Bacon, Ranch and Dill French Fries for Alexia Foods “Reinvent a Classic” {my entry}
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I bet you all are wondering about my Alexia Foods “Reinvent a Classic” Final Entry!
I asked you all for flavor suggestions………..and I was blown away by all the suggestions! Even though I had to submit my entry on July 20, I think I will continue to try some of the flavor combos left in the comments.
I asked on Facebook if you liked Russet or Sweet Potatoes best, when it comes to french fries
I asked how you like your french fries cut Waffle, Crinkle, Wedge or Julienne.
Waffle cut won by a landslide!
I also gave out FREE French Fries to 3 lucky readers! Congrats to #18 Karen, #63 Madelyn and #76 Melissa
If you’ve been reading along for the last month, you know I’ve been trying to create a one-of-a-kind french fry flavor for Alexia Foods, along with 20 other fabulous bloggers. The top 4 will win a trip to the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival in November to unveil their creations for sampling, and up for public vote on facebook.
The winning entry will then become an of Alexia Foods French Fry flavor in 2012!
Needless to say, my family has been eating a lot of fries, and I’ve heard NO complaints! lol
After some trial and error, I have learned a few things:
- I haven’t met a fry I don’t like
- It’s hard to cook a crispy fry
- My madeoline makes julienne cut WAY to skinny (my fries looked like hashbrowns)
- Raw sweet potatoes are VERY hard to cut! You MUST have a good sharp knife.
- Alexia frozen fries would have made for much prettier pictures! lol
A few contenders we came up with
Black Truffle and Parmesan
Maple and Brown Sugar & Cinnamon Sweet Potato Fries
Both were fantastic, yet our last idea drew the biggest cheers.
Bacon, Ranch and Dill
My family dunks everything in ranch, so a ranch-flavored french fry just made sense……..fry it up in a little bacon grease and throw in a little dill and I think you have the perfect fry for any sandwich!
Bacon Ranch and Dill French Fries
Ingredients
- 3 large Russet Potatoes, cut julienne style
- 1 package Ranch Dressing Mix
- 1 teaspoon Dill Weed
- Bacon grease from one pound of Bacon
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Heat bacon grease in large skillet on medium-high heat until sizzling.
- Place ranch mix and dill weed in large zippered plastic bag.
- Add potatoes and shake until well-coated.
- Slowly add fries to hot grease.
- Reduce heat to medium.
- Cook for about 10 mins, or until bottom layer is nice and brown.
- Gently flip fries and gently stir as they continue to cook (about another 7-10 mins.)
- Lightly salt and serve immediately
I hope you give them a try and enjoy them as much as we did!!
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Ha! I love your trial and error recap! These fries look fantastic, Cheryl!
Go girl go!! These fries sound awesome. You have reminded me that I need to post my final entry 🙂 I hope we all end up in SF together!
Wow, Cheryl! Those sound just awesome! What a hard job…to “test” french fries! 😉
Our grocery store had Alexia fries on sale last week…and they had sweet potato TATER TOTS! Now our freezer is stocked with Alexia!
Sounds fantastic, Cheryl!!! yum yum! Good luck!
Isn’t everything better as a waffle fry? These do sound pretty awesome though. everyone loves that ranch flavor!
Sounds like a winner to me, Cheryl! Best wishes for a solid win!
MMMMMMMMM……Ranch, good….dill, good….bacon, GOOD!
That sounds SO yummy! Good Luck!!!
Everything tastes better with bacon, right?! Add in ranch & dill and I’m sure you’ve got a flavor winner there. Thanks for the free Alexa fries, looking forward to the coupon so that we can try some here! :> Best of luck to you!
These sound amazingly decadent and I don’t even have to ask if my family would like these since the response would be “duh Mom” – ’nuff said!!
These are all delicious creations! I think my votes on the fries preference falls with the popular votes! LOL….I can’t wait to see your winning recipe being one of the 2012 Alexia Foods French Fry flavor! 🙂 Best of luck to you.
Love your recap! They all sound totally delish! Good luck 🙂
Mmmm, this looks like a great one! Good luck!
Oh my… I shouldn’t be reading this late at night. I am seriously craving some fries right now. Yum!! I believe the bacon and ranch combo is certainly a winner.
This is such a smart combo of seasonings! Yum!
I’m so glad to see you used the dill and it was brilliant to add bacon! I cannot wait to try these yummy fries!