I caught wind of these on The Girly Girl Cooks and she had me reeled in. The recipe uses Ore Ida Fast Food Fries. I’ve never heard of them, but now that I have, I plan on using them to dip in my homemade Frosty. I love doing that at Wendy’s. Without the cheese and stuff, obviously. Try it sometime. Nevermind the weird looks you’ll get. It won’t matter. On to the fries…I’ve only been to In-N-Out Burger once. In Vegas. I don’t remember these, but I love them in my kitchen. I didn’t have Thousand Island Dressing to drizzle over the top like The Girly Girl did, so I made my own Fry Sauce that I will share the recipe for. It’s funny that outside of Utah and parts of Idaho, no one knows what Fry Sauce is.
True story: I was at Disneyland and asked for some at a restaurant in the park and the kid looked at me like I was on something. Ugh, just give me the ketchup then. It’s happened other places, too. So just try it. It’ll change your fry eating habits.
1/2 package of Fast Food French Fries
1/2 large Yellow Onion finely chopped
1 Tbsp Butter
4 slices of American Cheese
4 tbsp of Litehouse Original Thousand Island Dressing or Fry Sauce
Seasoned Salt
1/2 large Yellow Onion finely chopped
1 Tbsp Butter
4 slices of American Cheese
4 tbsp of Litehouse Original Thousand Island Dressing or Fry Sauce
Seasoned Salt
These fries rock!
Layer the fries in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake according to package directions.
While they bake, cook the onion in butter until the onions darken and soften.
Once the fries are done (keep the oven on), place in an 8×8 baking dish (I used and 11×7).
Sprinkle with some Seasoned Salt. Top with squares of cheese and onions. I only did half with onions. My kids would totally turn on me otherwise.
Place the baking dish into the oven (it should be about 450 degrees from baking the fries) and let the cheese melt on top of the fries (about 2-3 minutes).
Fry Sauce
No exact measurements here.
Dollup of mayonnaise
Some ketchup (or use bbq sauce-amazing)
Dill pickle juice-enough to thin a little bit
Mix all up and serve with fries.
Aimee says
Mandy, those fries look awesome. If it makes you feel better, all my kids dip their french fries at Wendy's in their frosty! I find it gross and soggy (I've tried it), but they think it's amazing. Thanks for hosting! Love your blog!<br />Aimee
carolinaheartstrings says
Heaven help me that looks wonderful. I could eat that for breakfast. Isn't that sad? Yum.
Bev says
MMMMMMMMMM, those sound really good. I am definitely going to have to give them a try.
PERMANENT POSIES says
Well, these look amazing! I couldn't find why they are called "animal fries".
Anonymous says
Hey Mandy!<br />I'm glad you enjoyed the Animal Fries! The reason you probably don't remember seeing these fries on the In-N-Out Burger menu is because they are on the "secret menu"!<br />Haley @ The Girly Girl Cooks
Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking says
Oh those fries look really great! I am new to your blog and have been having fun reading over your awesome recipes!!
Lisa~~ says
Those fries look wonderful. I enjoyed fry sauce when I visited SLC and now I can make it here at home in GA! Thanks/
Holly says
These sound dangerously delicious!:)
ladybehindthecurtain.com says
What a great recipe! Would you come over to my party "Cast Party Wednesday" and share some of your recipes?<br />Thanks,<br />I hope to see you there!
The Country Cook says
So funny. I had never heard of fry sauce until Holly mentioned it on her blog once. It's my kinda sauce though. I bet it goes so good with these too! We usually just deep ours in white gravy. I know, heart attack on a plate, right? lol
Concetta says
Mandy,<br />I found your blog through one of my most favorite sites – Lark's Country Heart! I am following you now and linking up my Blueberry Cream Cake today.<br />Thank you for hosting and sharing your delicious recipe.<br /><><<br />Concetta
Not Your Ordinary Agent says
wow, my do those looks like a guilty pleasure. i know someone who would love those… <br /><a href="http://homesandbabies.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> http://homesandbabies.blogspot.com </a>
Holly says
Mandy you have convinced me to make these!! Your pics look sooo yummy! I think Ill try em your way with the fry sauce! Delish : )
Rene' says
Oh My goodness those fries look sooo delish!!
Lark (SparkyLarky) says
Yup!…My CARB loving body NEEDS these Fries!<br /><br />So glad you linked your recipe up to Made it on Monday!
Leanne says
I just came across this recipe and can't wait to try it.<br /><br />I just wanted to tell you that I have been eating my fries with a similar sauce here in Wisconsin (minus the pickle juice, which I will try) since I was a kid. I use Miracle Whip instead of mayo. Yummy!