A big pile of crispy french fries smothered in melty cheese and bacon and topped with green onion and your fave toppings! Serve these fries with sour cream and homemade ranch for dipping! There’s just something about a big pile of cheesy fries. Perfect for snacking on during the big game or for casual nights when you just want something to snack on with friends.
Ingredients for Cheese Fries
French Fries – To make cheese fries you’ll need fries of course! You can make them from scratch (check the notes of the recipe) or use frozen fries for a faster snack. We find thicker steak fries, crinkle fries, or even wedges work well and hold up to the toppings. Make them in the air fryer or try oven-baked fries. Season them with kosher salt & pepper. Cheese – We choose shredded cheese over cheese sauce because we find the fries don’t get soggy this way. Shredded cheddar or a shredded cheddar mozzarella cheese blend is great on fries. For most recipes, I recommend that you shred your own cheese but this is one place (along with nachos) where the bagged shredded cheeses work well! Bacon – Everything is better with bacon, including cheese fries! If you want to fry up some bacon and crumble it on top, that works well but real bacon bits (or precooked) works just as well too! Other Toppings – Green onions are a favorite to sprinkle on cheese fries (reminiscent of potato skins). Make these into loaded cheese fries by adding any of the following to suit your tastes:
Ground beef, browned sausage, or taco meat.Brown gravy (trust me, it makes them AMAZING), a take from our fave poutine recipe.Diced tomatoes, sliced jalapenos, avocado, burger sauce, or even a big scoop of leftover chili.Sour cream or homemade ranch for dipping.
How to Make Cheese Fries
While we prefer to make these with shredded cheese to keep the fries more crisp, you can use a cheese sauce instead. Whisk together a quick homemade cheese sauce with shredded cheeses. For a shortcut, use a premade nacho cheese sauce from the store and drizzle it overtop. If you’re feeling extra saucy, heat up some brown gravy and pour it overtop. Sounds crazy but it’s SO GOOD! © SpendWithPennies.com. Content and photographs are copyright protected. Sharing of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to any social media is strictly prohibited. Please view my photo use policy here.
