Chili Cheese Fries with Vegan Cheese Sauce

🧂 Ingredients

• 2.2 lbs French fries

  store-bought or homemade
• 1 cup vegan cheese sauce

  or sweet potato pasta sauce [https://biancazapatka.com/en/vegan-sweet-potato-pasta-sauce/] or pumpkin cheese sauce [https://biancazapatka.com/en/vegan-pumpkin-mac-and-cheese/]
• 1.4 oz veggie mince or soy granules

  other meat alternatives [https://biancazapatka.com/en/best-meat-alternatives-vegan-food/] are mentioned in the post above!
• ¾ cup vegetable broth
• 2 tbsp olive oil

  or other oil for frying
• 1 onion

  diced
• 3 garlic cloves

  chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp paprika powder
• 1 ½ tsp chili powder

  or to taste
• 14 oz chopped tomatoes
• ⅓ cup BBQ marinade

  or BBQ sauce, use more to taste
• 14 oz kidney beans

  8.5 oz (240 g) drained weight
• ¾ cup corn

  thawed and drained
• salt and pepper

  to taste
• chili flakes
• scallions

  sliced
• hot peppers

  or jalapeño, sliced
• fresh parsley

Instructions

• 1 Make homemade French fries according to this recipe
  [https://biancazapatka.com/en/crispy-potato-fries/] or prepare store-bought
  fries according to package directions.
• 2 Pour 200 ml of hot vegetable broth over the veggie mince and allow to soak for 5
  minutes. Then drain in a fine-meshed sieve.
• 3 Heat the oil in a large pan and sauté the onion for 2-3 minutes until
  translucent. Then add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
• 4 Add tomato paste, paprika and chili powder and sauté briefly. Then add veggie
  mince and sauté for a short while. Now add chopped tomatoes and BBQ sauce.
  Season with salt and pepper and stir in the beans and corn. Cover the pan and
  simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
• 5 Spread the chili over the crispy baked fries and pour vegan cheese sauce over
  the top. Garnish with chili flakes, scallions, parsley and hot peppers if
  desired and enjoy!

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