Waffle Poutine

Poutine is amazing. If you disagree, you should probably stop reading now because there is going to be a lot of poutine praise going on in this post. Who knew taking 3 ingredients and throwing them together would create this Canadian masterpiece? Apparently the Quebecois did. Thank you Quebec. 

There's not too many ways to improve on poutine, I mean it's already pretty close to perfection.  (You can click HERE for our Sweet Potato Pulled Pork Poutine.) However, we did come up with a tasty solution for making poutine when all you have is day old fries in the fridge and you don't feel like making a trip to the grocery store. 

Day old fries + a waffle maker = crispy and delicious.

Waffle Poutine

Ingredients

2 cups of leftover fries

1/2 cup or more of brown gravy

1/2 cup or more of cheese curds

Directions

Heat up waffle maker and lightly spray with cooking spray. 

Place about 2 cups of fries on the hot waffle maker. Do your best to spread them out so there is no waffle maker showing through. NOTE - not too worry if there are spots with no fries, you can always add some a bit later to fill the gaps. 

Close the waffle maker and, using a towel so you don't burn yourself, gently but firmly press down on the top of the waffle maker to squish the fries. Cook in the waffle maker about 5 minutes. Carefully open the machine and check to see if you need to add a few more fries to fill any holes. 

Close lid again and cook about another 5 minutes, until fries are golden brown. Using a flipper, gently lift the fry-waffle onto a plate. 

Top with a few cheese curds then pour on as much gravy as you like!

Top with a few more cheese curds. 

Serve immediately.

If desired, sprinkle with a few chopped green onions - you know, to sophisticate things up a bit. 

You can eat with a fork or pull the waffle apart into quarters - just be careful - it's hot! 

How easy was that? Of course you can make more than 1 waffle if you have more fries to use up. You can also make this with frozen french fries - just be sure to thaw them first. Day old fast food fries also work very well.