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Chop up your onion and garlic cloves.
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You can skip these if you don't want or like onion and you can use garlic powder if desired.
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Use garlic powder as needed.
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Start your chili by getting the beans , tomatoe sauce, garlic, black pepper, onion , chili powder and McCormick chili powder into a saucepan.
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Mix well and cover on medium heat.
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Cook your hamburger in a frying pan until no longer pink.
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I like mine small, but you can leave it in bigger chunks if you prefer.
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You can also leave out the meat if you want.
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I also add chili powder to this while cooking.
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Add your hamburger to the chili and mix well.
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I left this to simmer for about 30 minutes or so.
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Pre heat your oven to the temperature that the tator tot package says.
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Start cutting up the velveeta cheese.
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You can use as much as you like.
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Set aside.
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If you are using a block of cheese, shred that up into a bowl.
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If not, skip this step.
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Cook the tator tots for the time that the package says.
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Boil your hot dogs.
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You can skip this if you want, but I preferred to do this.
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Cut up the hotdogs into bite sizes.
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Set aside.
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Take out the tator tots and set aside.
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Turn the oven temperature to 350 .
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Using a casserole dish , start by putting the tator tots on the bottom.
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Then add in your cut up hotdogs.
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Next , place the velveeta cheese cubes around the dish.
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Then add a little of the shredded cheese.
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Next , add in however much chili you want on top.
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This will also help melt the cubes.
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Last , but not least, add as much shredded cheese as you like on top.
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More pictures of the layers.
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Not the prettiest dish hahaha
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Place this into your oven to heat up and melt the cheese.
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This doesn't take very long at all.
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I put mine in for about 15 minutes.
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Pull the dish out of the oven.
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Serve with a side or alone.
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Enjoy !
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