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Fully Loaded Dirty Chips

Published on March 1, 2020 by Helen 27 Comments
Last Updated on June 9, 2020

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We love these fully loaded dirty chips on a Friday night after a busy week at work.  Just like you’d get at the pub with a pint, but far better for you than you might think. 

A fork lifts a cheese, bacon and scallion coated chip from a pan.

Table of Contents

  • Dirty Chips! 
  • How to Make Fully Loaded Dirty Chips 
  • Hints & Variations
  • Fully Loaded Dirty Chips
    • Ingredients  1x2x3x
    • Instructions 
    • Notes
    • Nutrition

Dirty Chips! 

Call these dirty chips, dirty fries, or fully loaded chips. It doesn’t matter because these are just the best snack or side dish imaginable. Coated with cheese, topped with bacon, sour cream and garnished with spring onions, they’re just the best. Perfect with a bottle of beer, glass of wine and movie, or the latest box set after a busy week.  

We’ve become a bit addicted to our oven fries. We don’t go overboard and usually have them no more than once a week, but we do keep a packet in the freezer for those tired and can’t be bothered days. Some evenings, you just want something comforting, but really haven’t got the energy to properly cook.   

It may sound very naughty, but as they are baked rather than deep fried, oven chips have far less fat. I always make a smaller portion than the massive ones from the chippie (one portion from our local is bigger than what I cook for two). You can make your own accompaniments. We’re all allowed a little indulgence now and again, so sling on the toppings that you love and enjoy! 

How to Make Fully Loaded Dirty Chips 

The five ingredients for fully loaded dirty chips - oven chips, bacon, cheese, spring onions and sour cream

First grab the ingredients. We use oven chips, chopped spring onions (scallions), bacon, cheese and sour cream. 

A picture from above of oven chips on a mesh baking tray, ready to be cooked.

Step one – Heat the oven and cook the fries according to the packet instructions. You will get far better results if you cook oven chips on a mesh tray. 

Diced bacon is fried and then cooled on kitchen paper to remove fat

Step two – While the chips are cooking, cut the bacon into small (1 cm or 1/2″) pieces. Fry slowly over a medium-low heat until crispy. Then allow to drain on a piece of kitchen paper, which will absorb the fat.

Fuss Free Tip 

It is far easier to use a pair of sharp scissors to snip up bacon than to cut with a knife. 

The chips are covered with grated cheese

Step three – When the chips are ready, transfer them to an oven-proof dish. (I like to use a cast-iron skillet.) Top with the grated cheese. 

The grated cheese has melted over the chips

Step four – Place the chips back in the oven for a couple of minutes until the cheese has just melted. 

Fully loaded dirty chips ready to serve, with cheese, bacon, sour cream and spring onion.

Step five – Top the chips with sour cream, the bacon bits and sliced spring onion. Serve your delicious loaded chips immediately. 

Hints & Variations

  • Add some slices of jalapeno for a kick of heat.
  • If you don’t eat pork, then use turkey or veggie bacon.  
  • Sprinkle over some paprika or Cajun seasoning with the cheese.
  • Try a different cheese on your dirty chips. Stretchy mozzarella, brie, camembert or blue would all be delicious.   
  • If you like cheese and onion, slowly cook some diced onion with the bacon.
  • Top with homemade sauce – try:- 
    • Garlic Sauce
    • Chilli Sauce
    • Nandos Peri Peri Sauce 
    • even blue cheese sauce

A top down view of fully loaded dirty chips, ready to eat.

Close up of fully loaded dirty chips

Fully Loaded Dirty Chips

Helen Best-Shaw
We love these fully loaded dirty chips on a Friday night after a busy week at work. Just like you'd get at the pub with a pint, but far better for you than you might think. 
5 from 22 votes
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine British
Servings 2 people
Calories 505 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 230 g frozen oven chips
  • 2 rashers bacon I like a good dry-cured back bacon
  • 50 g cheddar cheese grated
  • 1 tbsp sour cream
  • 1 spring onions sliced

Instructions
 

  • Cook the oven chips according to the packet instructions.
  • While the chips are cooking, cut the bacon into small pieces. Fry in a splash of oil until crispy.
  • Allow the bacon to cool on a piece of kitchen paper on a plate. The kitchen paper absorbs the fat.
  • When the chips are cooked, remove from the oven and transfer to a small, oven proof dish. Cover with the grated cheese and return to the oven for a couple of minutes, just long enough to melt the cheese.
  • When the cheese has melted, remove the dish from the oven. Top the chips with the bacon pieces, the sour cream and the chopped spring onion. Enjoy immediately!

Notes

  • For crispy chips cook them on a mesh tray – they cost just a few pounds and last forever. 
  • It is far easier to snip bacon with a pair of sharp scissors than use a knife.  
  • Add some slices of jalapeno for a kick of heat.
  • If you don't eat pork then use turkey or veggie bacon.  
  • Sprinkle over some paprika or Cajun seasoning with the cheese.
  • Try a different cheese. Stretchy mozzarella, brie, camembert or blue would all be delicious.   
  • If you like cheese and onion, slowly cook some diced onion with the bacon.
Nutritional Information 
  • This recipe is 18 Weight Watchers Smart Points per portion 

Nutrition

Calories: 505kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 12gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 44mgSodium: 870mgPotassium: 563mgFiber: 5gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 348IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 197mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Dirty chips, Fully loaded chips
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

If you love your chips, why not try my Chinese salt and pepper chips, or these delicious sticky mustard swede chips? 

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  1. mohan kumar

    5 stars
    This sounds gorgeous.I’m actually considering making this.
    This sounds gorgeous.

    Reply
    • Helen

      Such a tasty way to enjoy chips.

      Reply
  2. Samantha Donnelly

    5 stars
    These sound amazing, I really want to have these now. Luckily am off shopping in a bit and will be buying the ingredients to have these for dinner x

    Reply
    • Helen

      Hope you enjoyed them.

      Reply
  3. Sim @ Sim's Life

    5 stars
    There are NO words! These look absolutely amazing! Such a simple recipe to follow for when you are in the need for some good comfort food! :) Sim x

    Reply
    • Helen

      Perfect comfort good and very tasty.

      Reply
  4. Louise

    5 stars
    Ooooh I love fully loaded chips! It’s such an indulgent treat – usually a drunken takeaway treat for me ;) I never thought about trying to create them at home myself!

    Reply
    • Helen

      So easy to make at home, and enjoy any time.

      Reply
  5. Samantha

    5 stars
    Oh wow, these look incredible! I love making loaded chips. My favourite toppings are salsa, cheese and guacamole (so basically nachos, but with oven chips instead of tortilla crisps!)

    Reply
    • Helen

      That sounds truly delicious.

      Reply
  6. Sarah Bailey

    5 stars
    Oh my goodness yes please! These sound like they would be right up my street – I have to admit I do like some loaded chips.

    Reply
    • Helen

      Such a good treat to enjoy, always so tasty.

      Reply
  7. Ashleigh

    5 stars
    I think I will have to add these to our Friday night dinner treats too! How amazing do they look!

    Reply
    • Helen

      Perfect for Friday nights.

      Reply
  8. Kara Guppy

    5 stars
    This looks like chip heaven to me. I love comfort food like this, especially on dreary days

    Reply
    • Helen

      Perfect chip heaven!

      Reply
  9. Yeah Lifestyle

    5 stars
    What a delicious sharing dish this is especially when you have friends over. Although I am not too sure if I want to share this with anyone

    Reply
    • Helen

      I’m not so keen on sharing them either!

      Reply
  10. Jenni

    5 stars
    I love dirty chips, I make mine with salsa, cheese and loads of peppers

    Reply
    • Helen

      Such a tasty combination, perfect.

      Reply
  11. Jade

    5 stars
    These look like chips like I’ve never seen them before! I’ve just started making home made chips with paprika and garlic and it’s delicious! I’m going have to try these next!

    Reply
    • Helen

      So easy to jazz up chips and make them very tasty.

      Reply
  12. JC Peles

    5 stars
    Oh my gosh – I LOVED these – will be making once a week now!

    Reply
    • Helen

      so glad you like them!

      Reply
  13. Tash @boundforsomewhere

    5 stars
    Ohhhh these sound soooooo good! Perfect for movie night as something different from pizza! Ohhh so good!

    Reply
    • Helen

      ideal in place of pizza!

      Reply
  14. Susie Mackay

    Your dirty fries recipes is the most similar one I’ve found to my own – which is based on ones I’d eaten at a UK seaside holiday park, of all places! Mine contain caramelised onions, bacon, BBQ sauce and cheese. I must try spring onion (I have some in the fridge as it happens)…

    Reply

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