
Beefed Up Poutine
with Roasted Carrot & Potato Fries
840 cals
25 mins
Description
It’s Québec’s ultimate comfort food for a reason: poutine is irresistibly hearty stuff. Want to make the winning combo of fries, gravy and cheese curds even heartier? Simply add browned ground beef, and expand the notion of fries by using carrots and potatoes.
Contains:
Milk • Wheat
Ingredients
for 2 servings
(Double for 4 portions)
250g Canadian-raised lean ground beef
450g Potatoes
300g Nantes carrots
30ml Vegetable demi-glace
100g Cheese curds
10g Lemony Thicket blend (paprika, salt, black pepper, garlic, sugar, onion, lemon peel, dill, coriander, rosemary, marjoram, parsley, citric acid, sunflower oil, lemon flavour, chili, bay leaf, lemon oil, enriched wheat flour)
Nutrition
Total fat | 49g |
Saturated Fat | 25g |
Sodium | 1000mg |
Total carbs | 59g |
Sugar | 10g |
Protein | 43g |
Fibres | 8g |
Recipe Instructions

- Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Cut the potatoes and carrots into fries.
- On a lined sheet pan, toss with a drizzle of oil and S&P.
- Roast, flipping halfway, 20 to 25 min., until lightly browned and tender.

- Meanwhile, in a medium pan, heat a drizzle of oil on medium-high.
- Add the beef; season with S&P.
- Cook, breaking up the meat, 3 to 4 min., until partially cooked.
- Ground pork: same instruction as above.

- To the pan of beef, add the spices and cook, stirring often, 1 to 2 min., until combined.
- Add 2 tbsp butter, ½ cup water (double both for 4 portions) and the demi-glace.
- Cook, stirring often, 2 to 3 min., until combined and slightly thickened and the beef* is cooked through.
- Ground pork: same instruction as above.

- Divide the fries between your plates.
- Top with the cheese curds, beef and gravy.
- Garnish with black pepper. Bon appétit!

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