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Italian Tater Tots

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  • Author: Ciao Chow Bambina
  • Category: Appetizer

Ingredients

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  • 7 oz. duck fat
  • 28 oz. bag of your favorite Ore-Ida Tater Tots
  • 23 large ladles of warmed tomato sauce (homemade preferable, jarred is fine)
  • 1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
  • A good grind of cracked black pepper

Instructions

  1. Over medium heat in a large nonstick skillet, melt the duck fat.
  2. Deliver tots to the pan, turning gently, until coated with fat.
  3. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, turning occasionally, until golden and crispy, about 15 minutes.
  4. Prepare a serving platter with a few hefty ladles of tomato sauce.
  5. Layer the tots, grated Parmigiano, chopped parsley and black pepper over the sauce.
  6. Serve immediately.