baked sweet potato parmesan tater tots

The most excellent Baked (extra crispy) Sweet Potato Parmesan Tater Tots. Made merely with candy potatoes, parmesan cheese, butter, recent herbs, lots of flaky sea salt and black pepper. Each homemade, oven-baked tater tot is delicious…and quite wholesome too. The secret? Rolling the mashed candy potatoes in Panko bread crumbs for a crispy at the outside, mushy at the interior tater tot. Once the tots are out of the oven, drizzle with herb butter. SO GOOD. Serve these crispy candy potato parmesan tater tots with ketchup. Or just merely take pleasure in them warm proper out of the oven as is. Best autumn appetizer, edge dish, or game-day snack!

INGREDIENTS 4 medium candy potatoes 1 cup grated parmesan cheese kosher salt and black pepper 1 clove garlic, grated 2 cups Panko bread crumbs 2 teaspoons chipotle or typical chili powder extra virgin olive oil, for brushing 4 tablespoons salted butter 2 tablespoons recent thyme leaves 1 tablespoon chopped recent parsley 2 teaspoons chopped recent sage INSTRUCTIONS 1. Preheat the oven to 425 ranges F. Prick the candy potatoes throughout with a fork. Bake straight at the rack till tender, 50-60 minutes. Allow to cool. 2. Once cool use your arms to peel away the candy potatoes skin. It ought to just just slip off. Place the potatoes in a medium-size bowl and mash well. Stir within the parmesan cheese, garlic, and a pinch every one of salt and pepper. 3. Combine the Panko and chili powder in a shallow bowl. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 4. Scoop about 1 tablespoon of the candy potato out of the bowl, roll appropriate into a cylinder and region at the ready baking sheet. Repeat with the ultimate candy potato mix. The candy potato combination will probably be wet, do no longer stress, the form doesn't ought to be perfect. Roll the candy potato cylinders within the crumbs to coat and region again on to the baking sheet. Lightly brush/mist every one tot with olive oil. Transfer to the oven and bake for 15 minutes, flip and bake one other 10-15 minutes or till golden and crisp. 5. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the herbs and prepare dinner 30 seconds, till fragrant. Drizzle the butter over the tots. Serve the tots warm, with ketchup and extra herbs, if desired. INSTANT POT 1. Preheat the oven to 425 ranges F. Prick the candy potatoes throughout with a fork. In the bowl of your instantaneous pot, combine the potatoes and 1 1/2 cups water. Cover and prepare dinner on excessive pressure/manual for 10 minutes. Once carried out cooking, use the herbal or fast launch role and launch the steam. Drain the potatoes. RECIPE NOTES To Make Ahead: the tots might be made as a lot as four days forward of time. To warm, just region the tots on a baking sheet and warm in a 400 stage oven for 10-15 minutes. Serve as directed.  To Freeze: bake the tots as directed via step 5. Allow to cool, then freeze on a baking sheet for 1-2 hours, till frozen. Transfer to a freezer secure container and freeze for as a lot as four months. To warm, bake the frozen tots at 400 ranges for 15-20 minutes, till warmed throughout. You can drizzle the tots in herb butter earlier than of after freezing, it would no longer matter.

But then, what’s to no longer love? Oven-baked candy potato tater tots with herbs, garlic, and butter. Plus crispy Panko bread crumbs, and oh my gosh…parmesan too! The greatest meals all collectively in a lovely little tater tot. Funny enough, it is a really vintage recipe. Yes, it’s really a recipe from the primary yr of HBH that I majorly adjusted and reworked. I appear again at a few of my tremendous vintage recipes. The ones from the early, early days of HBH, and marvel how I ever got this far. Man, these recipes…

ovehead picture of Sweet Potatoes earlier than being coating in bread crumbs
Let’s just say that whereas a few of them are wonderful and delicious, a few of them also desire a few severe re-working.

Which is what I did with these tater tots, and it was completely price the effort. These are practically excellent in every one way. Crunchy at the outside, mushy and pillowy at the inside. Hinted with recent herbs and garlic, and seasoned just proper with chili powder, salt, and pepper. Delicious.

overhead picture of candy potato tots being rolled in bread crumbs
Here’s how I make these candy potato parmesan tater tots.

To soon prepare dinner the candy potatoes I completely LOVE utilizing my instantaneous pot. Instead of cooking the potatoes within the oven for an hour plus, I merely throw them into the instantaneous pot for 10 minutes. They pop out perfectly tender every one single time. Using the instantaneous pot to prepare dinner vegetables like it is one in all my greatest time-saving tricks.

Of course, in the event you happen to don’t own an instantaneous pot, you possibly can just roast the potatoes within the oven. This works just as well, it just takes somewhat extra prep time.

Baked Sweet Potato Parmesan Tater Tots earlier than baking
Once the potatoes have roasted and are tremendous tender, mash them with freshly grated parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, and pepper. Slightly cool the mix, then merely scoop out tablespoon-size balls and roll in Panko bread crumbs seasoned with chili powder. I discovered it useful to first scoop the potato blend out by tablespoonfuls and region every one onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. As the potato mounds sit, they agency up somewhat and turn out to be a lot simpler to roll via the Panko crumbs.

Baked Sweet Potato Parmesan Tater Tots after baking
The trick proper the following isn't to stress. Your tater tots won't appear like excellent cylinders, and also you guys, that’s OK. All that subjects is which you just coat the potatoes within the bread crumbs. Promise, as soon as baked the tater tots are going to appear great…and style vast too.

Before baking, brush (or spray) every one tater tot with olive oil. This will guarantee a good golden coloring at the outdoor of every tot.

side angled picture of Baked Sweet Potato Parmesan Tater Tot sitting in ketchup
While the tots are baking, melt collectively the butter and recent herbs, then drizzle the pleasant and cozy herb butter overtop.

So darn good. Crunchy at the outside, mushy at the inside, buttery, herby, and seasoned just perfectly. Every little tater tot is a delicious bite.

These are greatest served warm, both as is or with ketchup. Honestly, they’re so delicious both way. I’m caution you now, these tots are addicting. But they’re also healthy…ish, so it’s cool. I’m excited to now have this recipe in my again pocket for upcoming Sunday recreation days, or even vacation parties. They’re successful with everyone, even the kids.

And if you’re in search of extra of a meal, attempt pairing the tater tots with these smoky chipotle cheddar burgers.

PS. with all of my family…and then some…currently in town, issues are getting loopy over here, so the relaxation of the week’s posts will probably be at the shorter end. Normalcy will (hopefully) return subsequent week as soon as issues settle down a bit, thanks on your patience!

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