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Monday, August 5, 2013

Homemade Tater Tots


I guess my brother and I have been feeling nostalgic lately because it seems all my posts are foods from my childhood. Homemade always beats store bought and tater tots are no exception.  
I remember being allowed to be home alone when I was about 12 or 13 years-old while my brother was 5 or 6 and we be allowed to bake frozen tater tots or curly fries for our lunch; let me say it was a BIG DEAL. I felt very grown up preheating the oven to 375, then delicately spreading the fries evenly over a pan. I had it down to a science because if a curly fry or a tater tot god forbid touched another it would ruin the whole batch and the crispness would be sacrificed. 
So as you can see I take my tater tots and curly fries very seriously and I don't play games. I can’t take full credit for this recipe, it was a joint effort by my brother and me and honestly it would not be the same without him. Part of the childhood nostalgia was eating our tater tots together with loads of ketchup.
And that’s exactly what we did after we cooked our homemade version, except we didn’t use quite as much ketchup.

Ingredients
3 medium potatoes finely shredded
1 egg
Salt and pepper
1 tsp of garlic powder
1 tsp Italian season
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
2 tbs of grated mixed cheese
Oil for shallow pan frying
Directions
Mix all ingredients together with hands, mixture should be on the wet side. Make balls shaped like tater tots, if it is too wet add a little gluten free flour mix. 
Lightly pan fry, DO NOT crowd the pan. Brown 6 sides to get optimal crispiness and to resemble tater tot shapes! 

Enjoy,
~T 

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