Snack · 40 min · american

Copycat Animal Style Fries (In-N-Out style)

If you like russet potatoes, you’ll love this American snack — 40 minutes from craving to table. Each serving lands at 335 calories with 8g of protein, so it eats like a much heavier meal. It scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

Ingredients

• 1 lb Russet potatoes
• 2 tsp Avocado oil
• 1 Yellow onion, finely diced
• 2 slices American cheese
• 2 tbsp Light mayo
• 2 tsp Ketchup
• 2 tsp Sweet pickle relish
• 1/2 tsp White vinegar
• 1/2 tsp Fine sea salt

Steps

1. Cook the diced onion low and slow with a pinch of salt for 20 minutes until it collapses into a sweet, golden jam; keep it warm.
2. Whisk the mayo, ketchup, relish, and vinegar into the spread and chill it — it should taste like Thousand Island’s sharper cousin.
3. Cut the potatoes into thin sticks, soak 20 minutes, dry them hard, and toss with the oil and salt.
4. Air-fry at 390°F, shaking twice, until crisp at the edges, about 18 minutes.
5. Pile the fries tight on a small plate, lay the cheese over the top, and give it 1 minute under the broiler so it drapes instead of melting away.
6. Spoon on the warm onions, zigzag the spread over everything, and serve with a fork. These are not hand fries anymore.

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