Vegan Cheeseburger Tater Tot Bites
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Recipe type: Appetizer, Party Snack
Cuisine: Vegan, Gluten Free
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Serves: 11-12 tater tot bites
 
Cheeseburger Tater Tot Bites! Everything you know and love about cheeseburgers ... but in bite-sized finger food form. Complete with homemade burger sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and pickles! These Cheeseburger Tater Tot Bites are a great appetizer to pass around at parties that you can prep ahead of time and pop in the oven when you're ready to serve! Make these and you'll be the hit of the party!
Ingredients
Burger Sauce
  • ¼ cup vegan mayonnaise
  • 2 TBS ketchup
  • 1 TBS sweet pickle relish
  • 1½ tsp dill pickle juice
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • ¼ tsp salt and pepper
Cheeseburger Tater Tot Bites
  • 1 bag frozen tater tots
  • 1 TBS avocado oil
  • ½ LB (8 oz) vegan beef crumbles
  • ½ tsp each - paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper
  • ½ cup vegan cheddar cheese shreds
  • Finely shredded lettuce, for serving
  • Dill pickles, for serving
  • Finely diced tomatoes, for serving
  • Minced onion, for serving
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
Burger Sauce
  1. In small bowl, whisk all the ingredients together. Set aside.
Cheeseburger Tater Tot Bites
  1. Grease a cupcake pan and place 5 tater tots in each cup. Bake for 10 minutes.
  2. While the tater tots are in the oven, prepare your burger filling. In a large pan on medium heat, add your oil. Once the oil is hot, add your vegan beef crumbles and season with paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Cook, mixing occasionally, until warmed through, 4 to 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, add the vegan cheese shreds, and continue to stir until the residual heat melts most of the cheese, another 4 to 5 minutes.
  3. After 10 minutes in the oven, remove cupcake pan, but leave the oven on. Using a pestle, tamper or the back of a spoon, press the tater tots down in the center, forming a tater tot "cup".
  4. Fill each tater to cup with 1 heaping tablespoon of burger and cheese filling. Bake for an additional 20 minutes.
  5. Remove cupcake pan from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes. Carefully remove each "burger cup" and garnish with burger sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and onions.
  6. ENJOY!
Notes
*Recipe inspired and adapted from Tasty
Recipe by Eat Figs, Not Pigs at https://www.eatfigsnotpigs.com/vegan-cheeseburger-tater-tot-bites/