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    Home » Savory Baking » Baked Tater Tots | Kids Friendly Snacks

    Baked Tater Tots | Kids Friendly Snacks

    Posted on February 4, 2016 · Last Updated on September 20, 2024 · By Srividhya G · 34 Comments

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     Tater Tots – A kid’s friendly potato snack. According to wiki, Tater is the abbreviation of potato. There are two reasons for naming it as tater tots – as it is served for toddlers or could be because of their bite size.  These bite sized snacks have the good of potatoes and cheese. It can’t go wrong right? It is pretty much similar to Aloo tikki without cheese.

    Pretty much all the kids here in US would have tasted this simple and yummy snack. It is very common in school lunch cafeterias. This was served as lunch side in one of the preschools that kiddo went to. These are deep-fried grated potatoes but instead of frying I went with baking. Even with baking it came out crispy and kiddo wiped the plate clean in no time and asked for second serving.

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    Here is the recipe,

    Ingredients:

    • Medium sized potatoes – 6
    • Cheese of your choice – a handful
    • Salt – ¾ tsp (adjust according the cheese variety and to your taste)
    • Onion Powder – 1 tsp
    • Paprika – ¼ tsp (You can also use black pepper powder)
    • Oil for spraying

    Steps:

    • Preheat the oven to 350 degree F and place a parchment sheet or aluminium foil on baking tray and grease it generously and set aside.
    • I microwaved the potatoes in the potato mode. (I have the potato setting)
    • Basically we need to boil the potatoes. You can do it in your comfortable way.
    • Let it cool down and peel the skin and mash them.
    • Now onion powder, paprika and mix well.

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    • Then add the cheese and mix again.

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    • Now start making small cylindrical shapes or round shapes or any shape of your choice.

    ReadyToBeBaked

    • Place these tater tots in the baking tray and bake them for 20 minutes on one side.

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    • After 20 minutes, let it cool for couple of minutes so that you can easily flip them over.
    • Now flip them and bake again at 350 degree F for 15 more minutes are until they turn crisp.

    AfterBaking

    That’s it. Baked tater tots are ready. Serve hot with ketchup.

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    Notes:

    • As I mentioned boil the potatoes in your comfortable method.
    • Adjust the salt depending upon the cheese you use. (I used the organic Mexican blend for this)
    • To this you can add chat masala, mint and play with the flavors.

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    Baked Tater Tots

    Baked version of the bite sized traditional tater tots. These kids friendly snacks have the good of potatoes and cheese.
    Prep Time20 minutes mins
    Cook Time35 minutes mins
    Total Time55 minutes mins
    Calories:
    Author: Srividhya G

    Ingredients

    • Medium sized potatoes – 6
    • Cheese of your choice – a hanful
    • Salt – ¾ tsp adjust according the cheese variety and to your taste
    • Onion Powder – 1 tsp
    • Paprika – ¼ tsp You can also use black pepper powder
    • Oil for spraying

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350 degree F and place a parchment sheet or aluminium foil on baking tray and grease it generously and set aside.
    • [I microwaved the potatoes in the potato mode. (I have the potato setting)]
    • Basically we need to boil the potatoes. You can do it in your comfortable way.
    • Let it cool down and peel the skin and mash them.
    • Now onion powder, paprika and mix well.
    • Then add the cheese and mix again.
    • Now start making small cylindrical shapes or round shapes or any shape of your choice.
    • Place these tater tots in the baking tray and bake them for 20 minutes on one side.
    • After 20 minutes, let it cool for couple of minutes so that you can easily flip them over.
    • Now flip them and bake again at 350 degree F for 15 more minutes are until they turn crisp.
    • That’s it. Baked tater tots are ready. Serve hot with ketchup.

    Notes

    As I mentioned boil the potatoes in your comfortable method.
    Adjust the salt depending upon the cheese you use. (I used the organic Mexican blend for this)
    To this you can add chat masala, mint and play with the flavors.

    I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.

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    Filed Under: Savory Baking, Snacks / Appetizers Tagged With: baked potatoes, Baked Snacks, Kids Friendly Snacks

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    Comments

    1. harini says

      February 18, 2016 at 6:53 am

      Perfect snack for the kids.

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 18, 2016 at 7:45 am

        Yup..Thanks

        Reply
    2. Mireille Roc (@ChefMireille) says

      February 13, 2016 at 9:11 am

      this healthy baked version looks great

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 15, 2016 at 8:54 pm

        Thanks Chef.

        Reply
    3. gayathriraani says

      February 13, 2016 at 12:21 am

      Baked version of tater tots looks so yum. My kid would love this..

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 15, 2016 at 8:55 pm

        Thanks :-)

        Reply
    4. Pavani says

      February 10, 2016 at 8:50 am

      Wow those tater tots look so inviting and addictive. My kids will devour those.

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 10, 2016 at 7:09 pm

        Thanks :-)

        Reply
    5. Ruchisvegkitchen says

      February 09, 2016 at 3:54 pm

      Yummy…. kids and adults all will love it

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 09, 2016 at 5:51 pm

        Thanks Ruchi.

        Reply
    6. Chitra Jagadish says

      February 09, 2016 at 2:33 pm

      Looks so delightful Sri…

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 09, 2016 at 5:51 pm

        Thanks Chitra.

        Reply
    7. Nalini says

      February 08, 2016 at 6:54 pm

      Guilt free and addictive snack..baked version sounds healthy too.

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 09, 2016 at 8:25 am

        Yup.. thanks yaar

        Reply
    8. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      February 08, 2016 at 7:48 am

      Guilt free version of the very popular snack! I would not mind eating a few from my kids plate :)

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 08, 2016 at 9:06 am

        oh yeah.. me too

        Reply
    9. Sowmya:) says

      February 06, 2016 at 7:00 am

      These look delicious….forget toddlers, I will grab them too!

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 06, 2016 at 5:30 pm

        he he .. very true

        Reply
    10. Priya Suresh says

      February 06, 2016 at 5:05 am

      Give me a plate, i can ahve this guilt free tater tots without any fuss..That too baked version, loving it.

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 06, 2016 at 5:31 pm

        I wish I could send some.. Thanks Priya

        Reply
    11. Srivalli says

      February 06, 2016 at 2:56 am

      Wow knowing how much oil this will drink, baking is a wonderful option!

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 06, 2016 at 5:32 pm

        yeah very true. Thanks Srivalli.

        Reply
    12. Traditionally Modern Food says

      February 05, 2016 at 3:44 pm

      can someone say no for potatoes.. yum

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 05, 2016 at 7:54 pm

        Yup.. True :-)

        Reply
    13. cookingwithsapana says

      February 05, 2016 at 12:25 pm

      Bake tater tots looks perfect even for us to try some.

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 05, 2016 at 1:09 pm

        Thanks Sapana.

        Reply
    14. Rajesh sharma says

      February 05, 2016 at 3:01 am

      oooh not just kids even grown ups will love them i am sure

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 05, 2016 at 8:09 am

        oh yeah absolutely

        Reply
    15. kushigalu says

      February 04, 2016 at 7:38 pm

      I can finish off this one in no time. YUM!

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 05, 2016 at 8:11 am

        he he yeah me too. Thanks

        Reply
    16. Varada says

      February 04, 2016 at 4:34 pm

      Beautiful golden brown. Not surprised that they were all gone quickly.

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 05, 2016 at 8:13 am

        ha ha thanks varada.

        Reply
    17. usha says

      February 04, 2016 at 4:17 pm

      Baked version of tots have turned out pretty good and it is a keeper recipe of the kiddo asked for second serving. ?

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        February 05, 2016 at 8:09 am

        :-) :-) Thanks Usha

        Reply

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