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[kate2357]

I admit it ... I love tater tots and hashbrown potatoes. I could eat 3 or 4 of McDonald hashbrowns in one sitting, if no one was watching.  

I like the larger tater tots from food service that are fried, but I do make the Ore-Ida tater tots at home in the oven. I stumbled on this recipe site and Emily uses her waffle iron to make all sorts of things...including tater tots and cinnamon rolls.

I know my husband would like these on breakfast for dinner night with eggs. I would probably load them up w/ sour cream, chives and salsa.

WAFFLE IRON TATER TOTS - From Emily Fabulous

Ingredients
1½ cups frozen tater tots (about 28)
1 large egg (optional, but highly recommended)

Instructions
Preheat the waffle iron on med-high heat. Place the frozen tater tots in a microwave-safe bowl and defrost for 1 minute. Stir the tots and place them back in the microwave and cook for 2 minutes. They should be unfrozen by now (or mostly). If they are a little mushy, don't worry, they crisp right up in the waffle iron.

Open the hot waffle iron and carefully place the tater tots in the middle, spreading them out in a circle (or square if that is the shape of your waffle maker). Press down the lid as much as you can. As the tater tots cook, you can press down more.

Cook the tater tot waffle for 4-5 minutes. Continue to check on the waffle as it's cooking to make sure it doesn't burn. The tater tots will turn a nice dark brown and should be crispy. Carefully remove the waffle using a fork. Enjoy immediately!

WHAT TO PUT ON TOP OF A TATER TOT WAFFLE
scrambled eggs
bacon
sausage
syrup
ketchup
sour cream and chives

How to load the waffle maker

[Leggett28]

@kate2357  This looks so good 😊 my husband says that I've never met a potato I didn't like 👍 

[Carmie]

That looks interesting.  I never had a McD hash brown or tots.

[MOMMAVik]

I have to bring up my waffle iron from the basement to try these soon!!

[LizzieInSRQ]

@kate2357 The Pioneer Ree Drummond once showed on her show how she took shredded hash broen potatoes ( that are packaged and sold near the dairy and eggs in my store) and puts then in a waffle maker. She put in minced onion i think and some salt and chives i believe. The possibilities would be endless. It would have more texture withe shreds than the tots. Yum.

I should own a waffle maker but i dont. Ive always wanted to made cornbread waffles and serve chili on them. Yum.

[kate2357]

@LizzieInSRQ 

Oh my word .... corn bread waffles w/ chili would be fabulous. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

[kate2357]

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@MOMMAVik wrote:
I have to bring up my waffle iron from the basement to try these soon!!

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@MOMMAVik 

Right ... my waffle maker is pushed way to the back of my pantry ... way down low. Every time I pull it out (all 3 times a year) I wonder why I even have a waffle maker. To make matters worse, I think I asked for it as a Christmas present one year. What WAS I thinking?

[kate2357]

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@Carmie wrote:

That looks interesting.  I never had a McD hash brown or tots.

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@Carmie 

Wat? How is that even possible? LOL.

I am not suggesting anyone rush out and get a McD hashbrown ... all I'm saying is that I will eat them once in awhile ... and that I love the crispy, greasy things.

[LizzieInSRQ]

PS...the best fast food  hash browns, in my opiniom,  are Burger King's. Ore-Ida makes them i think. Called "crowns" 

[kate2357]

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@Leggett28 wrote:

@kate2357  This looks so good 😊 my husband says that I've never met a potato I didn't like 👍 

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@Leggett28 

My husband says the exact same thing about me. Can't say he's wrong.