Bacon Egg & Cheese Breakfast Totchos
Breakfast totchos are a yummy way to make your morning meal fun! Loaded with bacon, egg, cheese, and tater tots, these totchos are sure to be a family favorite.
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Fans of Disney and fans of the Pioneer Woman know all about breakfast totchos.
Not to toot my own horn here, but our version is just as magical!
How could they not be when so many yummy flavors combine into one delicious dish your kids will be begging for each and every weekend morning?
What are breakfast totchos?
Totchos = Nachos + Tater Tots
In other words, tater tots act as the base in the way tortilla chips do in nachos.
And since these are breakfast totchos the toppings aren’t cheese, beef, salsa, and sour cream.
Nope, these tots get loaded with favorites like bacon, eggs, and cheese.
Ingredients
To make these you’ll need:
- Tater tots– A full pound of the kind from the freezer section.
- Bacon– Cooked crisp and crumbed
- Cheddar cheese– Shredded
- Eggs– You can adjust the amount to suit your family
- Salt and pepper– To taste
- Green onions– Thinly sliced as garnish. These are optional
How to Make
Breakfast totchos are a snap to make!
Start by adding a single layer of tater tots to a 12″ cast iron skillet.
Once you have the single layer of tots, just spread the remaining tater tots evenly out over top.
Sprinkle the crumbled bacon followed by the cheese, evenly out over top of the tots.
Season with salt & pepper, to taste.
Use a spoon to create divets for the eggs.
Carefully crack the eggs into each well, trying not to break the yolks.
Bake the totchos at 400 degrees for 22-25 minutes, or until the egg whites are opaque.
Once the egg whites are opaque, take the skillet out of the oven, and let it rest for 5 minutes.
Top with green onions, slice, and serve.
Enjoy!
Storing Leftovers
This is a dish that’s best the day you make it.
But if you do have leftovers, you can store them in an airtight container or tightly covered in the skillet in the fridge for up to 3 days or so.
Reheat in a hot oven until warmed through.
Tips and Tricks
- You can substitute a different cheese if you prefer. Monterrey Jack or Pepper Jack would both be tasty!
- I like to serve tons of toppings on the side ranging from traditional nacho toppings like sour cream and salsa to breakfast toppings like ketchup.
- This gives you the ability to add enough eggs for your family. Adjust the amount of eggs up or down to suit your family’s needs.
Other Tater Tot Recipes
Breakfast totchos are a favorite for lazy weekends with the family.
Make them and enjoy!
Looking for other tater tot recipes?
Try these:
- Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole
- Jalapeno Popper Totchos
- Pulled Pork Tater Tot Casserole
- Chili Cheese Dog Tater Tot Casserole
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Bacon Egg And Cheese Breakfast Totchos
Ingredients
- 1 lb frozen tater tots
- 6-8 strips bacon, cooked crisp & crumbled
- 1 1/2- 2 cups shredded cheddar
- salt & pepper, to taste
- 6-8 eggs
- thinly sliced green onions, for garnish
Instructions
- Begin by adding a single layer of tater tots to a 12" cast iron skillet. Add the remaining tater tots evenly out over top.1 lb frozen tater tots
- Sprinkle the bacon, then the cheese, evenly out over top of the tots. Season with salt & pepper, to taste.6-8 strips bacon, cooked crisp & crumbled, 1 1/2- 2 cups shredded cheddar, salt & pepper, to taste
- If natural wells aren't obvious, use a spoon to create some divets- 6-8 depending on how many eggs you want to use. Gently crack the eggs, and pull them apart to slowly release a single egg into each well, careful not to break the yolks.6-8 eggs
- Bake the totchos at 400 degrees for 22-25 minutes, or until the egg whites are opaque. Remove the skillet from the oven, and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Top with green onions, slice, and serve.thinly sliced green onions, for garnish
Notes
- You can substitute a different cheese if you prefer. Monterrey Jack or Pepper Jack would both be tasty!
- I like to serve tons of toppings on the side ranging from traditional nacho toppings like sour cream and salsa to breakfast toppings like ketchup.
- This gives you the ability to add enough eggs for your family. Adjust the amount of eggs up or down to suit your family's needs.
Nutrition
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Tater tots were one of my favorites as a kid! Your totchos look delicious! Happy Fiesta Friday Meaghan 🙂
When you follow these directions the tots are not cooked all the way and it looks like a cheese crust on top. Not like the delicious dish in the photos. This recipe has the elements correct, but the direction is abysmal.
Sorry your tots weren’t cooked through. The photos and directions are my own, and I’ve never had them come out undercooked.
This is a great idea, but did not work as written. I used a 12 inch skillet. I had a 2lb. bag of tater tots and they barely covered the bottom, leaving very few to scatter on top. I’m not sure how a 1lb. bag would work at all. The general cooking directions for tater tots indicate a higher temperature (450), and longer cooking time (closer to 30 minutes). As written–this recipe would not result in thoroughly cooked tots. Also, working with frozen tots to create a well for the eggs is awkward.
I used the 2lb bag and decided to use the temp on the bag as my guide for baking. I placed the tots in the pan in a single layer, with the few remaining scattered on top. I then placed the pan of just the tots in the oven as it preheated. Meanwhile, I prepped my bacon.
When oven indicated it was heated to the required temp, I pulled out the warmed up, but not cooked, tots, seasoned them with paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt & pepper–then added bacon and cheese. With the tots being warmed up, I was easily able to smoosh down six wells in which to add the eggs. I salt & peppered each egg and then popped the skillet back into the oven. I simply kept an eye on the eggs until they looked done. It took about 20 minutes. The eggs were cooked similar to a soft boil. We thought they were delicious, but if you wanted runny yolks, you’d have to pull them sooner.
This is a great recipe in that it leaves a lot of room for tweaking. You could saute peppers & onions with the crumbled bacon before adding to the potatoes. You could play around with different spices. You could use sausage instead of bacon. One of my kids suggested sausage, seasoned with mexican flavors to make it true totchos.
Delicious! Made individual servings in ramekins with turkey ham rather than bacon. The hubby loved it!!
I made this for breakfast this morning & a keeper! Husband loved it. I halved the recipe for just 2 of us. Perfect!