Spicy Samurai Fries are crispy thin cut fries, topped with samurai sauce, spring onions and crunchy fried shallots. They are a hugely popular street food in Belgium.
Samurai sauce is a spicy, creamy mixture of mayonnaise and sambal oelek and, often, ketchup. Known for its spiciness and rich flavor, it is a staple in Belgian friteries aka fry shops.
According to Google, “Samurai sauce is called that because its intense spiciness is meant to "sting" like a samurai's sword. Popularized in Belgium in the early 2000s, the name reflects a "warrior-like" heat rather than a Japanese origin.”
Do you have to use Kewpie mayonnaise? I don’t know, but a lot of the recipes I found online and by consulting the Reddit brain trust did mention it by name. Since sambal oelek isn’t Japanese, perhaps Kewpie is a cultural nod after the fact, to samurai warriors being Japanese.
If you want the authentic Kewpie, buy the one in the bottle in the plastic bag. It’s actually labeled Made in Japan. The one without the bag is a different and, in my opinion, an inferior recipe, made elsewhere.
Spicy Samurai Fries
You can adjust the spiciness of the samurai sauce by adding more mayo and/or using less sambal. Some recipes also called for ketchup so if you reduce the sambal and want more color, that’s a legitimate addition. I also added ground cayenne because despite chili peppers being the first two ingredients, my sambal wasn’t very spicy.
Ingredients
½ cup or 110g Kewpie mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sambal oelek
¼ teaspoon cayenne - optional
2 spring onions, green part only
2 tablespoons fried shallots – mine were store-bought
1 lb or 450g frozen shoestring fries
Method
In a small bowl, mix the mayonnaise and the sambal together until well combined.
Add in the cayenne if using and stir well.
Cover with cling film and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Slice the green part of the spring onions thinly, on the diagonal.
Cook your fries according to package instructions.
Once the fries are nice and crispy, tip them onto a plate with paper towel to blot any oil that might have cooked off of them.
Put them on a serving dish and drizzle some of the samurai sauce over the fries. I prefer not to put too much so that the fries stay as crispy as possible.
Sprinkle on the spring onion slices and the crispy fried shallots.
Serve immediately with the rest of the samurai sauce alongside for dipping.
It’s Sunday FunDay and today we are sharing recipes for or with fries or their British counterpart, chips. Many thanks to our host, Mayuri of Mayuri’s Jikoni. Check out the links below.
- Cheesy Bacon Ranch Loaded French Fries from Making Miracles
- Corned Beef Poutine from Amy's Cooking Adventures
- Keto Rutabaga French Fries from Sneha's Recipe
- Leftover French Fry Hash from A Messy Kitchen
- Masala Chip Butty from Mayuri's Jikoni
- Lomo Saltado from Karen's Kitchen Stories
- Spicy Samurai Fries from Food Lust People Love
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