This buffalo tots recipe is so good. It’s crispy, spicy, and totally addictive! Serve with vegan bleu cheese or creamy garlic dressing and serve at your next get-together or party!
These buffalo tots are smothered in a buttery+buffalo sauce, then swirled with vegan bleu cheese dressing and topped with scallions and cilantro. This potato vegan appetizer is great for parties, get-togtethers or game day.
How to make this recipe
Grab that bag of tots from your freezer. Grease up your tots and season with garlic and onion powder. Arrange in a cast iron pan. Bake, smother with sauce, then bake some more. Drizzle your vegan bleu cheese dressing over the top, or serve it on the side. It’s so easy and delicious!
Add scallions, cilantro, parsley or serve with celery.
This is a total just-eyeball-it recipe, so feel free to scale anything up or down. Devour immediately!
Want more tots and buffalo recipes? Check these out!
Mashed Potato Tater Tots with Chipotle-Mayo
Broccoli Tots with Curry Ketchup
Air-Fried Buffalo Cauliflower Steaks
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Buffalo Tots
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 2-4 servings
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Buffalo tots baked to crispy perfection. Drizzle or dunk in a vegan bleu cheese dressing and serve as a vegan appetizer at your next get-together!
Ingredients
for the tots
- enough frozen tots to fill a medium-sized cast iron pan (I filled my 9-inch cast iron pan with 55 tots)
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 3–4 TB olive oil
for the sauce
- 1/4 cup buffalo sauce, plus more if desired
- 1/4 cup melted vegan butter, plus more if desired
to finish
- vegan bleu cheese dressing (I used Daiya brand)
- 2–3 chopped scallions
- 2–3 TB chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Toss the tots in the garlic and onion powders, then drizzle with the olive oil and toss again.
- Arrange in a circular pattern in a cast iron skillet.
- Bake according to package instructions. (See Notes below)
- Remove from oven, flip each tot then bake for 5-10 minutes more.
- Combine the butter and buffalo sauce together. Drizzle over the tots, then bake for 5-10 minutes more. Add more buffalo sauce as desired.
- Serve immediately with the vegan bleu cheese dressing, scallions and cilantro.
Notes
Most tots have to baked much longer than package instructions to get crispy. After the initial bake, be sure to keep an eye on them to prevent burning.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snack
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
