Tater Tots

Ingredients

• 6 red, peeled potatoes
• 5 cup hard cheese (hard + cheddar, or just cheddar fine), grated
• 1 large onions, chopped
• 2 tsp salt
• Flour
• tsp black ground pepper
• olive oil to drizzle on top

Directions

• Boil med-large pot of water –
  • Add 2 tblspon of butter
  • Add ½ cup of oil
• Peel and boil whole potatoes until tender ~16 minutes
  • NOTE: if rounder potatoes, slice accordingly if using processor – see ahead
  • Remove from water and set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 450F
• Oil cookie sheet(s) – will probably take more than one - so potatoes do not stick
• Peel and grate potatoes with large holed grater or food processer
• Add to large bowl
  • Add cheese, onion salt and pepper and stir
  • Scoop up about 1 tbsp of the potato mixture into your hands and form into cylinders about 1 inch long.
  • Add flour until not so sticky – not so much the flour is not soaked in
  • Place on baking sheet and repeat until all mixture is used
• Drizzle olive oil over the top of tater tots.
• Bake for 15 minutes,
• Flip them over - bake another 15 minutes OR until golden brown and crisp.