I love Carne Asada fries so when Ninja Kitchen sent me their Pressure Cooker/Air Fryer to try out (I received a complimentary product but all opinions within are my own), I knew immediately that I wanted to make french fries because baked french fries never turn out great and deep fried french fries are just not healthy. These did not disappoint!
What I love about recipes like these are that it’s so easy to mix and match toppings, it’s great for a crowd because if someone can’t eat cheese, they don’t pick the cheese etc.
What I love about the Ninja Foodi is that you can cook the meat right in there and then fry up the fries after! This can do it all, steam, pressure cook, slow cook, air fry and broil! It is replacing my instant pot for sure!
I decided to make my Loaded Healthy Fries “Mexican Style” you can use whatever meat you have on hand (I just used leftover pork that I already had, recipe to that HERE) some other options could be carne asada, shredded beef from a pot roast and smoked pork.
The toppings I included were the pork, pico de gallo, jalapeños, avocado, lime crema made out of greek yogurt (omit if paleo or whole30) and green salsa verde. You could also include cheese like shredded mozzarella or feta. Anyway you make it, it will turn out amazing. Just a side note, if you are using left over meat I HIGHLY suggest reheating it on the stove top in a pan with a lid on low. It tastes more fresh and less microwaved and chewy!
An important note about OIL: Make sure to use Avocado Oil and not Olive Oil as Avocado Oil has a much higher smoke point which means it is safer to consume once it has reached a higher heat.
Healthy Loaded Fries
Ingredients
- 3 potatoes
- 4 tsp avocado oil
- 1 tsp salt
Shredded Pork
- 3 lb boneless pork shoulder
- 1 tbsp sea salt or course Himalayan salt
- 4 cloves garlic
- 5 slices bacon
- 1 tbsp crio bru maya optional
Lime Crema
- 2 limes
- 1 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1-2 tsp sugar or honey
Pico de Gallo
- 5 tomatoes vine ripe is best
- 1 white onion
- 1 cup cilantro
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 jalapeno
Salsa Verde
- 1 lb tomatillos
- 1 jalapeno
- 2 limes
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp sugar or dates or honey
- 1 bunch cilantro
Toppings
- 1 avocado
- 1 cilantro
- 1 jalapeno
- 1 lime
Instructions
- First make your meat of choice, if you are using the pork place bacon in the Ninja foodi or slow cooker and place pork shoulder butt on top. Cut 4 little holes and stick garlic gloves into the holes in the pork, sprinkle salt and crio bru (optional) cover and cook for 6 hours on high or until it shreds easily.For the Lime Crema (omit if whole30 or paleo), mix greek yogurt with juice from 2 limes and the zest from one of the limes, add rice vinegar and sugar (or honey if you would rather)For the pico de gallo: Chop all ingredients and combine in bowl, add salt to taste.For the salsa verde: First peel tomatillos and place on baking sheet. Broil for 3-6 minutes on each side until nice and toasted. Put garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, lime and sugar into blender. If eating whole30 or paleo do a pitted date instead. Blend well. Add the roasted tomatillos and blend.For the french fries: Peel potatoes and cut into small fry shapes, try to keep them all the same thickness. Turn on air fryer and pour in 2 tsp avocado oil. Fry at 390 for 10-14 minutes mixing up the fries halfway through. Cook until nice and crunchy.Assemble all ingredients together and top with avocado.
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