Sweet Potato Chili Cheese Rounds.
I must share the easiest snack ever.
See, we have a chili problem.
I’m physically incapable of making a small batch of chili. And we’re physically incapable of eating the entire batch of chili that I make. This means I actually freeze a whole bunch of chili… but a lot of times I forget about it. Like always.
Until both of my freezers are so packed to the brim with gigantic Tupperware containers of chili. Chili hoarders.
I’ve also failed as a freezer considering I just throw stuff in there without dates, making it a really fun guessing game as to which chili is the freshest and which might kill us.
Totally fun. I’m so responsible.
While I’ve made some regular old chili cheese fries before, this time I quickly crisped my sweet potato rounds in coconut oil. No 45 minutes of roasting or anything.
Then I pilled them high with fontina. I mean, at this point in my life does any other cheese exist? So melty. Broiled for a few seconds. That’s it.
I warmed some chili and threw it on top. It was this leftover pulled pork chili, so we basically have pulled pork chili cheese fries. Pulled pork chili fries!
I’m dead.
Sweet Potato Chili Cheese Fries
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch rounds
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 6 ounces fontina cheese, freshly grated
- 1 1/2 cups leftover chili warmed
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 1/3 cup plain greek yogurt
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 2 tablespoons torn fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the coconut oil. Place the sweet rounds in the oil and cook until crispy, about 4 to 5 minutes per side. Remove the potatoes from the skillet and place them on a paper towel to remove any excess oil. Season them with the salt, pepper and paprika.
- Turn on the broiler in your oven. Layer the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet or in a skillet and cover them with the cheese. Broil them until the cheese is golden and bubbly, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately top with the chili, an avocado, yogurt or sour cream, green onions and cilantro. Serve!
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42 Comments on “Sweet Potato Chili Cheese Rounds.”
I LOVE sweet potatoes but I feel like I’m always running out of ways to make them, this looks amazing.
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I make a tone of chili too and throw the leftovers in/ on everything. I have stuffed sweet potatoes with chili, but I am not going to lie, these fries look so much better!
The sweet potato is such a lovely addtion to this chilli! I am going to make this tomorrow as lunch! You simply have the best photography skills!
Now I know what to do with all of those sweet potatoes I bought on sale. Love this!
Hmm. Is it wrong to want to eat this for breakfast right now? Because I do. :)
Leftover sweet potatoes. Check! Leftover chili (I too am a chili hoarder). Check! Tons of cheese and avocados that need to be used stat! Check!
I now have lunch…thank you for your awesomeness!
Amazing… I could eat this as a snack, or lunch, or dinner. Maybe even breakfast.
I love re-purposed recipes like this!
OMG, these look and sound amazing. I just posted about skillet fries myself, but I might have to switch it up to fontina next time. It’s definitely one of my fav cheeses.
This is such a delicious looking healthy take on some comfort food.
I always make way too much chili too! I’m incapable of making a small batch. Currently I have a whole bunch of kale/turkey chili in the freezer and this fontina+sweet potato situation needs to happen ASAP.
I’m like that too. My freezers are FULL! But this is the best way to use left-over chili. I love this!!
Wow what a great idea, that sounds delicious! Very creative recipe :)
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So I just made curry cheese fries inspired by this post. I used a regular idaho potato (thats what I had) and some butternut squash and red lentil curry that I made the other day (delicious!) and put saracha and cilantro on top. It was soo surprisingly good! Thanks for the inspiration
Snack? I would make a huge portion and then proceed to eat it all. This looks fantastic.
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Oh my. Sweet potatoes go so well with chili flavors so what could be better than sweet potato fries topped with chili and melty cheese? Looks wonderful:-)
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DID YOU SEE THIS?! The second I laid eyes on that picture I KNEW it was one of your wonderful concoctions. You’re just so awesome, <3
Yummy! What a great way to use leftover chili!
Oh those sweet potatoes look awesome!!!
I’m really regretting the roasting sweet potatoes in my oven right now for my weekly breakfasts – cause making them into chili cheese rounds is so much more fun!!
Ooh delicious! And I totally get where you are coming from with a freezer full of unlabelled chilli – me too!
It is perfect Chilli weather right now! Delicious.
Oh my goodness…yup, I’m salivating. Can I jump through the computer screen to eat this?
I want this in my mouth RIGHT NOW!!!!!!! Seriously – I’m drooling just thinking of the flavors!!!! You rock!!!
Oh wow. That looks so delicious!!
Definitely pinning this recipe.
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So creative using sweet potatoes in this recipe! I’ve been running out of ways to use them and I am so excited to try this one!
I love it so much it pretty much pisses me off.
My new favourite meal! This combination is so delicious.. The fontina cheese makes it! Thank you for making my belly happy:)
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