GetMeAReubenSandwich
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Dec 22, 2025 11:21 PM
GetMeAReubenSandwich
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ScootyPuffSr
Next time try it with potato "crowns" / flat tots. Nontraditional, but it shifts the balance of soft to crunchy potato (and less carbs, making it just a touch easier on the diabetic in my house)
dmTim
Fascinating
katthekittykat
its a good start for the cheese
MisterBrahanovich
My heart stopped just looking at this.
wattsdass
Extremely difficult to overdo cheese but you were pushing the boundaries and I š«”
meganical
It looks better than Burger Kingās cheesy bacon tots, and Iām sure it tastes better than that too because Burger Kingās tots stink
joot
I would eat the hell out of that... and then would either have diarrhea for days or not shit for a week, and I'm not even sure which, but it can't be worth it.
LutraLazuli
Honestly, I don't think so
tafoyGiraffePrincess
Never apologize for too much cheese! There's never too much cheese. Someone in Wisconsin will curse you.
GetMeAReubenSandwich
I probably shouldn't mention that I live in Michigan... Someone is liable to call me a heretic.
greatscottkerry5
Yah ya know, dareās no over doin it on da cheese and did ya put green beans in it then?
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Ya sure, you bet!
cousteau
@DownvotesStarWars might think it doesn't have enough cheese.
LogicDude
lawlandorder
HEY NAPOLEON GIMME SOME OF YOUR TOTS
AEM5700
You ever bend your knees when you sneeze then blow your nose into a piece of cheese?
tomgordon55
it like jack and coke. you can never have to much jack onlt yo much coke. Go heavy on the cheese.
shyriath
What is this "overdothecheese" of which you speak?
GravyEducation
This looks fine. It's hefty but not too much. I might not eat every morsel of cheese considering it's such a filling dish. I am one of those "such a thing as too much cheese people."
Targe0
It depends on the cheese type, there are some they are only really enjoyable in moderation. When they have a strong flavour, so eating too much blows out your taste buds so it's not nice anymore.
Dracology
I want it in me so bad
CrabbyBlueberry
The one good thing to come out of the 2024 election was learning Governor Walz's turkey tot hotdish recipe.
GravyEducation
Wasn't it like, award winning? And then I looked at the recipe and I do not remember the details, but I was underwhelmed.
CrabbyBlueberry
It was ground turkey, green beans, bacon, tater tots, and cheese. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
GravyEducation
Well I don't know what past me got caught up about because turkey bacon sounds awesome. I think I said in some other comment I always think about this video I saw with short rib tater tot hot dish that was "I'm about to lick my screen" good. I set the bar too high because I always remember how good that looked
TimbiquiDarkThirty
Fuuuuuuuuck yeah
springer57
The thing that hurts me about this picture is the pan. It's awesome, but that's like only 2 servings. Gotta bust out the giant 11x15 pyrex pan for the tater tot hotdish!
Daarst
What hurts me the most is the cilantro on it. wtf
springer57
This must be a fancy version
GravyEducation
Looks like parsley
GravyEducation
Plus real pain to get all the goodies out of the corners. Imagine just trying to get every last bit of the North shore and you just can't
Toqom
The people who would buy this pan are the ones who look at me funny for wasting my cast iron every time I use it.
springer57
Yeah you'd definitely need a special cleaning tool for this
SarneMoore
Made a lot of mistakes in my life but adding more cheese than what a recipe calls for has never been one of them.
GetMeAReubenSandwich
We must be siblings.
5thAveSmugglerForHire
Never thought to try and make this in a cast iron skillet. Does it add any flavor? I've cooked a lot of bacon and steaks in my cast iron pan, hope the seasoning would impart a little bit of that. Also no such thing as overdoing it on the cheese.
GetMeAReubenSandwich
CI shouldn't impart any flavor if you keep them cleaned and seasoned. I use my ci for frying, baking, stews, etc. Would never make soup or straight-up boil water in cast iron.
CrackWhoresAndCheese
+1 Minnesota
GravyEducation
Always
bloxxing
needs more cheese. looks good.
BullittGT
Things I'm not allowed to eat anymore for $500 Alex.
Idontspellcheck
Well in that case can I have your share?
DSOSpades
Things I'd pay $500 for Alex.
kahlas
You have a stroke also?
BullittGT
No, but I had a case of heat exhaustion in September. I am in Texas, 104 degrees that day and we went to eat lunch across the road. After eating I could not cool off, thought I was having a fucking heart attack. Couldn't talk, shaking like mad, sweating, couldn't even type on my keyboard to ask for help in Teams. Luckily a co-worker walked by and I asked him to call 911. Paramedics arrived, heart rate was 150 bpm, spent an hour in the ER with fluids and felt so much better afterwards.
Biocide669
Just turned 47ish... I have to say goodbye to tomato/citrus foods or anything spicy for dinner. Or I get to drink Pepto just to sleep.
I feel ya
Gooooodmoooorrrningmuchwow
Apple cider vinegar with mother every day for a year helped me with that shit. im 40 and had it bad. I mean i cut out a lot of salt and sugar but it helped with other stupid foods I eat
dracklen
Talk to your doctor if you havenāt already! Modern medicine can sometimes solve this ^\^
JustinArnold
So what im hearing is that you are in the market for industrial scale pepto deliveries...
Biocide669
And im skimping on the lube.
onecowboytoo
51 here I just made chili last week that was too hot for my co-worker from India. I enjoyed it a lot.
darlingdaredevil
Some people make yummy food but ask silly questions.
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Yes, we do. š
darlingdaredevil
Make pickle roll ups next. Just saw a post of it and was reminded how good they are. Damn. Now I have to shop tomorrow for ham and pickles.
GetMeAReubenSandwich
What are these pickle roll ups you speak of?
darlingdaredevil
Spread cream cheese on ham slices. Insert pickle (get consent first), roll up. Cut into sushi slices.
thatwoodguy
I always like these holiday Abominations that people put together. My wife's got this one called wife saver. Layers of white bread missing the crust ham good cheddar cheese and then about 10 eggs mixed with a bit of milk chopped up green pepper and onions. And you season the milk with a bit of Worcestershire sauce
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Holiday abomination, you say? Hotdish is a year-round dish, thank you very much! š
thatwoodguy
Your Wife Saver is something that we make year-round two not just the holidays
tallyhoho
The cast iron reddit would come so hard to this pic
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Now that you mention it, that amount of melted cheese does look a little suspicious. Definitely not the aesthetic I was err... um... shooting for.
HighSorcerer
If your oven has a broiler(and most electric ones these days do) let it sit under than for a couple of minutes(no more than like, 5 probably) and you'll get a really golden brown crust on top.
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Love my cast iron. Many of my pieces are older than I am.
tallyhoho
I love mine too, if I only had one pan it would be my ci
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Totally agree!
Snezko
one day i hope to own my very 1st one in my life so i can attempt a "deep dish pizza" that you need this iron cast pans to make (always wanted to try that pizza but they don't make it in my country, so only option is self made at home)
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Everyone needs a dream. If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
GravyEducation
Minnesota's native dish! Well done
springer57
What's your vegetable of choice in yours? Green beans or corn?
andrewgrr1
Peas! Green beans are good too though
springer57
In my 36 years I have never tried peas and now I want to! Me and my siblings hated green beans as kids so my parents always just threw corn in there
andrewgrr1
Corn clashes with it imo, in every way too. It's too visually bright and stands out, and the crunch and sweet are so distinct they stand out. Imo corn doesn't work for this recipe but it's popular because a lotta people disagree!
GravyEducation
Hmm... I'm not picky but right now I would want corn and probably add some peas. Green beans are so fucking good if they're well made though. And I always remember this cooking video where somebody made short rib tater tot hotdish so I wanna fancy up the meat just a little :) as far as the soup, if you don't get Campbell's, we drive you out to the middle of nowhere with nothing but a light sweater and an ice scraper and we tells ya, if you make it back we'll forgive ya
springer57
Hahaha I love that last sentence. I was born and raised here so that's my normal winter attire but my in laws are from Ohio and anything under 45 is "freezing".
springer57
I usually opt for corn. When I was growing up my parents must have bought the can of green beans that came with a "now with more stems!" label and that just made the whole hotdish suck when you found one. So, corn was the answer and it just stuck with me.
andrewgrr1
They called it casserole though. Uffda...
GravyEducation
No they put hot dish in parentheses. I think we can forgive because by far the more common word for this TYPE of dish is casserole. We're kinda the weird ones on this... even though guys, it makes sense because it comes in a hot dish.
...Although wait if you serve it in a skillet... it is no longer hot dish since it's not being served in a baking dish.
Help I'm too high for this
andrewgrr1
Mostly i just wanted an excuse to throw an uffda out! Casseroles somehow taste just as good as a hotdish so it dont much matter what we call em!
PearjuiceATX
Is a lasagna a hotdish?
andrewgrr1
It's as delicious as one! I ain't a chef so if you're asking officially, idk. I am from Minnesota though so I'm dubbing it an honorary hotdish if it ain't already one
ouroborus777
Recipe? Is it just cheese and tots?
iktome99
Just think of a shitty pot pie made with almost entirely processed food
GetMeAReubenSandwich
To answer your question, no, it is not just cheese and tots. Cheese and tots is a snack.
GravyEducation
There's meat and cream of mushroom soup in it too. As OP says, many variations on recipes
awizzaza
I had to look up hot dish. I guess itās a whole thing? https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/why-midwesterners-love-hot-dish/
GravyEducation
Oh ya you betcha. Imagine it's like a shepherds pie (well technically cottage pie since most hot dish uses beef). you just got inside from shoveling snow, and somebody hands you a shepherds pie... something warm with a lot of carbs and almost stew-like... get the appeal? It's a one dish no effort comfort food
ralentar
Put taco beef as bottom layer and serve with sour cream and salsa.mmm
ArcheiaSophiaMetatronsWife
Our family recipe.... Press ground beef in bottom, layer of frozen peas (or veg of choice), dallop and 'spread' cream of mushroom soup, layer with tots, bake about 350 for an hour ish, top with cheese and let sit in oven until melted.... Serve. Vary recipe as your preference see fit.
GravyEducation
Mixed veg bag! Carrots carrots carrots I'M STARTING A CHANT HERE carrots! Carrots!
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Hotdish is one of those things where everyone (and their Grandma) makes it differently. There are more variations than there are lakes in Minnesota. Google knows all, friend.
mobeers3000
Recipe?????
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Layer in a pan:
Ground beef, cooked, crumbled. Drain fat.
Season meat to your liking
Add a layer of any veggie of your choosing
Spread a layer of cream of mushroom soup
Next, a layer of Shreded Cheddar Cheese
Next, a layer of Frozen Tater Tots
Finally, More Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Bake 425ā°F. 35-40 min.
There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Want a different variation? Make it your own. Or Google it. It ain't difficult.
Snezko
yeah but there's usually the "basic foundation" to pretty much all recipes then it varies out of that foundation on each ones personal tastes, also are "tater tots" kinda like mini rosti things the ones without cheese, i think they also call em hashbrowns or something like that? i always wanted to do something similar with potato croquettes & cheese some seasonings & toss into an oven & bake like i bake my rosti with cheese for 30 mins on 200C and then devour it like it's my last meal.
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Here in the US, the country is so large that many food items are pre-made and pre-packahed and frozen for mainly 2 reasons. 1. Convenience or 2. To allow the item to maintain freshness during distribution. Tater tots are shredded potatoes that are formed into a bite sized finger food. Hashbrowns are simply shredded or diced potatoes that are frozen.
Snezko
yeah we mostly don't have all this awesome stuff here, even our mcdonalds doesn't have hashbrowns so let that sink in xD i gotta google up most of the stuff & see if it's a possible thing for me to make myself, but yeah i'll pan fry my rosti 1st a bit & then put it into the oven with cheese on top to get this similar food just wont be in small tater tots shape but a large pie rosti shape, should still come out in similar flavor, ty :)
GetMeAReubenSandwich
Americans have no idea what a rosti is. Can you explain?
GravyEducation
Yes. There's two kinds of hash browns in the US. Had to look up rosti but that's the first kind, grated potato, pan fried. The second, a grated mixture formed into shapes usually with the help of like corn starch or chemicals or something, it's the fast food hashbrown, you deep fry it. The most common shapes would be the tot, little cylinders, or a thin triangular patty like what McDonald's does, or just a burger-looking disk. I feel like an Italian explaining pasta shapes
Snezko
yeah i figured it's gonna be along this lines, though i'll have to google up corn starch to see if i can figure out what that would be in my country if it's even something i can get (yeah we lack like 80% of what USA stores sell... so this is gonna be a fun hunt), ty for the reply, will probably for now just make a giant rosti by pan frying it 1st & then placing it into a baking plate, add cheese on top & put it into an oven to finish it off, should come out similar just in a large pie shape ^^
GetMeAReubenSandwich
US: Corn Starch UK: Corn Flour.