Home Made Spud Tots

This recipe is i the kids volition larn a boot out of...home made tater tots!! Super quick and uncomplicated to make, they are a mixture of chopped potatoes, shredded cheddar, egg, flour, seasonings in addition to fried crisp inwards a piffling oil. They are first-class dipped inwards your favorite barbecue or ranch dressing...inexpensive too!!

2 medium Russet potatoes (see note)
1 loving cup shredded cheddar cheese (don't pack)
1/3 loving cup all locomote flour
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon dark pepper
1 beaten egg

Peel in addition to cube potatoes into your nutrient processor bowl. Pulse them a few times only don't chop them in addition to then fine that they locomote mush. 

In a bowl, mix the chopped potatoes & 1 loving cup of loosely packed shredded cheddar cheese. Thoroughly mix inwards the flour (make certain everything is coated). Then add together the residual of the ingredients in addition to mix well. Let this mixture sit down for virtually five minutes earlier you lot fry them. Heat 1/2" vegetable stone oil to 375.

Scoop spoonfuls of the white patato mixture in addition to compress it a piffling amongst your fingers acre it is on the spoon. Push the "tater tot" off of the spoon (gently) into the shallow (hot) vegetable oil. Fry until golden dark-brown (about two minutes per side). Season amongst tabular array salt acre all the same hot.

NOTE: For those of you lot who alive inwards Alaska, I don't intend our Alaska potatoes would piece of job really good inwards this recipe (the concord likewise much H2O in addition to won't crisp up). Recipe calls for Russet (or baking potatoes).

NOTE: For a variation, I am going to campaign pepper Jack cheese inwards this recipe instead of the cheddar. I'll permit you lot know how it goes.

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