Chili Cheese Fries Recipe
What's better than crispy French fries topped with homemade chili and cheese sauce?! These chili cheese fries are sure to be a family favorite in your house as a fun appetizer or game day snack.
Prep 15 minutes minutes
Cook 35 minutes minutes
Total 50 minutes minutes
Fat 33
Carbs 54
Protein 31
Yield 8
Potatoes
- 1 lb. frozen wedge potato fries
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ tablespoon Lawry's salt
Chili
- 1 lb. ground beef
- ¼ medium white onion minced
- 15 oz. canned tomato sauce
- 15 oz. canned diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce
- 30 oz. canned red kidney beans drained and rinsed
Cheese Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 1.5 cups cheddar cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Optional 1.5 teaspoons mac and cheese powder adds color and salty flavor
Optional Toppings
- 1 tablespoon chives minced
Fries
Preheat the oven to 425ºF and spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
Pour the potato wedges into a bowl and sprinkle with olive oil and toss.
Sprinkle the potatoes with lawry’s and toss again.
Spread the fries out on the greased baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
Chili
Heat a large pot over medium/high heat. Add the ground beef.
Break the beef up into small pieces and cook for 4-5 minutes. Add white onion.
Cook the white onion with the ground beef until the beef is fully browned.
Add all of the ingredients for the chili (except for the kidney beans) to the pot and stir until all the ingredients are combined.
Bring the chili to a boil and then turn heat to low and add the kidney beans.
Let the chili simmer for 10-15 minutes on low heat while preparing the cheese sauce.
Cheese Sauce
Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Add butter.
Once the butter is melted, add the flour to the saucepan and whisk the ingredients together until a crumble forms.
While continually whisking, slowly pour the milk into the saucepan. Whisk until all the milk has been added and all of the crumbles dissolve.
Continue to whisk until the mixture begins to thicken.
Remove from heat and sprinkle the cheddar cheese, salt, and cheese powder (if using) into the saucepan. Whisk until all the cheese has melted.
Assemble
Transfer the fries to a pan or platter, creating a pile.
Top the fries with the chili and then drizzle the cheese sauce over the chili.
Garnish chili cheese fries with fresh chives.
Calories: 624kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 33g | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 17g