Making homemade tots is actually easy to do and you can season them anyway you want unlike the frozen tots. Potatoes are boiled and grated into a large bowl to start this recipe. An egg, flour, cayenne pepper, paprika, garlic powder and salt are mixed in next. The potato mixture is formed into tots and baked until golden brown. These tots pair great with any sandwich and are another great way to enjoy potatoes.
Cook the potatoes closer to 15 minutes; otherwise the tots are more like mashed potatoes. The shredded pieces will mash together when forming the cylinders. They still taste good, but you won’t get the traditional tater tot texture. I used a spoon to form the cylinders and my yield was only 46 pieces. Turn tots over halfway through cooking so both sides brown.