Your favorite food truck food, bacon kimchi fries, baked in the comfort of your own home. Baked French fries smothered in bacon, spicy kimchi, and sriracha mayo. Makes the perfect side dish or entree.
I know what you’re thinking, “Another bacon recipe?” And, yes, another bacon recipe. Sometimes you get your hands on some good thick-cut bacon and have to add it to your bacon, Brussels sprout, ranch pizza or your jalapeno, bacon beer cheese soup.
Kicking 2020 off the right way in my book!
This recipe came about because I was missing some of the food trucks we had more access to when we used to live in the city.
In the ‘burbs, you can maybe catch a good food truck every once in a while at a brewery. Our chances are even slimmer because we have kids, limited days and funds for going out, and limited babysitters.
Instead of hunting down good food trucks, I just decided to make my own at home.
This way my recipe is slightly healthier because we skip the deep frier. Yeah, I did add bacon. It’s all about balance, right?
Bacon kimchi fries are just that. Baked French fries smothered in warmed up kimchi and crispy bacon. Add a good, healthy drizzle of sriracha mayo all over the top along with some sesame seeds or furikake seasoning and you are good to go!
I like to suggest kimchi fried rice as a good introduction to kimchi if you have never had it before.
The spicy pickled cabbage is not too overwhelming in the fried rice. I am also adding my recommendation for this recipe as a jumping off point with kimchi as well.
The salty fries are the perfect vehicle to deliver the crispy bacon and spicy kimchi.
I know it might seem like blasphemy to say this, but you can even skip the bacon on the fries. It still takes very good.
Now all us suburbia folk can get our city food truck fix without having to leave the comfort of our homes.
No need to thank me. Just out here doing the Lord’s work and sharing the gospel about good loaded fry recipes.
Bacon Kimchi Fries
Loaded baked fries topped with crispy bacon, kimchi, and sriracha mayo.
Ingredients
- 24 oz frozen French fries
- 5 thick-cut strips of bacon, diced
- 1 cup kimchi, chopped
- 1 tsp chili garlic paste
- salt
- pepper
- sriracha mayo
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp everything bagel seasoning or furikake seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (or whatever temperature you package of frozen fries says). Arrange fries in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Season lightly with salt.
- While the oven preheats, heat a large skillet over a medium flame for 1-2 minutes. Once hot, add the bacon and cook until crispy, about 10-12 minutes.
- Once the oven is preheated, bake fries for 10 minutes, flip/toss fries, and then bake another 10 minutes (or according to your frozen fries packaging instructions).
- Remove the cooked bacon with a slotted spoon and transfer to a paper towel lined plate. Drain all but 1 tbsp of the bacon fat out of the pan.
- Reduce the heat to low. Add the kimchi and the chili garlic paste. Cook for about 5 minutes until the kimchi is warmed through and coated int he bacon and chili garlic mixture. Be sure to add in any kimchi liquid as well.
- Mix in half the bacon to the kimchi. Keep on warm until the fries are baked.
- Once the fries are baked, remove from the oven. Transfer the fries to one big serving dish or 4 small bowls/plates. Use tongs to place the warm kimchi bacon mixture over most of the fries.
- Squirt a generous amount of sriracha mayo over the kimchi. Top with remaining bacon, green onions, and your choice of bagel seasoning or furikake seasoning.
- Fries are best eaten right away.
Notes
If you don't have chili garlic paste, you can use a bit of hot sauce, 1/2 tsp tomato paste, and either 1 grated fresh garlic clove or 1/4 tsp garlic powder.
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