Skinny Texas Cheese Fries Recipes

SKINNY TEXAS CHEESE FRIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°. Line baking sheet with foil for easy clean-up. Lightly coat with cooking spray.
• Cut each potato lengthwise into 1/4 inch thin slices; then cut each slice into 1/4 inch fries.
• In a large bowl, combine cut potatoes and oil; toss well. Add seasoning (paprika to salt and pepper). Toss to coat.
• Place potatoes in a single layer on a lightly greased large baking sheet. Bake uncovered for about 25 minutes or until tender crisp, turning once half way through (depending on thickness this may require more or less time).
• Remove from oven, place fries into two small oven safe dishes (or one large dish for sharing), top with cheddar cheese, sliced jalapenos, scallions and bacon bits and return to oven for about 2 minutes, or until the cheese melts.
• Serve with low fat buttermilk ranch dressing.

SKINNY TEXAS CHEESE FRIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
• 2. Grab 4-5 medium-sized Yukon gold, or russet potatoes. I used Yukon gold, so I left the skins on. Wash the potatoes thoroughly.
• 3. Slice each potato into 1/2 inch strips. Lay the potato strips face down, in two piles.
• Slice each pile of potatoes into 1/2 inch strips.
• 4. Toss them into a bowl and drizzle 2 Tb olive oil over the top.
• 5. In a small bowl combine 1/2 tsp chili powder, 1/2 tsp seasoned salt, 1/2 tsp smoked paprika and 1 tsp garlic salt.
• Sprinkle the seasoning over the top of the potatoes and toss them with some tongs, making sure all of the potato slices get covered with seasoning.
• 6. Generously spray two large cookie sheets with cooking spray and lay the potatoes out evenly. You want to be sure that none of them over lap. This will ensure they each get nice and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
• 7. Toss them into the oven for 25 minutes.
• Test them with a fork to be sure they are soft in the center. Remove the from the oven and sprinkle salt over the tops.
• 8. Using a spatula, scoop all of the fries into a deep 9x9 casserole dish, or deep dish pie plate. Sprinkle with 1/2 C cheddar cheese and 1 Tb cooked bacon. Pop the pan into the oven and allow the cheese to melt. Should only take 2-3 minutes.
• 9. Sprinkle 1 Tb chopped cilantro and 1 Tb chopped green onions on top.

SKINNY TEXAS CHEESE FRIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°. Line baking sheet with foil for easy clean-up if desired. Lightly coat with cooking spray.
• Cut each potato lengthwise into 1/4 inch thin slices; then cut each slice into 1/4 inch fries.
• In a large bowl, combine cut potatoes and oil; toss well. Add seasoning (paprika to salt and pepper). Toss to coat.
• Place potatoes in a single layer, bake in the bottom third of the oven 10 minutes, turn and bake an additional 8 to 10 minutes, or until crisp and browned.
• Remove from oven, top with cheddar cheese, sliced jalapenos, scallions and bacon bits and return to oven for about 1 to 2 minutes, or until the cheese melts.

TEXAS FRIES

Steps:

• Bake or fry potatoes, whichever you prefer.
• Pour oil in a large skillet. Add onions & jalapenos & cook, stirring often, till onions are tender, about 5 minutes.
• **We prefer the canned jalapenos because the vinegar seeps into the onions while cooking & flavors the whole dish. If using fresh peppers, you may need either more oil or a dash of vinegar.
• Spoon half the onion/pepper mixture onto a serving dish. Top with hot fries. Add remaining onion & peppers.
• Salt to taste but pepper liberally.
• To make it authentic, serve with ranch dressing for dipping rather than ketchup.

TEXAS CHEESE FRIES

Steps:

• Place french fries into oven and prepare according to directions.
• Combine ranch dressing and half of the taco seasoning; set aside.
• in a small sprinkle container, such as an old emptly seasoning container, place remaining taco seasoning, black pepper, garlic salt, and season salt.
• Place hot french fries into paper bag and sprinkle remaining taco seasoning mixture onto fries.
• Place fries onto a serving dish that you can place into the oven.
• Sprinkle cheese and bacon evenly over fries on the baking sheet.
• Return fries to hot oven until cheese has melted.
• Sprinkle with green onions.
• Serve fries with prepared sauce for dipping.