Welcome to our family’s current obsession: broccoli cheddar tots!
Can’t even believe I’m typing that out here, but we are in love with tots right now. Tots of the broccoli variety. Who even am I?
In the last few months, Emilia has fallen in love with these broccoli cheese nuggets. I mean, they are REALLY good.
For example, just to express how in love she is… she squeals with glee when she sees the box alone. She stands at the freezer and bangs on the door for broccoli tots!
The problem is that we could easy go through a box a day in this house. I was trying to limit us to only eating them one day a week, therefore I figured I had to try my hand at my own.
That’s why I’m back with another Side Dish Sunday, even though we could eat these as a snack. We.are.obsessed.
A couple things about broccoli cheddar tots!
- First of all, I didn’t add any potato or sweet potato. A lot of other recipes do. These are SUPER broccoli-y. I wanted them to be all broccoli and cheese, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I even considered making a cheddar sauce to dip them in. Yes. I wanted to dip cheddar tots in cheddar sauce.
- Next, I baked mine at 450 because I really wanted a golden, crunchy outsides and that roasted broccoli flavor. It totally works! I achieved both of those – however, these tots are quite unfortunate looking. I swear their appearance doesn’t not reflect their delish flavor.
- Dipping sauce! I def don’t think you have to make a special sauce for this, but you can dip them in ketchup or mustard or whatever you’d like! I don’t think they even need a sauce. But then again… everything is better with dip.
- Finally, I used very finely chopped broccoli – basically riced broccoli. The frozen version of these has large chunks of broccoli in them and I don’t love that. So this is my solution! You can totally use store-bought riced broccoli. I’d aim for about 1 ½ to 2 cups of riced broccoli, but if it seems like too much, you could always add an extra egg white or breadcrumbs to hold things together.
- p.s. You can freeze these and make them ahead of time!
10 dishes I love to serve with broccoli cheddar tots:
It’s a little ridiculous, because I’d pretty much eat these with everything. They go great with chicken, salmon or any sort of burger or sandwich. You could also use them for a little green crunchy bite on top of salads!
Pesto Chicken Parmesan Sliders
Tortilla Crusted Salmon Burgers
How to Make Broccoli Cheddar Tots
In love even if they are ugly.
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