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This is one of my go-to recipes. A delicious blend of flavors, filling yet light (if that makes sense), and fresh. My husband and I love these fries!!
Jenny Beck
Loaded Mediterranean Street Cart Fries.
What does that even meannnn?
Let’s start by saying that this platter of street cart fries is taking notes from Greek salad and loaded nachos and late-night chili cheese fries and making it all come together in a happy and delicious moment for fry lovers everywhere.
To me, these specific street cart fries mean sweet potato fries (or regular! your choice, pal) topped with fresh summery romaine, marinated tomatoes and chickpeas, feta cheese, herbs to the nines, a quick thrown together tzatziki, and fried pita strips as the crown jewel on top, all coming together in one epic bowl-meets-boat-type meatless dinner situation. You could also add kalamata olives and/or pepperoncini, and you would be, oh I dunno, THE BEST PERSON EVER, and I would know that we are destined to be food BFFs.
How To Make Our Mediterranean Street Cart Fries:
I first caught the vision for these when I ate at my latest lunch obsession hot spot: Spitz. The number of times Jenna and I have ordered the wraps to be delivered to the studio for lunch is very incriminating and shall not be made public. So letās just say I have ordered this (street cart fries and all its variations) enough to know that I needed to at least TRY to make this happen at home.
First order of business was seeing how difficult it would be to make gyro-style meat at home, because YUM. That meat is so good.
Second order of business was realizing that making gyro-style meat at home was way too complicated for my regular girl self. So I settled on an equally delicious meatless version of my favorite salad/fries combo from Spitz called the Street Cart Fries. And yes, I live the kind of life where āStreet Cart Friesā are fully accepted as a salad. Whatcha gon do bout it.
Third order of business was figuring out the most important ingredients I needed to recreate this wonder.
And they are, in order of importance:
Sweet Potato Fries. Worth noting that we also adore regular non-sweet-potato fries. This is u-pick moment.
Tzatziki. Necessary, because itās kind of the chili cheese sauce in our chili cheese fries analogy. Without it, thereās no saucy thing on the fries to hold it all together. Itās quick to whip up and itās delicious beyond all belief. HIGHLY RECOMMEND dipping some fried pitas in this stuff before you even touch the salad/fries creation.
Speaking of.
Fried Pita. Friends, this is not truly necessary in the way the tzatziki is necessary, and it does require a little extra time, so if you are tight for time, take a pass this time. But if you are not tight for time and you love OMG-type-food, then you need – I repeat – NEED – fried pita strips atop your fries. I do not lie about these important things.
And guess what? The rest is sort of a buffet of options.
Marinated tomatoes and chickpeas and feta cheese and pepperonicini and more herbs are kind of what I most recommend as the final layering touches, but it’s your call. She is a blank-slate-meal kind of girl. You make it your very own street fries masterpiece, okay? I fully expect to be tagged in your amazing fry pictures on Insta.
French Fry / Salad / Nacho Boats? Absolutely. Yes. For the win. Love you guys.
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Loaded Mediterranean Street Fries
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
Loaded Mediterranean Street Cart Fries: sweet potato fries topped with fresh romaine, tzatziki, marinated tomatoes and chickpeas, feta cheese, and more. Meatless and mind-blowing, all in one.
Ingredients
Tzatziki
- 1 cup plain full fat yogurt
- half of a zucchini, grated
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- a few pinches of chopped fresh dill
- salt and lemon juice to taste
Marinated Tomatoes and Chickpeas
- 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 4–6 tomatoes, diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- fresh minced parsley to taste
- salt to taste
- lemon juice to taste
Other Ingredients:
- 1 bag sweet potato fries
- 1 head romaine lettuce, washed and roughy chopped
- pita bread and oil for frying
- Toppings (see notes)
Instructions
- TZATZIKI: Combine the tzatziki ingredients together – taste and adjust until it hits the spot for you.
- TOMATOES / CHICKPEAS: Toss the chickpeas and tomatoes together with the oil, garlic, lemon juice, and parsley to marinate.
- SWEET POTATOES: Bake the sweet potato fries according to package directions. While the sweet potatoes are baking, chop the lettuce and fry the pitas.
- PITAS: For the pitas, cut each one into strips and fry in a shallow layer of frying oil (such as vegetable oil) until golden brown and slightly crispy. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt.
- ASSEMBLY: Assemble the individual boats with layers of fries, tzatziki, marinated tomatoes and chickpeas, fried pita, romaine, feta cheese, and more. Mwah!
Notes
Highly recommend the addition of feta cheese, pepperoncini, olives, hot peppers, hot sauce, and/or anything else you love! Make this one all your own.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: Mediterranean-Inspired
Keywords: street fries, mediterranean street fries
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Ahhhhhh PLEASE copycat us the garlic aioli from Spitz! I ate there for the first time recently and Iām obsessed! Iād love to make that sauce at home.
OH. MY. WORD! Vegetarian street carnival heaven!! Just make āem!
Absolutely delish!! I used store bought tzatziki but omg… I love how this tastes all together. Thank you!!
I’m so excited to make these at home! I also live in Minneapolis and LOVE Spitz š
The best!
This was SO good! I made it for a dinner party yesterday and we were all a fan. Thank you!
Glad to hear that, Caroline!
O.MG! These sound delicious! Live all the ingredients, especially that they are made with sweet potato fries!
One question, in central NY, tziki it’s made using cucumber. I know zucchini &cokes are similar. Any the zuke & not the coke?
Can’t wait to try! Maybe sundried tomatoes too!
Too good to be true, thanks! I made Home,add oven roasted yam fries and topped them off with all of the yummy things! Itās summer and we always have tzatziki, hummus and feta in the fridge. Luckily fresh basil in the garden and a bounty of tomatoes. Yum!
The Mediterranean version of Poutine for sure.
This is a long overdue comment. I absolutely love your blog and use many of your recipes all of the time. This is a favorite of my vegetarian daughter. Thanks for all of your awesome recipe ideas. Your blog is my go to!
made this tonight and it was great!! used a more traditional tzatziki recipe (cat cora’s from her first book), but otherwise followed it exactly. feta was amazing on it, and my husband also liked hot sauce.
you are right, the fried pita is necessary.
Next time I am adding some mint! mmm
These were indescribably good. Flavors hit every part of the pallet. I made my own sweet potato curly fries, but used bagged sea salt pita chips. Tastes indulgent while being pretty, darn healthy. Will be making it again, and again.
Iām just Wondering how many calories is in one serving
Wow!! looks good. I would bake the pita by brushing a little oil on it and putting some salt and red chili done that before tastes yummy
Awesomely delicious! We have basically decided they are like Mediterranean Nachos! Will definitely make this again! My husband couldn’t stop eating them.
Glad you both enjoyed them!
Came back to tell you I actually made these last week and they were SO good. Adding them to my list of must-keep-making recipes and, yes, you were right about the fried pita strips. Awesome.
This is one of my go-to recipes. A delicious blend of flavors, filling yet light (if that makes sense), and fresh. My husband and I love these fries!!
Glad to hear it, Jenny!
This was a very good dinner! My only complaint is that I used the ingredient list as a shopping list and the format isn’t great for that. I saw later that feta cheese and peperoncini was listed in the “notes” section, but only after it was time to start cooking dinner. I also missed “lemon juice” because it was listed in the same line as salt, which was frustrating because lemon is obviously an important ingredient!
Thanks for the feedback Emily! I’ve updated the recipe to make those items more clear. š Appreciate it!
Hi there!
Iām a designer at CKD, my team and I are currently in the process of launching a blog which combines our love for food and design, by showcasing the best in those fields ā called Bitchin’ Kitchen.
We LOVE your photography and your recipes! We would really like to share the ‘loaded mediterranean street cart fries’ recipe with our already growing community and showcase you on our blog.
Would you be able to send us a selection of pictures from that recipe? We will of course give you full credit and a link back to your website š
Check us out on twitter at @BtchinKitchen http://www.twitter.com/btchinkitchen to see what we have been up to! Our blog is launching soon š
All the best, Mayssa
Hi Mayssa! If you’re interested in receiving permission for a roundup, please feel free to email me at jenna@pinchofyum.com. Thanks!
Lindsey, these look perfect! You’ve got some of my favourite things in there, thanks for sharing!
Yessssss. All types of yes.
We’d definitely agree. š
Oh my goodness – this looks DELICIOUS.
I am going to have to try this ASAP!
I like your extra addition of feta – I reckon that would really take this dish to the next level!!
Seriously yum š
Hope you enjoy it, Danielle!
Oh yum! this looks fabulous!
Thanks, Mary! š
Oh wow! That is a plateful of awesomeness right there! Looks like my ideal meal š
This looks absolutely delicious! I see no reason why Street Cart Fries can’t be a salad. š
This looks like the ultimate sharing platter of street food – don’t think I could share it though! x
I shared these on my FB page– love them! Sweet potato fries are the absolute best.