This recipe is sponsored by our friends over at Alexia. We’re using their high-quality House Cut Fries with Sea Salt to make this delicious Vietnamese-Style Street Fries Recipe. Crispy, crunchy, creamy, and fresh – all at the same time! These Vietnamese-inspired street fries are a party for your mouth! We start with a bed of crispy, crunchy oven-baked fries, topped with, count ‘em – 3 different sauces. There’s chopped peanuts, a squeeze of fresh lime juice, toasted sesame seeds, and fresh, punchy cilantro to lighten and brighten the whole thing. It’s herby, it’s fresh, it’s flavorful, and it’s perfect for serving on a hot day, poolside with an ice-cold drink (I’ve been obsessed with homemade frozen mint lemonade, and it would work soo well with these!) These Vietnamese street fries were inspired by a local restraint that makes them. And I took it a few steps further by brightening up the garlic mayo with some lime zest, lime juice, and a secret ingredient that makes anyone who eats them wonder, what is that thing that makes these so delicious? The tart sweetness of limes pairs so well with the salty peanuts and fresh cilantro. These loaded fries are unlike anything you’ve ever had before and they’re so easy to make too!
What ingredients do you need to make Vietnamese-Style Street Fries?
Alexia House Cut Fries: I used 1 whole bag and prepared them according to the package directions. You can swap the House Cut Fries for Alexia Organic Yukon Select Fries if you’d like. You’ll need almost 2 bags if you swap them. Prepare them exactly as directed on the packaging, and then you can pick up the recipe from step 2. I love using Alexia potato products because they’re Non-GMO certified!Prepared Sauces: other than the homemade garlic lime mayo, you’ll need two other prepared sauces. We’re using hoisin sauce and sriracha sauce to top our fries with. Both of these ingredients are easily available in most mainstream grocery stores in the international food aisle. Peanuts: l like to use lightly salted peanuts for this recipe so that it doesn’t get too salty. You can chop the peanuts, pulse them in a food processor, or crush them in a mortar and pestle.Fresh Cilantro: cilantro is added to bring some freshness to the dish and also some color.Limes: we’ll use limes in a few different ways. We’ll use lime zest and juice when we’re preparing the garlic lime mayo. Then, we’ll serve the prepared Vietnamese street fries with lime wedges so that you can squeeze some on top too! Mayonnaise: is the base for the garlic lime mayo. Vegan-friends, you’ll want to swap this for a vegan-friendly version.Garlic Powder: the garlic powder is used to flavor the garlic lime mayo sauce that we’ll use on the fries. Feel free to use a bit less if you aren’t a big fan of garlic!Fish Sauce: Before you get weirded out by this addition, I just want to say that fish sauce adds the most delicious umami flavor to the sauce! It’s such a small amount that you won’t even know it’s there. But if you truly cannot get behind the idea of using fish sauce, you can swap it out for a small splash of half and half or heavy cream!
How to make easy Vietnamese-Style Street Fries at home:
I hope you’ll give these Vietnamese-Style Street Fries a try! They’ve been a big hit with our friends!
To make it a meal: top these with a fried egg, crispy pan-fried tofu, grilled chicken, or shrimp.Vegan friends! Be sure to use a vegan-friendly mayo, hoisin sauce, and vegan fish sauce. Sriracha is vegan-friendly so I suggest using that instead of the Sambal.
