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The most perfect Baked (extra crispy) Sweet Potato Parmesan Tater Tots. Made simply with sweet potatoes, parmesan cheese, butter, fresh herbs, plenty of flaky sea salt and black pepper. Each homemade, oven-baked tater tot is delicious…and pretty healthy too. The secret? Rolling the mashed sweet potatoes in Panko bread crumbs for a crispy on the outside, soft on the inside tater tot. Once the tots are out of the oven, drizzle with herb butter. SO GOOD. Serve these crispy sweet potato parmesan tater tots with ketchup. Or just simply enjoy them warm right out of the oven as is. Best autumn appetizer, side dish, or game-day snack!
These are without a doubt one of my favorite recipes. Oh my gosh.
SO GOOD.
But then, what’s not to love? Oven-baked sweet potato tater tots with herbs, garlic, and butter. Plus crispy Panko bread crumbs, and oh my gosh…parmesan too! The best ingredients all together in a cute little tater tot. Funny enough, this is a very old recipe. Yes, it’s actually a recipe from the first year of HBH that I majorly adjusted and reworked. I look back at some of my super old recipes. The ones from the early, early days of HBH, and wonder how I ever got this far. Man, those recipes…
Let’s just say that while some of them are amazing and delicious, some of them also need some serious re-working.
Which is what I did with these tater tots, and it was totally worth the effort. These are just about perfect in every way. Crunchy on the outside, soft and pillowy on the inside. Hinted with fresh herbs and garlic, and seasoned just right with chili powder, salt, and pepper. Delicious.
Here’s how I make these sweet potato parmesan tater tots.
To quickly cook the sweet potatoes I absolutely LOVE using my instant pot. Instead of cooking the potatoes in the oven for an hour plus, I simply throw them into the instant pot for 10 minutes. They come out perfectly tender every single time. Using the instant pot to cook vegetables like this is one of my best time-saving tricks.
Of course, if you don’t own an instant pot, you can easily roast the potatoes in the oven. This works just as well, it just takes a little more prep time.
Once the potatoes have roasted and are super tender, mash them with freshly grated parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, and pepper. Slightly cool the mix, then simply scoop out tablespoon-size balls and roll in Panko bread crumbs seasoned with chili powder. I found it helpful to first scoop the potato mix out by tablespoonfuls and place each onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. As the potato mounds sit, they firm up a bit and become much easier to roll through the Panko crumbs.
The trick here is not to stress. Your tater tots will not look like perfect cylinders, and you guys, that’s OK. All that matters is that you coat the potatoes in the bread crumbs. Promise, once baked the tater tots are going to look great…and taste great too.
Before baking, brush (or spray) each tater tot with olive oil. This will ensure a nice golden coloring on the outside of each tot.
While the tots are baking, melt together the butter and fresh herbs, then drizzle the warm herb butter overtop.
So darn good. Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, buttery, herby, and seasoned just perfectly. Every little tater tot is a delicious bite.
These are best served warm, either as is or with ketchup. Honestly, they’re so delicious either way. I’m warning you now, these tots are addicting. But they’re also healthy…ish, so it’s cool. I’m excited to now have this recipe in my back pocket for upcoming Sunday game days, and even holiday parties. They’re a hit with everyone, even the kids.
And if you’re looking for more of a meal, try pairing the tater tots with these smoky chipotle cheddar burgers.
PS. with all of my family…and then some…currently in town, things are getting crazy over here, so the rest of the week’s posts will be on the shorter end. Normalcy will (hopefully) return next week once things settle down a bit, thank you for your patience!
If you make these baked sweet potato parmesan tater tots be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
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Yum! We love sweet potatoes in our house, I am definitely trying these!
These look amazing!
I’m stopping by from Marvelous Monday linky party. I’m hosting a party and hope you will post a few great recipes! http://rediscovermom.blogspot.com/2013/03/tried-and-true-recipe-party-3.html
Yummy! I found you through the marvelous Monday link up. Definitely try this recipe out…maybe my hubby will eat sweet potatoes in this form.
What a great recipe! I am looking for ways to get my kids to expand their potato diet..I think this could be it.
This is it! My 4 year old sister loved these!
These look delicious!! I LOVE sweet potatoes and what could be better than adding parmesan! For sure trying these out, and pinning now 🙂 Thanks for posting!
Hannah
sewlahteadough.blogspot.ca
Thanks for pinning!
Yum! Definitely pinning these so I can make them later. Stopping by from Marvelous Mondays!
Thanks for pinning!
Greetings from the marvelous Monday recipe link up. These do look really good, On my to do list
Just stopping by from the Marvelous Mondays link party. Those tater tots look so good! I’m pinning them!
Stunning photos and wonderful food! Pinned it. Thanks for sharing on Two Cup Tuesday at Pint Sized Baker. Hope to see ya again Monday night!
This looks incredible! I would love for you to join the Pinworthy Projects link party! http://www.atkinsondrive.com/pinworthy-projects-link-party-week-10/
Those look awesome! My little lady loves baked sweet potato fries, can’t wait to try those!
Super fun too!!!
These look amazing. You can never go wrong with sweet potato’s and these look absolutely delightful. One of my favorite sauces with sweet potato fries is a mixture of mayo, ketchup, and barbecue sauce I bet it would go wonderfully with these cute little tots!
I am so making these this weekend…I cannot resist a tater tot…but especially a sweet potato one!
Yum! These look wonderful! I’ve bookmarked these because I need them!
This is an invitation to join my blog’s monthly roundup, Pantry Party. Our theme this month is “breaded.” You should consider entering either this recipe or another wonderfully breaded recipe into the roundup!
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