Turkey Taco Tot Hotdish – Spicy – Inspired by Tim Walz

Good afternoon and welcome to the Good
Plates Kitchen.
Today we are making Tim Walz’s style
turkey taco tot hotdish.
And we’re gonna go through the
ingredients.
This is gonna be a
wonderful casserole that
I’m gonna make for you.
And we’re gonna start off with ground
turkey.
And to make it extra hot, I have some red
jalapeno.
Otherwise known as… or Fresno would be
just fine.
And onions.
Bell pepper.
Taco sauce.
You can use whatever brand you like.
I just happen to have this on hand.
Olives.
Corn.
And chili beans.
Now the original recipe does not call for
chili beans, but I’m putting them in there.
Because corn is basically indigestible for
the human stomach.
However, corn and beans together do
something magical in your stomach.
And it aids the beans aid the digestion.
Okay, what’s the other stuff?
Okay. We got cheese, of course,
because tacos have cheese.
And instead of tortillas, it’s potato puffs
or tots.
So that’s why it’s called hotdish because
it’s made with tots.
So, okay, let’s get started.
As you can see, I am using a 12-inch cast
iron skillet.
This is a great sized skillet to make
casseroles.
And it goes right in the oven.
It goes from the stove
top. It goes in the oven.
You don’t have to dirty extra pots and
pans to make this.
Just one pot works beautifully.
So,
we’ll start off by putting some olive oil
in the pan.
If you want to prevent sticking,
the best way to do that is to heat the pan
and then add the oil.
And then let the oil come to the point
where it’s shimmering.
That will keep things from sticking
because what happens is it makes a
temporary barrier and the food will just
kind of float on top.
So, you don’t have to use non-stick
cookware if you don’t want to.
Okay, that looks like it’s nicely
distributed.
And we’re going to add the onions first
because onions take longer to cook.
There we go.
Make sure everybody gets in there.
And saute that a little bit.
Okay.
And when the onions start turning
translucent, which they are doing now,
it is turned to add the peppers.
These are, by the way, these peppers are
frozen.
And this is a great prep thing.
So, all you do is you buy peppers and you
can slice some of them and chop some of
them and you can do what’s called a flash
freeze.
So, you put them on a… put them on that
flexible cutting board.
You flash freeze and by putting them in
the freezer, wait till they’re hard.
And then you can put them in a bag or
whatever you want to do.
And then you could use them as needed.
This is, it’s a great time saver.
Okay, the peppers are in.
And one of the reasons
why you want to be saute
the vegetables first
before you do the meat.
In this case turkey, it’s
because of a flavor of the
oil, which will give the
protein more flavor too.
And here comes the hot stuff.
And these are Fresno peppers.
You can use red jalapenos, if you have
those.
Or you can use regular green jalapenos
too.
Of course, it’s very,
very important to wear
gloves when you work
with any kind of chili pepper.
I have a few videos on that.
There’ll be a video and
I’ll link to one of the videos
in the description in case
you want to know about that.
Okay.
Okay, that’s ready.
So now it’s time to put in the turkey.
Kind of break it up with your hand.
And we’re going to cook that until it’s
cooked through and then we’ll continue.
But, you know, just like a watch pot
number boils, watch turkey number browns.
We’ll see you in a few minutes.
Okay.
Well, the turkey is cooking.
You can, of course, add some seasoning to
it.
And we’re going to start with some freshly
ground black pepper.
And yes, this is a coffee grinder.
That’s exactly what it is.
It works very, very well.
And some salt distributed well over it.
And I’m going to add just because I like a
little smoky flavor.
I’m adding a little chipotle.
Be generous.
Of course, if you
don’t like things, to be
really spicy, you can
omit a lot of these spices.
You can omit the Fresno chili.
And now I’m going to add chili pepper.
Or rather, excuse me, chili powder.
I’ve got a lot of that because it’s got
cumin in it, which we want.
Mmm, it smells so good.
And we’re going to add generous spoonful
of paprika.
Because I think that everything is good
with paprika.
Surprisingly, even chocolate cake.
Yes, I’ve done that before.
Okay.
Let’s continue stirring this.
Let’s see how we’re doing.
Oh, very nice.
Okay, it looks like this is nicely cooked.
It’s all seasoned well.
It is now time to start adding some of the
other ingredients.
If there’s a little bit that’s
still in uncooked here, it’s
okay because this is all going
to be going in the oven anyway.
Okay, so that’s that.
And I’m going to add – these are green
chilies.
They’re mild.
Add them.
And olives.
And whole corn.
And beans.
Can’t have corn without beans.
And I’m going to take spatula and
mix this all together.
Oops.
Okay, now.
And I’ll show you how to do that later.
I’m going to also add some sour cream to
this.
This is about a cup or so.
The reason why we didn’t
add this earlier is because
sour cream has a tendency
to break apart under high heat.
so we didn’t want that to happen.
And we’re just going to mix it in like
this.
Now, if you didn’t already know this,
hot peppers.
Of course, make your
mouth very hot because the
active ingredient gets
your mucus membranes.
So that’s why you don’t
want to put hot chili peppers
in your eyes or in your
nose or anything like that.
But the one thing that really stops that
burning sensation is dairy products
because it has an enzyme in it that occurs
naturally.
And I’ll have some more information about
that.
And post there will be a link to that in
the description.
Okay, so the sour cream is in there that
looks absolutely delicious.
And the next thing we’re going to do,
we’re going to put some cheese on top.
Not all of it.
Just some.
We’re going to kind of layer it.
Okay, so here’s some cheese.
It’s grated cheese.
This is a combination cheese.
You can use whatever cheese you like.
You can use a combination. This is
moderate jack and cheddar mixed together.
Okay.
Now, time to put the tots on.
Okay, so we’re going to put the tots.
I’m just going to put a bunch of them on
there.
I’ll spread them around.
Now I’m going to put more cheese on top of
that.
I’m going to flatten it out a little
bit.
Now, as I said in the beginning of the
video, this is a recipe that was inspired
by Tim Walz who is running for vice
president in the 2024 election.
And I’m reminding you now to vote.
I don’t care who you vote for,
but just remember to vote.
So, we’re going to do this.
We’re going to put a big V.
for VOTE!
If you haven’t already registered.
Get registered.
Check with your county
official to find out more
information about
registering and dates for.
The election is
November 5th, but you can
find out your last day
that you can register.
And whether you can vote by mail and all
that other stuff. And your county registar
will have all that information.
So make sure that you register to vote.
Okay, and now we’re going to take Tim Walz
style.
Turkey Taco Tot Hotdish.
It’s a tongue twister.
And we’re going to put it in the oven at
400 degrees for about 35,
40 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
And then we’re going to try it and we’ll
be back.
And we’re back.
The casserole is out of the oven.
And we’re going to put some toppings on it
like you would put on your taco.
Some people like lettuce.
We like cabbage a little bit better
because it stands up to heat.
All of lettuce does is melt or
just get nasty right away.
But cabbage stays crunchy even though it’s
in a hot hot situation.
So we’re putting some cabbage on there.
Okay.
Cabbage.
And some green onions.
Spring onion.
Okay.
And sure everybody gets out because we
went everything.
Okay.
And tomatoes.
Yes, tomatoes are next.
A lot of people like avocado on their
taco.
So we got some of that.
We have some of that.
And just to make things interesting.
I always like a little
extra sour cream on mine
so I’m putting some
sour cream on here too.
Even though they’re sour cream inside the
casserole, I’m putting some of that also.
All right.
This casserole is done.
And we’re going to serve it
in a few minutes.
Okay.
And we are at… we’re in the living room.
We’re going to try this.
Looks delicious, doesn’t it?
Okay, here we go.
And this is… Oh,
gooey, cheesy.
Wow.
A little sour cream.
There we go.
And I’m going to try it.
See how it tastes.
And we’ll see how Tim Walz’s Turkey
Taco Tot Hotdish style casserole is.
Mmm.
That’s really good.
And spicy.
It’s filling.
And really cheesy.
Okay. See you next time
on The Good Plate.
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