I use about a teaspoon of table salt.

How much/many Tater Tot(s) would you substitute for the hash brown’s? Would you smash them?

I was absolutely not going to use frozen hash browns. I checked multiple brands and they all had additives that I didn’t want. Even when I looked at organic brands, there were still too many ingredients. Consequently, I made my own hash browns and followed your recipe. To make this recipe successful, the homemade hash browns would have to cook separately in a frying pan to crisp up and then added to the baking dish. Adding homemade hash browns, without that step to your recipe, dramatically changes the texture and taste. The homemade version was completely cooked but tasteless and the wrong texture. It whole recipe was also very heavy on the potatoes. My husband remarked, “Too much potato.”

I’m giving it one star because the cheese was good. It probably tastes good using frozen hash browns with additives, but I won’t be making it again since additives don’t belong in my kitchen and haven’t in decades.