What’s better than fries? Fries that are healthy, high in protein, and tastier than any fast food you can pick up at a drive-through.
| Ingredients: Grams/Ounces
340 g Package Frozen Fries, Unseasoned 170 g 96% Lean Ground Beef 53 g Onion, Minced 25 g Tomato Paste 113 g 2% Mexican Cheese (or cheese of choice) |
Ingredients: Cups/Spoons
1/2 (24 oz) Package Frozen Fries, Unseasoned 6 oz 96% Lean Ground Beef 1/3 cup Onion, Minced 1-1/2 tbsp Tomato Paste 1 cup 2% Mexican Cheese (or cheese of choice) |
EXTRA NOTE – This is for the five ingredient recipe book. If you wish to add extra veggies to the mix feel free. Here is the spice combo I use for mixing the sauce.
1/8 tsp Cumin
1/2 tsp Chili Powder
4 shakes Tabasco (or hot sauce of choice)
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
2 tsp Sugar (can substitute granulated splenda or one packet stevia)
Directions:
1. Prepare french fries as directed on package. Take out 5 minutes early.
2. Cook beef until browned, crumble while cooking. Once cooked, add onion and tomato paste. Mix well.
3. Pour meat mixture over fries and sprinkle cheese on top.
4. Put in oven and cook at 350°F until cheese is melted. Serve hot.
Yields 4 Servings
Serving: Calories- 263.1, Protein- 19.02 g, Fat- 10.54 g, Carbs- 23.02 g, Fiber- 2.6 g, Sodium- 572.34 mg
Entire Recipe: Calories- 1052.38, Protein- 76.08 g, Fat- 42.19 g, Carbs- 92.1 g, Fiber- 10.4 g, Sodium- 2289.36 mg
34 comments
Jill
January 18, 2010 at 2:02 amYum, yum and yum!! Can’t wait to try these.
Leigh Peele
January 18, 2010 at 8:28 pmLet me know what you think when you do.
Karen
January 18, 2010 at 2:33 amLeigh can you use any kind of fry with this (sweet potato)?
Leigh Peele
January 18, 2010 at 8:32 pmYes you can use sweet potatoes.
Katie Nemargut
January 18, 2010 at 10:59 amKaren- It is good with any kind of potato 😉
Brit
January 18, 2010 at 12:13 pmI saw the picture on the front page and immediately freaked out. 263 calories? I CAN EAT THESE!
Travis Alexander
January 18, 2010 at 1:22 pmI don’t think mine would turn out to be so pretty lol
Leigh Peele
January 18, 2010 at 8:36 pmIt’s all lighting 😉
Thomas
January 18, 2010 at 1:55 pmIf they are really good then what is there to stop me from eating the whole four servings?
What do I do with the other three servings? Are they going be just as good in three days?
Why don’t you suggest making one serving dishes?
On and on and on
Leigh Peele
January 18, 2010 at 8:40 pmDivide by 4.
340g divided by 4 = 80g of fries
And so on.
Most recipes are made in mine to make sore easy family or multiple serving integration. While this can be trickier with the cup measurement system when you utilize grams it becomes a lot easier to divide servings.
Thomas
January 19, 2010 at 10:49 amYour saying that I need a metric lab scale to measure the stuff?
Lorren
January 18, 2010 at 2:30 pmThomas I think you could either not add the topping to the fries or just make one serving, it isn’t rocket science. Just make less.
Great recipe Leigh I am going to try this one tonight.
RG
January 19, 2010 at 8:15 pmThe topping is where all the protein is, I believe, so your nutrutional profile changes dramatically without it. More surprising to me is the fiber content – I wonder if that’s mostly from tomato paste.
Is it just me, or does the chili need seasonings? cumin, garlic, hot pepper, vinegar?
Jim
January 18, 2010 at 2:41 pmThanks a lot Leigh, now I have dr00l all over my keyboard :0)
Leigh Peele
January 18, 2010 at 8:41 pmI aim to please Jimbo.
Thomas
January 18, 2010 at 2:46 pmI did not see anyone writing how good any other dish is with or without other things! If it is so simple why does Leigh bother us with her Cookbooks???
Leigh writing looks good. Any changes to her writing means that the stuff is NG, unless the changes are made by her!!!
It is rocket science.
Lori
January 18, 2010 at 3:44 pm1-2 serving recipes are my favorite. I don’t want to make tons because I will end up eating it. I love my cookbooks that are made for less servings. I know it is easy to cut in 1/2 but it is nice when it is done for you. 🙂
Travis Alexander
January 18, 2010 at 8:18 pmFor people who are not used to portion control, it would be very difficult to portion this 😉
Leigh Peele
January 18, 2010 at 8:55 pmSometimes the recipe is just a starting ground anyway. You can take this as an idea and do your own spin easily.
Mike
January 18, 2010 at 9:32 pmI would just eat all 4 servings in one meal and not worry about it. It’s only half of daily intake and with eating 2X/day and using IF, it’s totally a non-issue.
Travis Alexander
January 18, 2010 at 10:51 pmYou could eat half of it for breakfast and half for lunch and then have a regular dinner, but it doesn’t really matter.
Anna K
January 19, 2010 at 7:38 amThese look soooooo good.
Mickey
January 20, 2010 at 6:51 amHas anyone tried it? Do we need to have the onions in it? I despise onions…
Anjuli
January 20, 2010 at 12:50 pmThank you, Leigh 🙂
I KNOW my husband will love this. I’ll definitely give them a try. 263 calories – Perfect!!
Daniel
January 20, 2010 at 6:14 pmInteresting combination.
Nicole
January 21, 2010 at 10:22 amThese sound good! I don’t eat beef, so I’ll use turkey and I’m thinking that will shave some of the fat. Hopefully they will taste just as good. 😉 Thanks!
Paul
January 21, 2010 at 2:00 pmI made this the other night using ground turkey instead of beef and I mixed pico de gallo with the tamato paste and meat instead of just chopped onions. I ate two servings of it and it was great.
Alex
January 24, 2010 at 2:28 pmI made a batch this morning and it was great! I added a bit of chili seasoning, tabsaco sauce, and fresh cilantro to the Beef thought.
Terry
January 24, 2010 at 8:16 pmLeigh,
this looks great. cant wait to try it.
Terry
Leigh Peele
January 25, 2010 at 8:42 pmThis was for the 5 ingredient bonus book but here is an addition you can make to the sauce to spice it up if so desire.
1/8 cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
4 shakes of Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp sugar (can substitute granulated splenda or 1 packet stevia)
Add that and it can spice it up.
Thomas
January 26, 2010 at 9:09 amYou’re saying calories don’t count. What kind of diet is that?
Daniel
January 28, 2010 at 6:32 amCalories are so outdated. No self respecting fitness professional talks about calories anymore. If you want to know the real truth behind fat loss, you have to sign up for 9,99 at Leigh peele.com.
Leigh Peele
January 26, 2010 at 2:38 pmI have never said calories don’t count and you obviously haven’t read or looked at any of my work or other blog posts. If you are coming here for backlinks to your site go somewhere else. If not then read before you post because that comment is pretty much the dumbest one you can say on this site.
Thomas
January 28, 2010 at 10:03 amInteresting. I didn’t know about the back-links. Didn’t you say somewhere at the top, “Leave Comments. A lot. Thanks.”
Sorry if I got under your skin. MTW I checked the website and people clicks were the highest for two days (after your comment) that I ever seen recorded.
So if you want me to stop commenting, let me know and please be specific about it as I am pretty dense when it comes to hints.