Loaded Fries

Our Loaded Fries are fully loaded with bacon, cheese, seasoning and spring onions. It's the ultimate dirty fries feast!

The weekend was made for feasting! And we just can't get enough of these really easy, cheesy loaded fries.

Our dirty fries are tossed in a delicious fajita seasoning, oven baked and then loaded up with Cheddar cheese, spring onions and tasty, crispy bacon bits.

These are epic served with chicken strips, burgers in the air fryer, fajitas or even as a side dish to a chilli con carne or spicy chicken wings.

Equipment Needed To Make Loaded Fries

• Chopping board

• Sharp knife

• Frying pan

• Kitchen paper

• Kitchen scissors

• Teaspoon

• Mixing bowl

• Grater

• Baking tray

Loaded Fries Ingredients

You'll only need a handful of ingredients to make our delicious cheesy bacon fries

• 750g frozen oven chips - we used the new McCain Craft Beer Fries (and they're delicious skin on fries!)

• 2 teaspoon fajita seasoning - we used Schwartz fajita seasoning - you can swap this for any other seasoning you like

• 2 teaspoon smoked paprika

• 2 teaspoon dried oregano

• 10 slices streaky bacon

• 175g Cheddar cheese - grated

• bunch of spring onions - washed and shredded

How To Make Loaded Fries

You are going to just LOVE how easy our dirty fries are to make - these cheesy bacon fries will be ready in no time!

Step One - preheat the oven

• Preheat the oven to the temperature stated on the back of the oven fries.

Step Two - season the fries

• Tip the frozen chips into a large mixing bowl.

• Sprinkle in the fajita seasoning, the smoked paprika and the dried oregano.

• Toss the seasoning into the chips using your hands, just give it all a good mix together.

Cooks Note! If you don't want to do this using your hands then add the seasoning the the chip bag and shake the chips in the bag to coat them.

Step Three - cook the frozen chips

• Tip the frozen chips onto a baking tray and place into the preheated oven. Cook for around 18-20 minutes.

Step Four - make the bacon sprinkles whilst the chips are cooking

• Fry the streaky bacon in a frying pan - you probably won't need any oil, but if you do, just add a drizzle of olive oil.

• Once the bacon is crispy - slide onto a plate on some kitchen paper to blot up the excess grease.

• Let the bacon cool for a few minutes and then snip into small pieces using kitchen scissors.

Step Five - make up the loaded fries

• Remove the cooked chips from the oven and sprinkle over the grated cheese and sliced spring onions. Scatter over the bacon bits.

Step Six - cook the loaded fries

• Put the tray of dirty fries back into the hot oven and cook until the cheese is melted and bubbling. It'll probably only take 4-5 minutes.

Dirty Fries Topping Ideas

You don't just need to stick to cheesy bacon fries when it comes to loaded fries, there's loads of ways to top them and we're full of tasty ideas!

• Three cheese loaded fries - just keep it cheesy and top the fries with a mix of your favourite three cheeses - Cheddar, Mozzarella and Blue Cheese work well!

• Chicken tikka loaded fries - go spicy, season the fries with curry powder and load them up with chicken tikka, mozzarella and spicy chillies.

• Chilli cheese dirty fries - top the fries with a homemade chilli, cheese and sprinkle over some jalapeños

• Vegan dirty fries - top your fries with chargrilled veggies, garlicky mushrooms and scatter over a plant based cheese for the ultimate vegan snack feast!

What To Serve With Loaded Fries

Our loaded fries are completely delicious just as a movie night snack but they also make a great side dish to any of the following!

• Chilli con carne

• Buttermilk fried chicken

• Chicken dippers
• Chicken And Waffles

• Burgers

• Halloumi fajitas

• Chicken wraps

Try serving with our delicious Sriracha Mayo Dip!

More Delicious Potato And Cheese Carb Fest Recipes To Try

You really can't beat a hot potato and cheese combo and we've got some more tasty feasts for you to make!

Try our homemade rosemary fries here

• Waffle nachos

• Mini jacket potatoes

• Loaded skins

Get more cheesy recipes here

Get more snack recipes here

You might also just LOVE our homemade easy salt and pepper chips - so easy!

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