Quick and Easy Poutine Recipe

Joshua Bousel
Quick and Easy Poutine Recipe
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  • Yield:Serves 4-6
  • Active time:1 hour
  • Total time:1 hour
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Need Poutine Now? Here's How to Make it Fast

This poutine delivers the goods, while being fast and easy to put together. [Photographs: Joshua Bousel]

Poutine is only as good as its three components—fries, cheese curds, and brown gravy. Getting all of them just right can take time, including making your own stock, from-scratch fries, and homemade cheese curds. For a much quicker, yet still incredibly delicious, version, take our lead by making gravy with doctored store-bought stock and one of several fries and cheese options.

Why this recipe works:

  • Fish sauce and soy sauce add savory depth to the gravy.
  • Room-temp cheese curds melt just enough when placed on the fresh fries and covered with hot gravy.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups store-bought beef stock
  • 1 cup store-bought or homemade chicken stock
  • 2 teaspoons Asian fish sauce
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • Kosher salt
  • 1 freshly made batch homemade French fries from the Perfect Poutine recipe or about 2 pounds frozen thick-cut French fries, reheated following package instructions
  • 12 ounces white cheddar cheese curds or mild white cheddar cheese, at room temperature and torn into bite-size pieces

Directions

  1. 1.

    Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Whisk in flour and cook, stirring constantly, until lightly golden, about 2 minutes. Gradually whisk in beef and chicken stocks in a steady stream. Stir in fish sauce and soy sauce, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until reduced to 2 cups, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vinegar, and season with salt.

  2. 2.

    Place fries in a shallow bowl or dish, top generously with cheese curds, and ladle on hot gravy. Serve immediately.

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