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OT: Hotdish Challenge

Sorry for invading with an off-topic post, but many baseball fans have seen the recent fan "flow chart." As a Kansas City Royals fan, I think BBQ sauce is probably more accurate than gravy for us, but I can't deny the fact that gravy makes everything better. My challenge to you fine denizens of Twinkie Town is to throw down the best recipe for an authentic Minnesotan hotdish (or hot dish?). Feel free to educate me. I grew up on casseroles and other foods with a cream of mushroom soup base...but I want recipes for the real deal.

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I have to go to Duluth soon for a work trip. What’s worth checking out?

by Tito42 on Mar 4, 2011 11:42 PM EST reply actions  

I'm not really your guy for hot dishes, but if you'll be around Duluth...

We usually enjoy the area around Canal Park. There’s a decent amount of stores and restaurants, and there’s a boardwalk right along Lake Superior. It’s a fun place to see. There’s also a museum or two around there, and the Duluth aquarium.

Towards the outskirts of Duluth there’s the Congdon mansion. It’s an interesting building, made infamous by the murder of the mansion’s millionaire heiress in the 1970s. I’m not sure if you can get in if you’re not there on a weekend though.

Finally, if you get a chance to get outside Duluth at all, I would highly recommend Gooseberry Falls, about an hour’s drive north of Duluth on Highway 61. Beautiful place. There’s also Split Rock Lighthouse, right around that same area.

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by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Mar 5, 2011 12:04 AM EST up reply actions  

Thank you

I’ll be in Duluth over a weekend, so I will put Congdon Mansion on my short list. My lodging will be near the Canal Park area, so I guess that will be a good thing!

by Tito42 on Mar 5, 2011 12:26 AM EST up reply actions  

The best part about Canal Park...

Is taking your picture (or your gf or even bf for that matter) in front of the sign at Canal Park. Just make sure they accidently block the C

by JustDoIt11 on Mar 6, 2011 7:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Tater Tot Hot Dish

Simple, but pretty delicious. :)

Ingredients:

1 pound lean ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1 10 oz. package frozen corn or 1 can of canned corn
1 can cream of mushroom soup mixed with one can of milk or a 12 oz. jar beef gravy
1 16 ounce package frozen tater tots
Salt/pepper/season to taste

Directions:

Brown the ground beef and onion in a large skillet; drain off grease. Add the corn and soup or gravy and mix well. Pour into a 2 quart casserole dish. Arrange the tater tots on top.

Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the tater tots are crisp and lightly browned.

Serves 6

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by fischean on Mar 5, 2011 12:51 AM EST reply actions  

Tots

On top or on bottom? I see recipes calling for both arrangements. Thoughts?

by Tito42 on Mar 5, 2011 1:48 AM EST up reply actions  

Always on top

And then wait for the obligatory “TWSS” ;)

by Anelle on Mar 5, 2011 10:33 AM EST up reply actions  

Ooh, on top for sure.

That way they brown nicely. Haha

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by fischean on Mar 5, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions  

Doctored it a little

But that’s what you do with casseroles, right? Turned out great, the crispy tots on top were the crowning touch. A big hit with the whole family. Thanks!

by Tito42 on Mar 8, 2011 1:06 PM EST up reply actions  

WTH is the macaroni?

How can it be “hotdish” without macaroni? Are you from Idaho originally? I think I saw this on Napolean Dynamite.

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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Mar 5, 2011 7:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Fischean's hotdish doesn't have macaroni

It has LACKaroni!

(commence booing at bad pun)

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by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Mar 5, 2011 11:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Booo!

But really, who puts macaroni in a tater tot hot dish? That’s crazy talk.

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by fischean on Mar 6, 2011 10:03 PM EST up reply actions  

+1

That is a great dish

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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Mar 6, 2011 8:47 AM EST up reply actions  

Lemme see hold on a sec. while i get my italian hot-dish recipe....

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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Mar 6, 2011 8:47 AM EST up reply actions  

It's simple

1 can tuna, drained
1. Can cream of mushroom soup
1. Bag, egg noodles
1. Celery stalk, cleaned and diced
2 cups shredded Velveta cheese
12 OZ. potato chips, crushed

Cook the noodles ’till soft. Fold in soup, tuna, celery and cheese into a 9-in casserole dish. Put it into a 325 oven for 30 minutes. Add crushed chips. Cook for an additional 15 minutes. Serve.

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by cmathewson on Mar 6, 2011 12:59 PM EST reply actions  

It's not very good

But it is the authentic Lutheran church basement tuna hot dish.

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Mar 6, 2011 5:11 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, it's not bad

I’m from northern Iowa, not MN, but this was a very popular option in our Lutheran church basement, as well. You can’t deny the classics.

by dctwin on Mar 6, 2011 9:53 PM EST up reply actions  

12 ounces?

That’s like the second biggest bag of chips they sell. It would be like 2 inches of chips on top of the hot dish!

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by wayback on Mar 10, 2011 1:46 AM EST up reply actions  

Yes

That’s the best part!

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Mar 10, 2011 9:44 AM EST up reply actions  

its not minnesotan but a good hot dish/side dish/casseroll is

dauphinois potatoes a classic french dish you can put a lot of different spins on. I dont have a set in stone recipe I just know how to do it from culinary school.

Take enough potatoes (i prefer red or yukon gold to just regular potatoes) to fill about 1/2 your baking pan with and peel and slice them thin

Put them in a large pot and pour enough cream (heavy whipping cream is about the best you can get in the store but manufacturing cream is the best) to cover the potatoes by an inch or so in the pot and start them to a low to medium boil (cream/milk scorches easy watch out). Also if you want to go more health concious replace half or all of the cream with milk

Add in salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, seasoning to taste

Add in diced onions and garlic to taste (you want to use a pretty big amount of garlic it really makes the dish)

Boil until potatoes are fork tender (soft all the way through) and put a thin layer of potatoes down in you baking dish then layer with cheese (swiss or gruyere is classic I have never tried with anything else) then put another layer of potatoes then a layer of cheese until all the potatoes are in the dish. You can also add a meat of your choice or veggies in with the cheese layers if you want. You can also top it with bread crumbs for a nice crust. Once everything you want is in the dish pour the cream you boiled the potatoes in the dish over everything filling it up to just below the top of the potatoes. Cover in foil and bake finish the last few minuets in the oven without the foil so the top browns.

by holymackerel on Mar 6, 2011 6:05 PM EST reply actions  

great add ins

ham, sausage, broccoli, mushrooms, carmalized onions, peppers

by holymackerel on Mar 6, 2011 6:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Tater Tot Hot Dish by fischean

Is first up, tomorrow night. I’ll try and post a picture. I noted that this recipe is straight off of a Minnesota tourism website, so it must be a good starting point.

by Tito42 on Mar 6, 2011 11:38 PM EST reply actions  

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