Loaded Baked Potato Fries
Everything you love about a loaded baked potato, piled on top of crispy fries!
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ingredients
- 3 cups french fries you can buy frozen - see note below - or you can use the fries recipe here if you want homemade
- 5 slices of your favorite bacon I used Sriracha flavored bacon for some spice, cooked and chopped
Cheese Sauce
- 1 1/2 Tbsp butter
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/8 cup flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 7 oz grated sharp cheddar cheese + more for topping
- 4 oz grated Monterray Jack cheese
- Garnish: Sour cream chopped chives
instructions
- In a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat, melt the butter with paprika and cayenne powder. When melted and just starting to bubble, stir in 1/8 cup flour. Let brown, approximately 30 seconds to 1 minute, and whisk in 1 1/2 cups milk.
- Continue to stir the milk mixture until it thickens, approximately 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cheddar cheese and blue cheese until melted.
- To assemble, add fries to a large serving dish. Sprinkle bacon over the fries, then pour over the cheese sauce. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and a generous sprinkle of chopped chives.
notes
Note: If you buy frozen French fries, trying cooking the in the oven, and then fry them up in some hot oil so they get extra crunchy/crispy on the outside. An easy hack if you don’t want to make the fries ENTIRELY from scratch.