Green Chile Cheese Fries

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Here we're using our air fryer to whip up some delicious NM Green Chile Cheese Fries with a Gluten-Free Green Chile Sauce! These fries are crispy, delicious, and come together so easily! In the past, we've the recipe of Green Chile Sauce but this one uses corn starch instead of all-purpose flour and better suits these fries. You're gonna love this recipe!

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Cuisine New Mexican

Equipment

A Air Fryer

Ingredients

3 Large Russet Potatoes
1 ½ cups NM Green Chile Chopped
2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tbsp Canola Oil
2 tbsp Cornstarch Water Add cornstarch to ¼-cup water
½ tsp Garlic granulated
¼ tsp Ground Black Pepper
½ tsp Onion Salt
1 tsp Kosher Salt More for salting fries
2 cups Water
1 – 1 ½ cups Cheddar/Monterey Jack Cheese Blend shredded

Instructions

Cut 3 Russet potatoes lengthwise about ½ inch thick, then crosswise into matchsticks.
Rinse potatoes under cold water.
Place potatoes into a water bath for about 20 minutes.
While potatoes are soaking, you can prepare the chile: add 1 tbsp canola oil to a medium sized pan on medium high heat.
Add 1 ½ cups green chile. Cook chile or approximately 1 minute.
Add 2 cups water. Bring to a boil.
Once boiling, add 2 tbsp cornstarch combined with ¼ cup water to chile and stir continuously – it will thicken quickly.
Add ½ tsp garlic.
Add 1 tsp salt. Continue cooking on low for 20 minutes.
Drain potatoes.
Pat potatoes dry with a clean dishcloth. Doing so will make your fries extra crispy!
Add potatoes to a medium bowl along with 2 tbsp olive oil, ½ tsp onion salt and a little extra salt & pepper. Toss well.
Add potatoes to an air fryer (can also cook the fries in the oven or in a cast-iron pan with canola oil) and cook on 350 for 20 minutes (the time may vary depending on your air fryer).
Halfway through the cooking process, turn fries over so they cook evenly on both sides.
Remove fries from the air fryer and place on a plate or serving platter.
Ladle green chile sauce generously over fries.
Top fries with a generous amount of cheese (I used 1 cup).
Place (oven-safe) plate under the broiler for approximately 30 seconds, just until the cheese melts. Enjoy!