotsauce made in Idaho, from this Idahoan. 🤗

[@beecampbell5903]

4 kids in our family. We were rather poor. My mom made this once a week and we loved it. The only difference was she added shredded cheese before the tots went on. We liked it with ranch too .

[@dianeboettcher5775]

Our family adds shredded cheese before the tot layer. Healthy? Nah. Comfort food? Yeah!

[@cherriaydelotte8327]

👍Yummer’s!!!😋👍😁

[@ering2984]

In Oklahoma the wagon weal dish is made with cornbread instead of biscuit mix.

[@kaypryor2594]

I just found your show on you tube and was glad to see you cooking again. Your beard looks great. It is very becoming and you wear it well.

[@ajoliver74]

Does it really change it when you layer instead of mixing the sou, meat and green beans? Texas - Is mixed...tots still are a topping, added bacon in and on top, Velveta melted and mixed in, with shredded cheese on top.

[@tracierosser8631]

Did I hear that correctly? New show in January?! AND it’s outdoors! Flannel! YES!!!

[@Nick-gi6ym]

Can’t wait to see your hot sauce collection. thank you

[@kristenmontag5266]

I’ve always mixed everything together and put extra tots on top. This layer thing isn’t traditional MN hotdish. It all tastes the same but trust me, mixing it is also good and it’s absolutely “hotdish.” Native MN girl here.

[@lizholmes176]

right on...me too

[@troykurz9615]

Great to see you on KZbin Andrew, I'm going to have to try this. Have you tried venison backstrap cooked in Campbell's mushroom soup? It's the best.

[@sarahpirkle8847]

Looking at him today , u wood never know he was homeless at one time , it's really amazing , I'm from Rome Ga , and I will try this myself ,

[@markiangooley]

I’m fascinated by Tater Tots. Invented by Ore-Ida (supposedly the founders were involved) as a way to make a valuable product out of potato scraps left over from the manufacture of frozen French fries. Why sell scraps on the cheap as animal feed when they can be sold for as much as the actual fries? They took a batch to a food convention for people to try and they were an instant hit. Wikipedia has much of this. They also say that sales were slow until Ore-Ida raised the price: people perceived Tater Tots as valueless when the price reflected their origin from a by-product.

[@kathyhepler382]

This dish, yummy!!!! I love your beard!!!!!

[@jaym1301]

Almost every casserole I've ever cooked or eaten has been layered, not mixed together. I'm from Washington State. My mom used to make a Spanish rice casserole with layers of rice, tomato sauce, gound beed and corn kernels with strips of bacon on top that wee raw and cooked while the casserole was baking so weren't crunchy.

[@jaym1301]

My tuna noodle casserole is layers of al dente flat egg noodles, a layer of tuna mixed with cream of mushroom soup and cooked peas with oregano, alternating and finishing with the tuna/peas/CoM mixture (with cracker or potato chip crumbs on top. Casseroles are layered not stirred together.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

True (edit) Midwesterners love a good hot dish, and those microscopic marshmallows in almost any dessert, and salad.

[@usngunr]

The first time I had hot dish we were in a little tavern my client took me too. We walked into the tavern and one of the guys said "Check out that hot dish!" very excitedly. I looked around for the hot chick. Nope, tater tots. LOL. Hotdish and Grain Belt, it's what's for lunch. 😁

[@TaraKaos]

Hey grew up in Minnesota but my wife has gluten allergies is there an easy way to make it without the soup?

[@kristenmontag5266]

I use Progresso Cream of Mushroom soup-no gluten. It’s soupier than condensed but still works.

[@DopeFreshFitness]

is it just me or did he not mention temp for the oven?

[@philomelodia]

Flor de caña is a very underrated rum. It’s delicious with pineapple Fanta. And some ice.

[@SloppyMouthJoey]

I'm sitting here watching for 8 mins and didn't realize it was Andrew with a beard 😂 😂. You forgot to take the barcode sticker of the serving spoon.

[@sparkybluefox]

Looks Great ! SBF

[@choonchun1]

About the hot sauce. Have you ever tried Sambal sauce? It's Vietnamese ground chili sauce with a lot less vinegar and no sugar. In your grocer's Asian food section. Give it a try--you'll love it.

[@phyllisalexander7644]

Dear Andrew, I love everything you do. I've followed you for a long time. Today I'm watching you on utube. You made a taters tot holding. You said "Crystal" hot sauce is your favorite hot sauce. That is the connection we have. Crystal is my favorite also. Thanks for all you do. Jeri Whittaker 4/1/2022 Near Athens, Ga.

[@phyllisalexander7644]

Hotdish, sorry.

[@coreygilles847]

This looks so dang tasty

[@timothstephenson4932]

Great thing about this dish is there is no set recipe. There are so many ways to make it.

[@StenyGaming]

I feel like Andy can't get his thoughts out fast enough to actually answer the question. Not shaming anyone here I do the same but in this video because of my past I find myself talking to the screen? "Well yeah that's because... " Or waving my hand in the air "I know the answer to that!" Good job. I watched the entire video.

[@fyrekrystaal27]

For the wagon wheel casserole could you use cornbread instead of bisquick?

[@laurenschenck5355]

OMG LOOKS SOOO YUMMY

[@sparkybluefox]

Another view.... still Looking great !

[@abbottjune1791]

I believe it’s more casserole in Minnesota. The meat and cream soup and mixed vegetables are mixed together and then the tots go in the top.

[@geofferywhedbee9047]

19:01 ... Kids...Just say "No" to crack......LOL....Luv ya Zimmern. Watch your shows on Cooking channel religiously.

[@laurenschenck5355]

You make best FOOD 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@simonagree4070]

Flor de Cana is my all time favorite rum! Sadly, we don't seem to have it here in Washington state.

[@thatfishindude5459]

In Ohio this called Tater Tot Casseole. It’s delicious

[@oncenterline]

Correction: That pan USED to have a non-stick coating....

[@norvilynmiguelfernandeztea39]

Wow

[@ericchiu165]

Great Food 👍🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

[@okebangchannel]

Wow, cool guys 👍😇😇

[@freedomson1]

I will be making that!

[@amangogna68]

Delicious !

[@gnostic268]

Looks yummy

[@stephaniejohnson3341]

I personally love the beard!

[@RevenantEternal]

You look a bit like the great Michael Stipe from R.E.M. Loving the beard

[@buffiecar]

Yum! With picky eaters in this house, we don't taint it with vegetables. The horror.😲 Cream of Bacon works good too. Where is the cheese?? I was thinking you had a Hemingway look about you. ❤

[@yangpentighepyy9860]

Ruagan menarik 👍

[@tombales8538]

Hot dish here in Wisconsin is thought as closer to a soup.

[@gingergargoyle]

When planning a Pot Luck - you are likely to have at least 3 TTHD by 3 different guests, it is not unusual for the host(ess) to ASSIGN the dish to someone ... My mother said the dish started during rashening during WW2 because it could feed a lot of people on only a few points

[@marianahernandez4679]

As a person born and raised in Minnesota who moved to New York, it’s funny to hear the thing about neighbors… my favorite neighbor in St. Paul was a Somali man who never spoke to me but we would occasionally shovel each other’s door…knowing your neighbors is overrated

[@NadiaSeesIt]

I would expect that attitude from someone who moved to new york.

[@TheDWZemke]

I love your videos. I make a spegetty cassarol with sourcream (I buy in bulk and need to use it all up befor ex...date).. I just made this dish for my daughter's today. You know, it is good when you are on the Keto diet and you still need to make this dish for others...!!!!!

[@honeyfromthebee]

Am I the only one confused by the shelf installed in front of the window?

[@octavio3839]

i love tater tots :)

[@Mrbink01]

Barcode is still on the spoon??

[@eliberdinner4808]

Until I saw your name I thought Paul Giamatti had made a random cooking video.

[@tinaanderson7283]

I grew up not knowing just about everyone made tater tot hotdish with cream of mushroom. That's not the soup my family used. I have my own variation as well.

[@dan797]

I just make a shepherds pie

[@klagger07]

Still got the barcode on that serving spoon bud!

[@travispalmer9884]

Crystal!

[@gregorysexton749]

Does the pan get scratched with the metal spoon?

[@JT-py9lv]

You need to watch Joe Jenson. He has 3 YT channels. He makes Taco Hotdish

[@DCL26]

What are some good name brands for Tater Tots? You look great and different with the beard, Mr Zimmern.

[@sigihood3932]

Hi cheese is missing for one layer I think 🧀🧸♥️❤️

[@dominicgermano6034]

Looks so much better with no beard!

[@pasha8418]

Beards are natural and beautiful.even though they might need a little grooming first :)

[@dominicgermano6034]

@@pasha8418 completely agree!! I have a beard..lol...but I love Andrew without in my opinion

[@JessHull]

is the audio off or is my computer whacking out?

[@user-mp4wh7qz3h]

What temp?

[@RodneyJonelle]

Not a casserole, got it.

[@user-rp6pl9th2v]

What temp???

[@AhriElectroMagicPen]

You are my idol

[@Tawnii]

Yes, you look like Matisyahu 😀