{"id":31729,"date":"2025-08-25T07:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/?p=31729"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:24:09","slug":"loaded-tater-tot-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/loaded-tater-tot-cups\/","title":{"rendered":"Loaded Tater Tot Cups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Turn your favorite loaded baked potatoes into crispy cheesy tater tot cups! These bite-sized delights are not only scrumptious but also super simple to whip up. Packed with sour cream, beef bacon, cheddar cheese, and chives, they’re a miniature version of the classic loaded baked potato!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loaded Tater Tot Cups<\/h2>\n\t\t

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  • 1 bag of frozen tater tots<\/li>
  • Avocado oil spray<\/li>
  • Sour cream<\/li>
  • Beef bacon (diced)<\/li>
  • Green onions or chives (thinly sliced)<\/li>
  • Shredded cheddar cheese<\/li><\/ul>

    **For the Garlic Butter:**<\/h4>
    • 1\/4 cup unsalted butter (melted)<\/li>
    • 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley<\/li>
    • 1\/2 tablespoon minced garlic<\/li>
    • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan<\/li>
    • 1\/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste)<\/li>
    • 1\/8 teaspoon black pepper<\/li>
    • 1\/8 teaspoon dried oregano<\/li><\/ul>\t<\/div>\n\t
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      **Making the Garlic Butter:**<\/h4>
      1. Combine butter, parsley, garlic, Parmesan, salt, black pepper, and oregano in a small bowl.<\/li><\/ol>

        **Making the Cups:**<\/h4>
        1. Preheat your oven to 425\u00b0F.<\/li>
        2. Brush each cup in a cupcake tray with garlic butter or spray with avocado oil.<\/li>
        3. Place 5 to 6 tater tots into each cup and bake for 10 minutes.<\/li>
        4. Remove from the oven and use a shot glass to press the tater tots into cup shapes.<\/li>
        5. Brush the insides with more garlic butter and sprinkle a bit of shredded cheddar cheese into each cup.<\/li>
        6. Return to the oven and bake for 13 to 17 minutes until golden and crispy.<\/li>
        7. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then gently slide out the cups.<\/li>
        8. Fill each cup with sour cream, beef bacon, green onions, and more cheese, and serve warm!<\/li><\/ol>\t<\/div>\n\t
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          The garlic butter is optional. You can use avocado oil spray if your cupcake tray isn’t non-stick.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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          Loaded Tater Tot Cups<\/h2>\n\t\t

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          • 1 bag of frozen tater tots<\/li>
          • Avocado oil spray<\/li>
          • Sour cream<\/li>
          • Beef bacon (diced)<\/li>
          • Green onions or chives (thinly sliced)<\/li>
          • Shredded cheddar cheese<\/li><\/ul>

            **For the Garlic Butter:**<\/h4>
            • 1\/4 cup unsalted butter (melted)<\/li>
            • 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley<\/li>
            • 1\/2 tablespoon minced garlic<\/li>
            • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan<\/li>
            • 1\/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste)<\/li>
            • 1\/8 teaspoon black pepper<\/li>
            • 1\/8 teaspoon dried oregano<\/li><\/ul>\t<\/div>\n\t
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              **Making the Garlic Butter:**<\/h4>
              1. Combine butter, parsley, garlic, Parmesan, salt, black pepper, and oregano in a small bowl.<\/li><\/ol>

                **Making the Cups:**<\/h4>
                1. Preheat your oven to 425\u00b0F.<\/li>
                2. Brush each cup in a cupcake tray with garlic butter or spray with avocado oil.<\/li>
                3. Place 5 to 6 tater tots into each cup and bake for 10 minutes.<\/li>
                4. Remove from the oven and use a shot glass to press the tater tots into cup shapes.<\/li>
                5. Brush the insides with more garlic butter and sprinkle a bit of shredded cheddar cheese into each cup.<\/li>
                6. Return to the oven and bake for 13 to 17 minutes until golden and crispy.<\/li>
                7. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then gently slide out the cups.<\/li>
                8. Fill each cup with sour cream, beef bacon, green onions, and more cheese, and serve warm!<\/li><\/ol>\t<\/div>\n\t
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                  The garlic butter is optional. You can use avocado oil spray if your cupcake tray isn’t non-stick.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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                  Turn your favorite loaded baked potatoes into crispy cheesy tater tot cups! These bite-sized delights are not only scrumptious but also super simple to whip up. Packed with sour cream, beef bacon, cheddar cheese, and chives, they’re a miniature version of the classic loaded baked potato!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,564],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizer","category-snack","infinite-scroll-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}