Gluten Free Frozen Fries Review & Air Fryer Recipe – Strong Roots

Frozen chips are just so convenient, especially if you are a busy student/have a hectic work life, and are juggling living gluten free. Sometimes you just need a break from cooking to pop something in the oven/air fryer and eat your lunch/dinner in peace.

Finding Strong Roots Gluten Free Products

Many a time when I just could not be asked to cook fries from scratch yet craved them, I couldn’t have them. As you are probably already aware, there are not many options in the supermarket. Additionally, I am a self-proclaimed lover of skinny fries, and these are even harder to find than chunky chips, which narrows down the options further. So, when I found these gluten free frozen Strong Roots Crispy Skinny Fries in my local supermarket, I really felt that the skinny fries gods were smiling down on me.

Disclaimer: everything shown in this article I bought myself, my thoughts and opinions are my own and this is not an advertisement just my honest opinion. Please buy things at your own discretion.

What I like about these fries

The fries are called Crispy Skinny Fries by Strong Roots, and they are Gluten Free, Vegan, Low in Sugar and Low in Saturated Fat. Fantastic! I love sticking these skinny fries in the air fryer alongside some spices to really intensify the flavours (the air fryer recipe I do for these are at the bottom of the article).

Recipe Sheet

Ingredients

• Gluten Free Supermarket Strong Roots Crispy Fries (a handful, or however many you want for your serving)
• 1 tablespoon Olive oil
• Seasoned pioneers Organic Caribbean Adobo Spice Rub (again, use however much you want)
  • Or use whatever your favourite spice is/ tailor it to you and your preferences
• If you don’t have adobo though you can replicate it with these ingredients as listed on their website:
  • Black Peppercorns Organic, Whole
  • Sea Salt
• • Cayenne Chilli Organic,
• • Ground Cumin White Organic,
• • Roast & Ground Fennel Seeds Organic, Whole
  • Oregano Leaves Organic

Method

1. Add oil to the air fryer.
2. Place the frozen crispy fries into air fryer.
3. Coat the frozen crispy fries with Adobo (or your own choice of seasoning or the ingredients listed above).
4. Cook them in the air fryer for 27 minutes (however, I do have quite an old and weak air fryer so you might have to make an adjustment here and only do it for 15 minutes if you have a particularly healthy and strong air fryer).
5. Voila, take them out and they are ready to eat. They are lovely and crispy and spicy, wonderful for a cold autumnal/ winter morning!

Tips and tricks

• One of the things that I do to give the frozen chips/crispy fries a richer and beefy flavour is that I cook steak beforehand in the air fryer (as I often air fry steak as a go-to meal prep). This gives the fries a rich and beefy flavour, and I really think it adds to the taste. One of the ways that I got the idea for this is that I heard that McDonald’s cooked their fries in beef fat. When I implemented this in my recipe, I felt that it really added to the recipe. Additionally, I do this for my sweet potato slices/chips recipe, so be sure to check that out here!
• Lovely for a cold winter morning. I love spicy food, particularly in the winter, because it really helps to not only warm me up, but I feel it helps to prevent me from catching a cold.

Seasoned Pioneers

• Seasoned Pioneers is a great find! Seasoned Pioneers makes some gluten free spices, herbs, salts and sauces. Additionally, they offer vegan and vegetarian spices as well.
• Often times I am extremely vigilant about spices, as some companies add wheat to their spices as a bulking agent, and do not appear to disclose this on their labels. What I like about Seasoned Pioneers is that they clearly label their gluten free products. They have enabled me to open my world to different spices and elevated my cooking immensely, while providing me with the reassurance that I won’t get glutened in the process.
  • Disclaimer: everything shown in this article I bought myself, my thoughts and opinions are my own and this is not an advertisement, just my honest opinion. Please buy things at your own discretion.
  • This information is true of 16/09/2024, when I wrote this article, so make sure to double check their website for any updates and changes, but I would definitely give this a try if you are on the hunt to spice up your gluten free cooking!

My Love for Air Fryers

I love using air fryers as they are very versatile, which is good when living on a gluten free diet.

• Air fryers are great for coeliacs and other people that are gluten free because I find, especially when living in a mixed kitchen, they can be a perfect place to minimise cross-contamination risks and being glutened. This is because I am the only person that uses my air fryer, and I am the only person in the house that is allowed to use the air fryer. It just works so well, and I think it is a perfect way to try and prevent this cross contamination
• I know that air fryers are by no means inexpensive, but they are definitely much cheaper than getting another oven. So, I definitely love to make air fryer recipes, and particularly air fryer meal prep, so keep watch of this space as there are definitely more air fryer recipes to come!

Thank you so much for reading my Gluten Free Frozen Supermarket Chips/Skinny Fries Review – Strong Roots. Hopefully, give my recipe a try and get to experience what it is like to eat the food of VIPs. Be sure to comment and tell me how the recipe went.

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