1 container (24 ounces/3 cups) Crystal Farms Simply Potatoes Traditional Mashed Potatoes or 3 cups leftover mashed potatoes
2 eggs
1 cup Flour
24 ounces Vegetable oil for frying
Salt for seasoning
For bacon and blue cheese (add 3 ounces cooked bacon pieces and ¾ cup Blue Cheese crumbles).
Instructions
In a food processor, pulse bread crumbs and potato chips. Put into a bowl and set aside.
In another bowl, combine potatoes, eggs (1 at a time) and flour. Set aside. If you want to make the blue cheese and bacon version, add 3 ounces of cooked bacon and ¾ cup blue cheese crumbles to the potato mixture.
With a small cookie scoop, scoop potato mixture, divide into two pieces. Drop pieces into crumb mixture and roll around until covered. Use hands to form into desired shape. Place on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Repeat until you have 72 pieces.
Heat oil in frying pan. Add tots to oil and fry until golden brown. Remove from oil and toss with salt.
Recipe by Dining with Alice at https://diningwithalice.com/twin-cities-live/homemade-tater-tots/