Philly Cheesesteak Casserole made with ground beef or shaved steak and tater tots is a quick and easy inner idea. Layered with peppers, onions and mushrooms.
In a large skillet cook chopped peppers, sliced onion and mushrooms for about 5 minutes. Add beef and steak seasoning. Cook for an additional 3-4 minutes or until beef is browned, peppers are soft, onions are translucent and mushrooms are glossy,
Drain away any excess fat, reserving some for greasing the pie pan if you want (or you can use butter or oil). Leave meat and veggies in the pan, removed from heat, while you prep the tots.
Grease a deep dish pie pan. You can use leftover grease from cooking the beef or use butter or cooking oil. Add a flat layer of tots. Top tots with slices of provolone cheese.
Next add a ring of tots, round side facing up, just along the outer edge to form a "crust."
Spoon beef, onions, peppers and mushrooms into the center, leaving the circle of tots around the outside so it looks a little like a pizza.
Bake at 450˚for 25-30 minutes or until tots are golden brown and crispy.
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Notes
The video shows this casserole topped with tots. You can assemble this either way. Tots first, then cheese, then beef, peppers and onions which make a pretty presentation, like a pizza.Or, you can layer the steak, peppers and onions on the bottom, then layer with cheese and tots on top if you want more crispy tots. There's no right or wrong way to do it!You can use ground beef or shaved steak. Just be sure steak is uncooked. Do not use deli roast beef as it will overcook and become chewy.