Cheesy Tater Casserole

• 1 onion, chopped
• 6 slice bacon
• 2 tbsp chives
• 2 tsp oregano
• 2 tsp basil
• 1 can campbells cheddar cheese soup
• 1/4 packages velveeta sharp cheddar cheese
• 2 cup whole milk
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 2 tsp your favorite season salt (i used a prime rib season salt)
• 1/2 lb tillamook mild cheddar cheese
• 1 packages tater tots

1. Cut bacon into bit size pieces and brown
2. Remove bacon from pan but leave grease
3. Toss in chopped onion and brown for 4-5 minutes, then add ground beef.
4. Add seasoning salt, basil & oregano to ground beef mixture
5. Brown meat and seasonings until ground beef has nice crisp edges (keep setting on burner at 5 or 6)
6. Mix 2 cups milk and cheddar cheese soup in a sauce pan and set burner at 5.
7. Chop Velveeta sharp cheddar cheese into small cubes and add to milk and soup mixture.
8. When a creamy sauce has developed and all cheese is mixed in pull from burner.
9. Mix the beef mixture and cheese sauce together (if beef has too much grease in it drain it first)
10. Spread mixture in bottom of 5x9 nonstick pan
11. Shread Tillamook mild cheddar cheese if it wasn't bought already shread.
12. Sprinkle a little shreaded cheese to top of mixture in pan
13. Add an even layer of tater tots to top of mixture in 5x9 and salt and pepper them to your liking
14. Sprinkle the rest of the Tillamook cheese on top then evenly spread bacon and chives
15. Bake at 400 until top looks golden brown

onion, bacon, chives, oregano, basil, cheddar cheese soup, velveeta sharp cheddar cheese, milk, extra lean ground beef, salt, cheddar cheese, tater

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/351131-cheesy-tater-casserole (may not work)