Many moons ago I attended a Moms’ Night Out Charlotte blogger meet and greet at an ah-maz-ing restaurant called Nan and Byron’s. Sadly Nan and Byron’s closed a while back, but you can still enjoy their over-the-top delicious Train Wreck Fries.
Train Wreck Fries are perfectly cooked french fries covered in chili, poblano cheese queso, and sriracha ranch.
Making everything from scratch is a bit time-consuming (and it prepares a lot of food, so you will have plenty of leftovers) but totally worth it. If you are in a hurry and don’t mind the less-than-homemade taste, feel free to pick up some store-bought chili and queso.
Train Wreck Fries Recipe
Train Wreck Fries
Grab your favorite type of french fries (I use well-done steak fries--I like 'em crispy and they have more surface area!) to create this amazingly delicious comfort food. There is a bit of prep time due to the chili and queso but it's totally worth the effort! (Although feel free to use store-bought chili and queso, I don't judge). You can also make homemade fries if you want to go whole hog.
Recipes needed for Train Wreck Fries are: Pork, Beef, and Bean Chili, Queso Poblano Cheese Sauce, and Sriracha Ranch Sauce (found below)--adapted from Food & Wine magazine (this is good on so many things and I don't even like Ranch dressing!) Servings: 2 1/2 Cups
Ingredients
Train Wreck Fries
- Chili
- Queso
- French Fries
- Sriracha Ranch Sauce (recipe below)
- Scallions, jalapeños, bacon, avocado (whatever you want to throw on there for garnish, if desired)
Sriracha Ranch Sauce
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup full-fat sour cream
- 2 tablespoons Sriracha
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seeds, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped dill
Instructions
Sriracha Ranch Sauce
Combine all of the sriracha ranch sauce ingredients in a blender and puree. Refrigerate until well chilled.
Train Wreck Fries Instructions:
- Pile crispy fries onto a large platter.
- Drizzle chili, cheese sauce, and sriracha ranch sauce over the fries, garnish and serve piping hot.
- Prepare to see an empty platter in a couple of minutes and repeat. 🙂
OMG. I was so bummed last week due to me not being able to eat these due to the beef. You made my day!
I have never had train wreck fries but can someone please send me some. Holy cow they sounds great.
I wish I were not on a diet right now. These look SO good. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I see myself there! you have Sriracha sauce recipe!! I LOVE YOU!
I love love love french fries. You had me at the title. Looks like a great place to eat. I will have to try when I come visit Charlotte this summer.
This was SO YUMMY! and I had so much fun! When can we do it again!?!
Those pepperdew poppers… man, they were awesome! So were the drinks, and the other apps, and pretty much EVERYTHING!
Everything looks and sounds like it was delish. I am definitely a fan of just about any kind of loaded fries dish! Can't wait to try out your recipe. Glad you ladies had a good time.
Those look to die for! Oh, everything looks so amazing! I might just have to try this!
I want all of that in my stomach right at this very moment. I should have eaten dinner now its 6am.
Those fries and the chicken were A-MAZING!!! Seriously would have eaten most of them myself if Carissa wasn't next to me 😉 Just kidding!!! Thanks for sharing a great recipe. Can't wait to go back and try something new off the menu and enjoy kids eat free night too!!
Haha, I was thinking about suggesting to the hubby we go tonight since he finally has a day off after nearly 3 weeks! The kids eat free, is a major bonus for us!
Oh my gosh these sound soooooo good. I like anything involving fries 🙂
Fries are one of the foods that have led me down the unhealthy highway, but I WILL sacrifice trying these delicious fries! Thanks for the link to the recipe. I like the fact that they even stay crispy when you reheat in the microwave. I don't like mushy or soft fries. I hope that maybe one day I will visit Charlotte so I can pigout at that restaurant! Thanks for the info.
OMG these sound SO amazingly good! I love chili, poblanos, cheese, sriracha, and ranch, together I bet they would be epic. Thanks for this post, I’m bookmarking it!
OH YUM!!!
i Think this sounds amazing! i want a farmhouse lemonade to go with my fries now:)
I wish I wasn’t on a diet right now cause those fries look AUH-MAZING! Yummmmmmm.