Whenever I have a lone bag of french fries in my freezer I bake them up and make nacho style Loaded Sweet Potato Cheese Fries. Like nachos; only better!
Shall we all get a chuckle out the fact that I’m already planning my Cinco de Mayo menu? This probably comes as no surprise, as I look forward to literally any opportunity to combine jalapeños, black beans, guacamole, and copious amounts of cheese.
You could probably argue that I live most days like it’s Cinco de Mayo. You’d probably be right.
Case in point? It’s March (my birthday week no less!) and instead of wondering which type of cake I’d like to request, I’m sitting here thinking about how to justify having nachos for dinner.
Ooh! Ooh! I know! St Patrick’s Day! Thursday! Irish Nachos! YAAS.
This super easy freezer hack takes a bag of of lusciously crispy sweet potato fries (or regular fries if that’s your thing) and turns them into the most epic sweet potato nachos. Sort of like this recipe with a sneaky little shortcut.
It seemed sort of silly to blog these but whenever I post a photo one of our epic loaded sweet potato nacho faceplants on Instagram or Snapchat I’m inundated with requests for more info. Guys, they are SO SO SO stupid simple to make! And customize! And EAT.
Loaded Nacho-Style Sweet Potato Cheese Fries
As an added bonus, I almost feel like they’re more substantial than regular nachos. Whether you’re baking up your own fries from a freshly sliced sweet potato or cheating like I occasionally do and snagging a bag of frozen sweet potato crinkles, they’re full of way more nutrients than deep fried corn tortilla chips and by default, healthier.
Yes leave it to me to say the words healthy and nachos within the same general vicinity and then SLATHER THEM WITH CHEESE.
My issues run deep. I’ve actually cut back on the amount I consume (WHAT!? I KNOW!) but today? Today we go all out!
This is whole food junk food at it’s absolute best.
Choose all your favorite toppings and snack happy!
Loaded Sweet Potato Cheese Fries
Ingredients
FOR THE FRIES:
- 20 oz crinkle-cut sweet potato fries
- 1-2 cups shredded cheese (Pepper Jack or Mexican Blend are my fav)
TASTY TOPPING OPTIONS: CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITES
- Queso
- Black Beans or Pinto Beans
- Pickled or Sliced Jalapeño Peppers
- Fresh Cilantro and/or chopped green onion
- Diced Bell Peppers
- Chopped Tomato
- Pico de Gallo
- Salsa
- Guacamole
- Chopped Avocado
- Shredded Lettuce
- Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt
- Jalapeno Ranch
SPICE IT UP:
- If you really want to amp up the flavor season the fries with a combination of chili powder, paprika, and garlic powder before baking. It's SO delicious!
- Feeling the heat? You can even add cayenne pepper too! (I always do)
Instructions
- Snag your favorite bag of frozen sweet potato fries or regular fries and and bake according to package instructions. I like to flip mine halfway to make them extra crispy! Feel free to think outside the box with this concept and use anything from curly fries to waffle fries to tater tots as your base.
- Bake your fries according to package direction, or opt for homemade by roasting sweet potato slices or wedges until nice and crispy.
- Flip halfway for extra crispy spuds.
- Arrange in a small pile in the center of a baking sheet and top with cheese, beans, and any veggies you’d like baked into the cheese fries, like jalapeños.
- Return to the oven for 15 minutes, or until cheese is hot and melty.
- Top with all your favorite veggies, sauces, and toppings and dig in while they're hot and melty. SO GOOD!
Notes
Nutrition
more scrumptious sweet potato recipes
- Cheesy Baked Back Bean and Sweet Potato Flautas
- Chipotle Sweet Potato and Turkey Chili – Instant Pot + Stove Top
- Sweet Potato Salad
- Spicy Moroccan Sweet Potato Soup – Instant Pot + Stove Top
- Spicy Sweet Potato Dip
AMAZING recipe. Definitely pinning this to my healthy recipes to feed my boyfriend without him knowing it haha.
Bwahahaha! If he’s anything like my guy he is sure to willingly devour them – enjoy Lindsay + thanks!!! <3
YES PLEASE. I’ll take one tray-full please 😉
Oh my goodness, I loveeeee loaded sweet potatoes because of you, and now this — perfection!! ? Definitely making these this week!
And happy birthday!! My birthday week, also!! xx
Aw yay! <3 Happy birthday Carmen! Sweet potato loving pisces for the WIN! 😉
You are a genius. Let’s get together for margaritas and these… oh so many of these!
YES! The chickpea can babysit us 😉
We love Cinco de Mayo, too! (Although we never make anything so delicious looking) For some reason it has become tradition to party at the cheesy little Mexican place down the street, but maybe we’ll class it up this year, haha 🙂
Oh that sounds beyond classy to me haha! There’s a million ways to celebrate, all DELISH! <3
You had me at fries and cheese and then you toss loaded into the mix. Damn girl. 🙂
Happy Birthday Week. It’s my b-day week too. Cheers mamacita.
Happy birthday week gorgeous! Hope you have a great one! <3
Great idea! Not sure if my kids will go for all the toppings – but that’s o.k – more fries for me and my wife! : )
Haha that’s how things go around here too! 😉
Loaded fries are my fav! These look so unbelievably delicious!. Photos are amazing,
Thanks you Rahul!!
Okay these look like heaven on a plate! I am going to have to make them like right now!
Hope you loooove them! For sure one of our favorite snack foods around here! 🙂
We must be twins. My birthday week too! Another mom of a toddler! Another sweet potato devotee!
Haha LOVE IT! Hooray team pisces!!! Happy Birthday Claire! <3
I love this kind of food, simple, easy and just plain fun to eat.
Right there with ya Celeste! <3
I would love to faceplant into this recipe…yummmm!
Yes! Come on over and I’ll make us a plate! 🙂
Delicious! I made a chicken taco fries sheet pan supper the other day and it was AWESOME! Great minds think alike. 🙂
Ohmgyosh YUM! Love it Blair!
Wonderful recipe! I love how lovely those fries look baked!
Thanks Amber!