Best Hotdish in Minnesota (2019)

While best known for their menu of traditional pub food and award-winning Juicy Lucys, Crooked Pint Ale House offers two types of hotdish. The classic tater tot hotdish comes with ground beef, onions, serrano peppers, habañero jack cheese and jumbo tater tots, while the turkey wild rice hotdish features oven-roasted turkey, parmesan and haystack onions.
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Up North hospitality is on the menu at The Good Life Cafe in Park Rapids, as well as a wild rice hotdish filled with vegetables and mushrooms in a parmesan cream sauce. It comes topped with toasted almonds.
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You’ll have to go to the Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream in New Ulm to find hotdish on the menu. The Chicken Hot Dish is covered with cheese and tator tots and comes in a single serving or family size to share.
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The Tater Tot Hot Dish from Stray Dog in Minneapolis puts a delicious twist on a classic by using braised brisket, caramelized Brussels sprouts, roasted mushroom béchamel, parmesan and Gran Cru gruyere-stuffed truffle tots.
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At the Iron Range Eatery in Prairie Bay, diners looking for some homestyle comfort food should try the Tuna Noodle “Hot Dish.” This Asian-inspired variation is made with veggies stir fried with rice noodles, rare seared Ahi tuna, edamame, fresh cilantro and a ginger broth.
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This classic neighborhood pub in St. Paul offers a classic tater tot hot dish with a spicy kick. This one is made with jumbo tater tots, ground beef, onions, serrano peppers and habanero jack cheese.
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The tater tot hotdish from Mason Jar Kitchen in Eagan has all the essential ingredients: ground beef, cream of mushroom soup and tater tots. But unlike the typical hotdish, this version uses house-made soup with fresh ingredients like button mushrooms, butter, heavy cream and homemade chicken stock. The hotdish comes out of the stone oven and is served piping hot.
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The 5-8 Club in Minneapolis has combined two Minnesota classics into one dish, the Tot Dish Lucy. Part tater tot hotdish, part Juicy Lucy, this cheese-filled burger comes topped with tater tots, more cheese and cream of mushroom soup.
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You don’t have to be a guest at the Douglas Lodge to enjoy one of two hotdishes served at their restaurant. The Wild Rice Hotdish is made with Red Lake Nation wild rice, ground beef, water chestnuts, celery and wild mushrooms. Traditionalists can opt for the classic Tater Tot Hotdish.
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Big appetites will find a tater tot hotdish on the Big Dinners menu at Grumpy's Bar & Grill. This version comes straight from the Iron Range Church recipe book, made with hamburger and plenty of veggies.
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