Cheese Fries
- 1 sack frozen French fries, any brand or shape crinkle cut, thin cut, steak cut, waffle fries prepared to package directions
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 2 1/2 cups, (10-ounce) sack shredded yellow Cheddar
- 3 squirts ketchup, about 1/4 cup
- Have your GH (Grown Helper) put fries in oven on a cookie sheet.
- While fries are baking in the oven, have a GH place a sauce pot on the stove and heat it over medium heat.
- Add butter and melt it.
- Add the flour and stir.
- Cook butter and flour together for 1 minute or so.
- This is called "roux" (like Tiger and Roo with Pooh Bear) and it helps to thicken up sauces.
- Use a whisk to stir as the milk goes into the pot.
- Keep stirring until the milk gets thicker.
- Use a wooden spoon or heat-safe spatula to stir in the cheese.
- When all of the cheese melts, take the sauce off the heat and stir in 3 squirts of ketchup.
- This is your SECRET ingredient.
- When everyone asks what you put in your cheese sauce that makes it taste so good, just say milk and cheese, you can NEVER tell what secret ingredients you add!
- Tell your GH to keep the secret, too or they can never help you again!
- Pour the sauce over the fries or serve the sauce on the side if you like to dipping better.
sack, butter, flour, milk, squirts ketchup
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/cheese-fries-recipe.html (may not work)