Loaded fries with chicken, bacon and ranch
60 min · 46 g protein · 472 cals / serving
A tray of crisp, skin-on oven fries buried under smoky paprika chicken, salty crisped back bacon and a melt of sharp cheddar, then streaked with a cold herby yogurt ranch and showered with green onion, jalapeño and juicy tomatoes. Big enough for dinner, and everyone digs in from the same pan.
Ingredients
Fries
- 3 large (1 2/3 lb) potato, scrubbed, skin on, cut into 1 cm (1/2-inch) fries
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1 tsp paprika
- 3/4 tsp salt
Toppings
- 2 breasts (1 lb) chicken breast, cut into small cubes
- 1 1/2 tsp paprika, smoked if you have it
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/3 tsp salt
- 6 slices (3 1/2 oz) canadian bacon, back bacon, chopped
- 1/2 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
Yogurt ranch
- 3/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 tsp fresh dill, chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh chives, snipped
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp skim milk, to thin
To finish
- 1 1/2 cups grape tomatoes, quartered
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 1 jalapeño, thinly sliced
Steps
- Heat the oven to 450°F. Soak the cut fries in cold water for 10 minutes, then dry them very well in a towel. Toss with the oil, paprika and salt and spread on two lined sheet pans with space between them. Roast 30–35 minutes, flipping once, until golden and crisp.
- Meanwhile, toss the chicken with the paprika, garlic powder and salt. Brown the bacon in a dry nonstick pan over medium-high heat for 3 minutes, push it to one side, add the chicken and cook 5–6 minutes, stirring now and then, until browned and cooked through (165°F).
- Push the fries together into one pan, scatter over the chicken and bacon, then the cheddar. Return to the oven for 3–4 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
- Stir the yogurt with the dill, chives, garlic powder, onion powder and lemon juice, and thin it with the milk until it drizzles.
- Drizzle the ranch over the hot fries and finish with the tomatoes, green onion and jalapeño. Serve straight from the pan.
Good to know
How do I get oven fries properly crisp?
Three things: soak to wash off surface starch, dry them thoroughly, and give them room on the pan. Crowded fries steam and stay soft.
Air fryer?
Cook the fries in two batches at 400°F for 18–20 minutes, shaking twice, then load them in a shallow dish and melt the cheese for 2 minutes.
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Per
- Calories
- 127
- Protein
- (39%)
- 12 g
- Fat
- (24%)
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- (36%)
- 12 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 274 mg
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As written, 1886 kcal goes into the pot and 1905 g of ingredients comes out as about 1490 g of food: 127 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.