Carne Asada Fries

Like I mentioned, when we go up to Orlando, we love going to a restaurant called Beto's Mexican Restaurant.  We don't go because it's the best location and best place to sit and people watch.  In fact, we only go through the drive through.  It's not the best part of town, that's for sure.  If you don't know this by driving through town, you probably know it when you drive up to the drive-thru window and see:

Yes, that's right.  They have bars on their drive-thru windows.  You've got to be safe in that part of town.  And the crazy part is I lived about 3 streets down before I got married.  Anyways, we constantly go to Beto's despite the location because their food is amazing.  Our favorite dish there is their Carne Asada Fries.  Here's a picture of these fries when gotten through the drive-thru.

We decided one day, after not going up to Orlando for a while, that we wanted carne asada fries, so I made our own version.  Theirs is still much better, but I'm sharing my version with you because it's comparable and if you're not able to get to Beto's, you might as well still try the awesome thing that is Carne Asada Fries.

First, I make my french fries.  I make them from scratch, using the recipe found in yesterday's post (http://alwaystrynewthings.blogspot.com/2014/02/baked-french-fries.html), but you can also buy frozen fries from the grocery store and use those instead.

Then I cooked my meat.  I used beef steaks, like you buy for cheese steaks.  They end up like small pieces of steak, which the Carne Asada on the fries from Beto's are small pieces.  I just followed the instructions on the box, cooking a few minutes on one side, flipping and breaking it up into pieces.

Then I made my cheese sauce, with the recipe found in Wednesday's post (http://alwaystrynewthings.blogspot.com/2014/02/cheese-sauce.html).

Then I assembled our carne asada fries.  First I put some fries on the plate.  Then I put some meat on top of the fries, followed by cheese sauce, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream.

Carne Asada Fries
Ingredients:
Fries (see previous post - potatoes, salt, water, oil)
Cheese Sauce (see previous post - shredded cheddar cheese, cornstarch, evaporated milk)
Angus Beef Steaks 
Salsa
Guacamole
Sour Cream

Steps:
1.  Cook fries, meat, and cheese sauce.
2.  Assemble Carne Asada Fries by layering fries, meat, cheese sauce, salsa, sour cream and guacamole.