Crispy Loaded Tater Tots | Totchos

[Music] what's good everybody and welcome back to my channel smoking and grilling with me av now check it out i know you guys read that title right so listen i don't know how to say tots without like really laughing you know i'm getting ready to make some loaded tops right i'm gonna make it two ways one of the things about this is i'm gonna show you like an easy way to throw them in the oven just you know do whatever you got to do once they come out of the oven we can put them together and then i'm gonna show you how to make them we're gonna turn them over the top so without me over talking it i just want to go ahead break into these ingredients and let's get it now you see these ingredients right listen you don't even need okay half is for one way half is for the other i'm gonna start off by showing the simple way this right here i'm gonna be doing these in my you know my little small cast iron skillet okay so what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna do them in this you guys gonna probably put them on a baking sheet right and that'll be these tater tots so we got tater tots going inside of this we're gonna sprinkle some this is just already ready-made uh it's a mexican blend of shredded cheese of course we got to have you know we got to have some bacon because we said they loaded so you got to sprinkle that bacon on there and then right here i got a package right this is a package of that uh hidden rally listen hidden valley you know these are for your dips right so this is your chive and onion and that'll go in your sour cream now that'll be like the easy way now when you want to make it and go over the top this is what we're going to do now you see this right here just that black cheese this melts much better we're gonna make a cheese sauce then right here you see i got some diced onions these diced onions right here i'm gonna use these because we're gonna saute these down we're gonna sprinkle these over the top and then instead of putting these in the oven what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna show you right now i got my deep fryer i'm gonna go ahead and deep fry them and get that nice you know that real crisp on them and go from there listen and then we're gonna go ahead chop some of these up and look how healthy these are i gotta say heads up to my local market right here man cause they have some nice green onions anyway i'm gonna chop these up and we're gonna put them on top and then we're gonna decorate them super easy it's up to you if you want to go over the top and just make them like super delicious we're gonna go ahead and make everything with the cheese sauce if not we're gonna melt the cheese enough said let's get it okay so first thing i'm gonna do here i'm just gonna go ahead and put some of these in my tray i mean in my my skillet now i know they're supposed to be flat but this is the way i'm gonna do them like this halfway through them i'm gonna go ahead and just flip them and rotate them now you want to follow the instructions that's on your bag i'm gonna go ahead and put this in the oven i got it already preheated and ready to go we're gonna get these started first alexa set a timer for 20 minutes 20 minutes starting now now here i'm just counting out you know i started off with just like six slices now it's up to you you can cut them how you want to if you cut them big don't forget you making them like bits so you can always break them you know at the end but these are the size that i like okay let me go ahead i'm setting on medium high here's start what i want to do is once it's come up the heat you know to temp then we're just going to put our bacon in here then we're going to get that going right then we're going to set it aside and then we're going to go ahead and start shredding or we're gonna start shredding some of that uh cheese okay it's up to temp listen i didn't put no oil in here because obviously we're doing baking right so listen it's gonna render down enough fat and this is going to get us started okay meanwhile listen we're going to multitask so we got our you know we got our bacon it's working and rendering down right leaving a lot of fat in there because you know we got to put these these onions in there okay but anyway we're gonna let these just keep working i'm gonna leave them alone so they can cook let's just make sure we got most of them flat right now we'll set this off to the side now it's our time it's time to shred now i don't know if you guys been following me for a minute and you've seen some of my past videos i talk about shredded cheese fresh shredded cheese melts best so we're just gonna go and we're just gonna start i'm not gonna bore you guys you know how to shred cheese i'm just gonna go ahead and just get a lot and then uh we'll move on to the next step okay we're done there right so i'm gonna set this off to the side now we're gonna go ahead and start you know getting our garnish together now i know i said garnish but listen it actually has a good onion taste to it also and then listen you can do the green the tops of the green onions and you can do the white also now you guys see these right this is where i like them right here a little bit on the soft side you know what they're going to continue to cook you know even though we take them out of here and offer this heat they just gonna like crisp up just a little bit more but this is good i don't like them too crispy this is just the way i like them they're gonna end up being perfect now go ahead get get yourself a bowl take those out when you take them out you want to make sure you got some kind of you know paper just absorb some of the grease that's in there right so we got that ready now what you want to do is get yourself like a slotted spoon you know something like that so you can drain some of the grease or you can use a pair of tongs and that there is the fire okay so now i'm bringing my bacon grease right i'm bringing that back up to temp because what we're going to do we're going to put these inside and we're going to saute these then when we're done with that once i get these going then i'm gonna go ahead and get my sour cream ready everything should be coming out of the oven and then we're gonna start deep frying and we're gonna go from there all right here we go let's move them around get everything coated then we're going to let this take us you know do its thing medium-high heat you guys and be careful not to stir so tough that way you won't be pushing nothing outside of your pan so just like you see here and we're gonna let that start to render down all right i'm gonna set this off to the side now look no real measurement just whatever you get out you see this this is a tablespoon but this is a little bit more of the tablespoon i'm gonna take out we'll just say three three heaping tablespoons right we'll just start there now i showed you guys this package you could use this packet just put like a teaspoon in there mix it and you make this to your liking right but for me i got so much ranch you know what i mean we eating so many salads around here i'm gonna go ahead and put a couple of tablespoons of ranch dressing inside of my sour cream so we'll just add it like this now we'll start there and then what we do is we mix it up we'll taste it and then we'll move forward get yourself a whisk or you can do it old-school way and you can uh go ahead and use it you know the fork now once you got everything mixed up right you want to taste it and if you need to add a little bit more ranch or vice versa now's the time and then just go ahead and remix it and then you're done with that and for me i like to put a little green onion in there and just mix it up and this right here is done so we'll set that off to the side move this over bring this back in now when it comes to like grilling your onions it's up to you how far down you want to go if you want them to be more on the darker side all you got to do is let them continue to cook don't let them dry out you know what i mean and they'll just start getting dark on you now don't forget i'm using an induction top right so the heating element is right here so when using one of these you keep everything towards the center listen this is where the heat comes and it has to spread over so anything that's over here on the edge like what you're seeing right now you know it doesn't get the full effect of the heat so i like to keep it moving give everybody a chance to be in the center you know and uh we just let it cook i'm gonna say i'm probably only gonna go about another three more minutes maybe and then uh after that we're gonna put this in the bowl and then we're gonna start to deep fry our tots now you guys can do it either way oven is good because that's what they they made for to go right in the oven but for me i'm gonna show you that way and i'm gonna show you the deep-fried way okay this is as far down as i'm going with my uh my onions i'm liking this right here let's just go ahead and get these ready and i'm gonna go ahead and take these out now my timer just went off look my toss that came out the oven they ready those are nice now remember this is the easy version right so most of us have like uh i'll say shredded cheese like in the in you know in our refrigerator right so we just like sprinkle that on there and while it's hot it'll start to melt then i come with the bacon bits and then you know then our sour cream mix listen i want to say this right now listen there is no wrong way or right way to put these together you put these you know you assemble yours the way you want to it's just a you know fact that you got it and it's almost like a loaded baked potato except for we're using tops and then out here in california they got a place and they call them uh dino eggs hey so with that being said check that out that's the easy version tell me what you think okay so now i'm set up to go ahead and start my cheese sauce right so let me go ahead and bring this up to temp as this comes up to temp i'm going to show you the ingredients we're going to hit it with two tablespoons you know this is just all-purpose flour then we're going to go ahead and we're going to put some two tablespoons of butter now here's the thing listen we already gonna sprinkle right we already gonna sprinkle some bacon so why not just use two tablespoons if you guys have been saving your bacon fat and just go with the bacon fat and this but if not you know you can go ahead and use butter now what you want to do is once it's come up to there we're going to go ahead get this going and get it cooked down so we get rid of that raw taste then we're going to add some of that fresh cheese that's this right here so let's get it started now what you do is you start melting your butter right you let your milk once your butter starts to melt go ahead and start to introduce some of your flour then you want to keep that whisk moving and cook some of that flour take that raw flour tastes out and then you start adding your milk now remember if you're looking at this and you've been following me for a minute you know this is just like making the roux right that's exactly what you see except this is just a cheese sauce so you start putting a little cheese in a little bit at a time and you'll watch it start to pick up thicken up now if it thickens up too much all you got to do is you saw what i did right there just add yourself a little milk and keep that west moving until you get the consistency that you are looking for now take a look at this consistency right here it's up to you you guys want it to be even thicker you can do that too but this is right here is what i'm looking for so i'm gonna show you before i even add some salt this right here is why the mac and cheese taste so good if you guys made it it's all in this sauce right here and this right here let me bring it so you guys can see you got to get yourself some i'll put the information on the screen so you guys can use the uh see the website and listen it got a 10 discount code got to be the ab10 you guys got to try it hey listen ain't no try it's a must so now i'm just gonna go ahead and sprinkle a little bit in here now you saw that i only put a little bit in right you always want to put a little bit of a little bit of anything that when you're cooking because you can always add more and because the sweet smoky joes is like super light on the sodium i sprinkled just a little bit of you know a pinch or two of salt in there just to get the taste you know what i mean just to like waking it up then once you taste it look at that consistency right there now go ahead drop your you know your tops or if you multitasking however you're doing it get your tops ready right you know once they're done listen you put them on the plate and now it's time to do our thing and that right there listen that's that pulled pork if you guys just watched the video that i just released on barbecue pulled pork got some of the leftover pulled pork that i had so listen i put that on top of the tops you guys can use any type of meat you want go ahead and hit it with your you know your creamy cheese sauce and that right there is them grilled onions now you make your onions again the way you like them doesn't make a difference if you want to go dark dark you can do that too now just assemble it just like you know however you want to whatever side you want to put on there you know you can come with the bacon bits there is no order i promise you guys i just really want to just like kick back and just like look at this piece of artwork you know being made hey that right there is fire y'all so you can see it decorate it however you want to or your presentation let's go ahead and use the correct words but other than that that's what i got for you guys listen crispy loaded tater tots so tell me what you guys think about this one you know what listen super easy and i gotta say this usually like at the end of my videos right i like to eat them here it is right here i'm gonna have to like redo something else because look the sour cream and ranch this ranch sour cream is starting to like just slide down hey the problem is that first one that i showed you guys listen everybody ate it and look i didn't even get no thumbnail so i got to get the thumbnail from this right here so listen trust me what i tell you is good now i just took a couple of little tops you know dipped it put a couple of bacon pieces in my mouth you know what i mean i can tell you it's fire hey listen we make this all the time around here now you see it you know how easy it is let me know down in the comment section below what would you put on the top hey and if you know what i really got to address this part for those of you guys that do not eat pork listen you can put steak on the top any type of meat you like hey but i'm gonna give you a heads up hey number one in my book it'd be pastrami okay so with that being said listen if you're new to my channel let me just say thank you for watching this don't forget to like and subscribe and tell everybody out there there's a channel out here that's simplifying these recipes and taking the mystery out of cooking if you've been following me for a minute you know what i'm about to say folks i'm out of here peace