What can I say about tater tots? I mean who doesn’t love tater tots?? We have a restaurant here in NC called Bad Daddy’s and they have some epic tater tots. When I go out with my girlfriend Steph I have to steal a few of hers to get my fix! I wanted to create sweet potato tots, a healthier version!
Sweet potato tots are pretty much the perfect complement to most of the comfort food I crave during the winter. Chili, veggie burgers, tomato soup, Philly cheese steaks, guacamole, chicken fingers, fish sticks, chocolate peanut butter banana bread. Well maybe not the last one but you get my point.
Well I’ve been craving tater tots like crazy recently and Dave and I have been on a serious sweet potato binge so it was only appropriate to combine these two food cravings. Born from necessity and now a coveted recipe; I seriously love when my food cravings lead to glorious recipes!!
So there are some time saving tips because I don’t know about you, but waiting for potatoes to do their thing in the oven requires a special kind of patience I just don’t have some days. So I decided to use the microwave (gasp ok judge me if you must) but you could easily use a steam basket on the stove as well to get these potatoes almost all the way cooked before forming them into tots.
And since it seems I don’t do anything without a little added protein I used pea protein to bind these tots! You could easily use oat flour to keep this gluten free, but I’d start with only 1 tablespoon and check the consistency before adding a second tablespoon. I’ve seen a ton of tater tot recipes that use egg whites or cheese to bind the tater tots but I used flax eggs to keep these vegan and increase the fiber.
These tater tots are baked in the oven and get super crispy. Not too shabby if you ask me. There are so many fun ways to change these up with spices and herbs so feel free to go crazy. 🙂 The recipe below can easily be doubled or tripled. This recipe is for 1 sweet potato which will serve 2 adults as a side dish (or 1 if you are me).
Sweet Potato Tots
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato washed, peeled and grated
- 2 flax eggs 2 tbs. ground flax with 6 tbs. water, allow to sit 5 minutes before adding to potatoes
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion red or white
- 2 tbs. pea protein can use oat flour but start with 1 tbs.
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- cracks of black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F
- Wash and peel the sweet potato.
- Make flax eggs by combining the ground flax with water. Allow to sit to set up.
- Grate sweet potato with hand grater or food processor attachment into a glass bowl.
- Microwave for 3 minutes on high
- Finely chop the onion, measure out 2 tablespoons.
- Add flax egg, salt, pepper and 2 tbs. unflavored pea protein to the sweet potato and onion mixture.
- Mix to combine. Let sit 2-3 minutes.
- Spray cookie sheet with coconut oil or nonstick spray.
- Form small tots by scooping out a tablespoon of the sweet potato mixture and pressing it into a "tot" with your hands.
- Once all the tater tots have been formed, place in oven for 15 minutes.
- Serve with ketchup, sriracha or your favorite dipping sauce!
Nutrition
What about you?
- Tater tots or fries?
- What do you like to dip your tater tots/fries in?
- Best comfort food to eat tater tots on the side of?
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
July 13, 2015 at 3:17 pmO my goodness!!!! And they have protein!! You’re the bomb 😉
Sam
July 13, 2015 at 9:58 pmxoxo you are too kind!
Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai
June 23, 2015 at 10:35 amOoh, these sound delicious! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty – we love partying with you! Hope to see you next Friday. 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Tara Siudy (Little. Miss Dexterous)
June 21, 2015 at 8:05 amThese look so good!!! I love sweet potatoes! I can’t wait to try! Pinning and sharing!
Maria Magdalena
June 21, 2015 at 3:26 amDelicious. Thank you for linking your recipe to Creative K Kid’s Tasty Tuesdays’ party. I have pinned your post to the Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest board
Jody Cowan
June 20, 2015 at 6:19 pmI love sweet potatoes and these sound delicious. I’d like to make them but I don’t have flax. I ‘ll have to look for that. I”m on a weight loss journey so I need to do this. Thanks! Glad I found you on Fridays Unfolded. Pinned and Followed (jody53)
All that's Jas
June 19, 2015 at 2:02 pmOh, that looks amazing! A healthy version of a family’s favorite. Thanks for sharing with Thursday Favorite Things and hope you have an amazing weekend!
Natashalh
June 16, 2015 at 4:49 pmFun! I’m always looking for new ways to fix my sweet potatoes. =)
Lindsay
June 16, 2015 at 11:58 amI love sweet potatoes! This sounds good!!
Cara's Healthy Cravings
February 21, 2015 at 8:47 pmI am pretty certain I would love these!
What a fun and healthy rendition.
Sam
February 23, 2015 at 12:06 pmCara, oh thanks so much! I hope you do!
Jen
February 8, 2015 at 5:14 pmum, how did I miss this recipe!? I probably need to make these tonight…or maybe tomorrow. I only have vanilla protein powder, so I might need to get some oats for making flour. Or just have vanilla sweet potato tots!? Either way, making these babies this week!!
Sam
February 11, 2015 at 7:07 amYum vanilla sweet potato tots sounds amazing actually! LOL Hope you enjoy em chick!
Jess @hellotofit
January 30, 2015 at 7:12 pmLOVE tater tots! No judging at all that you used the microwave – I hardly have the patience to wait for boiled water and potatoes in the oven…
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
January 30, 2015 at 10:45 amWHAT! These are awesome! I want to make them 🙂 Vegan too <3 Perfection!
GiGi Eats
January 29, 2015 at 8:47 pmI LOVE THIS RECIPE! Soooo making it with butternut squash = IMMEDIATELY!!
Sam
January 30, 2015 at 7:59 amGiGi that sounds AMAZING! Enjoy!
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner
January 29, 2015 at 4:08 pmYum what could be bad about those?!
Sam
January 30, 2015 at 8:00 amDeborah, my thoughts exactly! 🙂 Enjoy your day!
meredith @ The Cookie ChRUNicles
January 29, 2015 at 3:58 pmI buy the Trader Joe’s Sweet Potato Tots for my son, although I haven’t seen them in the stores lately. I think I would prefer to make them like this instead!
Sam
January 30, 2015 at 8:01 amMeredith, oh I hope he enjoys these 🙂 It might be fun to have him help you form the “tots” as well since there is no egg in them. Enjoy!!
Susie @ SuzLyfe
January 29, 2015 at 9:50 amI’m usually more of a fries person (Alex is the tots one in the relationship) but I would be SO DOWN with these!! These look amazing, will have to try them!
Sam
January 30, 2015 at 8:04 amWoohoo 🙂 Hope you enjoy them! Hope you have a good day chick!
Teri || a foodie stays fit
January 29, 2015 at 9:08 amI’ve never had sweet potato tots!! They sound amazing!
Sam
January 30, 2015 at 8:05 amOh Teri, they are one of my favorites!
Kat
January 29, 2015 at 8:51 amNOM! These sound super delicious! I haven’t had a tater tot in forever
Sam
January 30, 2015 at 8:05 amKat you’ve got to change that, they are so yummy!!