Sloppy Tots

These Sloppy Joe Tater Tots aka Sloppy Tots are such an easy dinner idea! Customize with your favorite toppings and sauces. Great with ground turkey or chicken too!

This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Hot Eats and Cool Reads may receive a small commission for Amazon purchases made through these links at no cost to you. Thanks for your support!

Looking for more recipes, books, food and travel fun? Follow me!

Subscribe by Email, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Recipe Group!

CLICK TO PIN THIS RECIPE FOR LATER

This recipe was photographed and updated 6/2024.

Thanks so much for supporting a small business and visiting our family owned blog 💕

Shopping list:

• your favorite sloppy joe meat (we use mom's sloppy joes)
• tater tots
• shredded cheddar cheese
• shredded lettuce
• tomatoes
• red onion

Sloppy Tots have been a favorite at our house for years! It's an easy and affordable meal, and everyone can pick their own toppings or sauces depending on what they love!

Use your favorite sloppy joe recipe, grab a bag of tater tots or tater rounds and dinner is on the table in less than 30 minutes! It's super kid friendly and it's great for lunch or dinner any day of the week. It's also an easy party food! Keep your sloppy joe meat in a slow cooker, put your toppings in bowls and bake sheet pans of tater tots in the oven.

We've also prepped our sloppy joe meat on a Sunday evening, and when someone needs lunch or dinner, they can throw some tater tots in the air fryer, heat the sloppy joe meat, and have an individual meal in minutes!

We love using ground beef for easy meals at our house! These Ground Beef and Bean Tostadas,  Hamburger Hash or these Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps are always favorites!

Keep scrolling for the full printable recipe 💙

You can add or substitute with these ingredients:

• use ground turkey or chicken instead of beef
• use baked potatoes or french fries instead of tater tots
• use any shredded cheese instead of cheddar (pepper jack is great)
• add your favorite sauce
• use spinach instead of lettuce
• use green onion instead of red

Recipe tips:

• Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to two days. 

• Freshly shredded cheese is always recommended for better taste and melt.

• The air fryer is our favorite way to make tater tots. We usually season them with seasoned salt for this recipe. We prefer Tater Rounds instead of tots.

Yield 6 servings

Author Hot Eats and Cool Reads

Prep time

5 Min

Cook time

20 Min

Total time

25 Min

Sloppy Tots

Ingredients

• 1 pound sloppy joe meat
• 1 - 30 ounce bag tater tots
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce
• 1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes
• 1 cup diced red onion

Instructions

1. Prepare the tater tots according to package directions.
2. Meanwhile, prepare your sloppy joe meat.
3. Place tater tots on a plate. Top with meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and onion.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

400.67

Fat

26.67 g

Sat. Fat

8.36 g

Carbs

24.34 g

Fiber

2.43 g

Net carbs

19.37 g

Sugar

1.43 g

Protein

24.79 g

Sodium

1192.78 mg

Cholesterol

76.63 mg

Hot Eats and Cool Reads is not responsible for the outcome of any recipe you try from this blog/website. You may not always have the same results due to variations in ingredients, humidity, altitude, cooking temperatures, typos, errors, omissions, or individual cooking abilities. 

You are solely responsible for ensuring that any nutritional information provided is accurate, complete, and useful. I am not a certified nutritionist and make no claims to the contrary. Each individual's dietary needs and restrictions are unique to the individual.

Looking for more recipes, books, food and travel fun? Follow me!

Subscribe by Email, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Recipe Group!