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Holidays, Fry-Tot-To for Cinco de Mayo!

Are you gearing up for a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta?

HH & I had a little celebration earlier this week so I could share this fun “Fry-Tot-To” recipe

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo  🎉

We were celebrating a picture perfect day on the coast after a severe squall pounded the area a few days before

This poor little bromelaid was almost blown out of it’s pot!

We didn’t have any damage, but Mother Nature had fun rearranging the furniture  💨

You can make the Roasted Corn & Sausage Queso and serve it over potatoes on a sheet pan, or as a dip with potato dippers

But I had a different presentation in mind

Bake the potatoes first and while the potatoes are cooking, throw the queso together, it’s easy peasy

I roasted the corn earlier in the day and cut it off the cob, or you can use leftover grilled corn, canned or frozen corn

Brown the sausage, drain on paper towels, and pour off grease, leaving just a little to brown the garlic

After garlic browns, 1 minute or so, add cream and cream cheese to skillet and stir to melt

Add cheddar

In minutes you will have a creamy dreamy queso

Season to taste with taco seasoning, chili pepper, cayenne pepper, cumin, whatever you prefer

Add sausage, corn back to skillet and jalapênos or green chilies if that’s the way you roll  🌶

Top your cooked potatoes with the corn and sausage queso and return to a 350-400 oven for 15 minutes to heat through

Garnish with corn, scallions and avocado, chopped tomatoes, jalapênos or whatever you desire

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Fry-Tot-To with Roasted Corn and Sausage Queso

French fries and tater tots in a bowl of sausage queso
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American, Tex-Mex
Keyword Cinco de Mayo, Mexican dip, sausage queso, tater tots and french fries, Tex-Mex party dip

Ingredients

  • adjust amounts according to how many you are serving

Fry-Tot-To

  • frozen Tater Tots
  • frozen Krinkle cut fries
  • 2-4 ears corn roasted*
  • Sausage Queso*

Sausage Queso

  • 8 oz hot sausage or chorizo
  • 1 1/2 cups half and half
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 8 oz extra sharp cheddar grated
  • seasoning to taste: taco seasoning cayenne pepper, chili powder, cumin

Garnishes

  • scallions chopped
  • shredded lettuce
  • chopped tomatoes
  • avocado diced
  • black beans
  • jalapeno slices

Instructions

Sausage Queso

  • Brown sausage, remove from pan and drain on paper towels.
  • Pour off all but 1 tsp of grease and quickly saute garlic.
  • Add half and half and cream cheese to pan.
  • Stir in cheddar and heat over medium low heat until melted. Taste. Adjust seasonings to preference.
  • Add sausage and corn back to pan and stir.

Fry Tot-To

  • Bake tater tots and fries on a sheet pan according to package directions.  Sprinkle with salt.
  • Spray a shallow baking dish with cooking spray and layer tots evenly on the bottom.
  • Stand fries up around the edges.
  • Top with a layer of queso, reserving extra queso for another time if it’s more than you need.
  • Bake at 350-400 degrees for 15 minutes to heat through.  Add toppings of choice and serve.
  • or

Notes

This is messy so you will need plates and flatware
Other serving options:
  1. Serve queso in a baking dish with potatoes for dipping
     2. Pour queso over potatoes on sheet pan, garnish and serve with pan wrapped in   a large pretty towel
*to roast corn:
husk corn and place in oil sprayed pan, cover and bake at 400 for 45 minutes

We enjoyed salsa and chips with our Fry-Tot-To also

You can spice this dish up as much as you like

We also had refreshing faux margaritas, ice water filled margarita glasses with double lime

Spice things up a little this weekend!

Olé !

💃   🌶   🌵   🎉   🥑   🌽

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Lori’s Culinary Creations,   Moonlight and Mason Jars

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