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Tonight's dinner: Loaded cheesy fries with andouille snausages and chicken salted shrampies
(lemmy.world)
It doesn't look like a huge portion, I admit, but it's so rich, I'm already full after a few bites! Perfect for a northern hemisphere winter.
The chicken salt really puts in work to elevate the dish; the garlic and onion and mushroom powder give a deep savoury and umami flavour, and then the crystallised lemon brings a citrus zing that brightens the whole dish and compliments those delicious shrampies 🤌
Cheesy Shrimp & Andouille French Fries with Creamy Onion & Bell Pepper Cheese Sauce
Serves 4 as a share plate
Ingredients
Fries & Base
- 1 bag frozen French fries (crinkle or straight cut work best)
- Chicken Salt (to taste)
- Coconut Oil (spray or drizzle)
Shrimp & Andouille
- 8–10 large shrimp, peeled & deveined
- 1 andouille sausage, sliced into coins
- 1 tbsp butter or oil
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- ¼ tsp cayenne (optional)
- ½ tsp Chicken Salt
- Black pepper
Creamy Onion & Bell Pepper Cheese Sauce
- 1 tbsp butter
- ½ medium onion, thinly sliced
- ½ red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- ½ green or yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp flour
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup milk (adjust for thickness)
- 1–1¼ cups shredded Monterey Jack
- ½–¾ tsp Janos chicken salt (to taste)
- Black pepper
Instructions
- Cook the Fries
- Bake or air-fry frozen fries according to package directions.
- When they come out hot, season & toss in chicken salt
- Cook the sausage
- Heat a skillet over medium-high.
- Add sliced andouille (no oil needed).
- Cook until browned and slightly crispy.
- Remove and set aside.
- Cook the Shrimp
- In the same pan, add Shrimp
- Season shrimp with Paprika, Cayenne pepper (optional), Chicken Salt, and black pepper
- Sauté 1–2 minutes per side until just cooked.
- Remove and set aside with sausage.
- Make the Creamy Onion & Bell Pepper Cheese Sauce
- Lower heat to medium.
- Add butter to pan.
- Sautée onions and bell peppers until soft and lightly caramelized (6–8 minutes).
- Add garlic; cook 30 seconds.
- Sprinkle flour over vegetables; stir 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in cream and milk.
- Simmer until slightly thickened.
- Lower heat and stir in cheese gradually until smooth.
- Season with Chicken Salt and Black pepper
- Sauce should be creamy, pourable, and glossy.
- Assemble
- Spread fries on a platter or baking dish.
- Top with andouille and shrimp.
- Spoon cheese sauce generously over everything.
- Optional: Broil 1–2 minutes to melt and blister cheese.
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