This was great! I made this in a 3 quart baking dish. I also used the entire 2 lb bag of tater tots and left out the 1/4 cup of olive oil.
OMG Delicious. The tater tots turn this from regular chicken pot pie into something special. I only had about two cups of stock and no cream so I substituted a 15 oz can of creamed corn. I used frozen peas and carrots because I was too lazy to dive fresh carrots. This warmed me up through and through on a freezing cold night and warmed my heart when husband said We have to start eating this all the time. After his second serving! Yummo!
The only alteration I made from the original recipe was that I used the Ore-Ida Extra Crispy tater tots, it was fantastic!
Family loved it! Tater tots on top were a hit with the kids.
Huge hit with the family. I only slightly modified the ingredients... a little shake here and there, and served it up in a giant cast iron pan. It was consumed before I could get the camera out. Would love to prep this one and take it along camping, heated over an open fire, and tented to toast the top tots. Great recipe. Thanks for the creation.
Really good and a great meal for a crowd. Leftovers were a little soggy but we ate every last bite!
Had to use hash browns rather than tater tots but it was still very good.
I really like the "sauce" using the potato flakes instead of the usual cream soup or thickening with corn starch. I did add a lot more carrots & celery (preference) & will cut back in the thyme next time. I used mini tots or could use mini crowns, but won't microwave them more than a minute cause they got mushy after 3 minutes. This was my mistake not thinking it wouldn't take as long as regular size tots. Next time I won't use the olive oil either because I didn't think it was necessary but for a little when sauteing the veggies. Since I didn't have the smidge of whipping cream I used a little milk & butter which is a substitute. Other than it is more work than the crock pot or other recipe I have for a "pot pie", I think this is my favorite now.
Nice twist to a traditional pot pie. Part of me did miss a buttery crust but the more I ate, and I did eat more, the less I cared it was missing. This had the comfort food feel and using mashed tater flakes as a thickener was a great idea! My wife even had seconds which is very rare for her. Will definitely make this again.
