It came with an egg, it must be breakfast

About a week ago, our family had a little weekend getaway with some good friends at an indoor waterpark resort. Of course, an important part of any getaway for me is having some good food! When we went out for dinner, my meal was good but my husband ordered something I just had to try to recreate at home!

 I believe what he ordered was called "Carnivore Tots". I’m pretty sure it was like the equivalent of a full bag of frozen tater tots covered in some sort of gravy with shredded pork, shredded cheddar cheese, a fried egg and sprinkled with green onions. Now, I didn’t dive in until there was just tots and gravy left but that was enough. I wanted more!

When we got back home and I made my meal plan for the week, tots and gravy were on my brain! Even though the original dish had pork on it, my husband was not overly impressed with that part. He said it was a tad dry. Instead of pork, I was thinking pot roast with a nice, rich gravy. Most of the time, I just pop my beef roast in the slow cooker and cover with 1 packet onion soup mix, 1 can cream of mushroom soup and 1 can water. The roast always comes out super tender and the drippings are already like gravy! Perfect set up for recreating the tater tot dish; shredded meat and gravy – check! At some point, I had to ask my husband if the egg really added anything to this. After all, I was digging just tater tots and gravy. He assured me it did and that’s when I decided I was serving it for breakfast. I mean why not? Potatoes, meat, eggs… Sounds like breakfast ingredients.

The morning of “carnivore tots” was really quick and easy. I used half a bag of frozen tots (next time I’ll probably go for the whole bag!) that I just had to spread on a pan and put in the oven. My left over pot roast was already shredded and covered in its own gravy so I just warmed it on the stove in a sauce pan. All that was left was to shred a bit of cheese, dice a couple green onions, and fry a few eggs. About as challenging as bacon and eggs. Once all the pieces were ready, I just had to pile them up! I was so excited to dig in, I forgot to even put the green onions on before I snapped a picture!

Tots are just delicious and tots for breakfast are just plain fun! This is a savory, satisfying breakfast. I suppose it could easily be done over hash browns or American fries to be more breakfast-like. Any which way you pile it up though, crunchy potatoes topped with tender meat and a little velvety egg yolk is a spectacular way to start the day!

Carnivore Tots

1 bag frozen tater tots

2 cups shredded left over pot roast in gravy

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1-2 eggs per person

Green onions to garnish

Prepare tater tots per package instructions.

While tater tots bake, warm pot roast on the stove in sauce pan. Shred cheese and chop green onions; set aside.

When tater tots are almost ready, fry 1-2 two eggs per person.

To assemble, spread tater tots in single layer, spoon pot roast and gravy over them to cover. Sprinkle with shredded cheese and top with egg(s). Garnish with chopped green onion and serve immediately.