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Crab Tater Tots takes several minutes to prepare.

Crab Tater Tots takes several minutes to cook.

Crab Tater Tots makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Crab Tater Tots are:

1 pound softened cream cheese
3 tablespoons minced garlic
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1 tablespoon Chipotle pepper puree (canned peppers in adobo sauce, pureed)
1/4 cup cream
1 cup shredded mild cheddar cheese
1/2 tablespoon Tabasco sauce
1 pound crab meat
1 pound bay shrimp
3 pounds shredded, frozen hash-brown potatoes
3 cups Panko bread crumbs

Here is how you make Crab Tater Tots:

Blend the cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth, then fold in the remaining ingredients, blending thoroughly.To form the tots, pinch off a generous tablespoon of the mixture and roll into a ball. Mold into a "tater tot" shape by gently squeezing the sides of the ball to form a cylindrical shape.These are best deep-fried, but they can be drizzled with oil and baked at 400 F for 10 to 12 minutes.Whichever cooking method you use, the tots must be very cold before cooking, so refrigerate them for at least 1 to 2 hours. (The tots can also be frozen. Allow them to thaw, refrigerated for 1 to 2 hours.)-- McCormick & Schmick'sNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RANCHO*RELAXO.

The nutritional information for Crab Tater Tots is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 444.7

• Total Fat: 13.1 g
• Cholesterol: 127.1 mg
• Sodium: 1,248.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 48.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
• Protein: 30.4 g