Greek Fries

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 16 ounces frozen french fries
• olive oil
• oregano (to taste)
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste) or paprika (to taste)
• 1 cup yogurt (i use strained greek yogurt when i can or just strain my own in cheese cloth overnight)
• 1/2 lemons, juice of or 2 tablespoons bottled lemon juice
• 1/2 seedless cucumber, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh mint (can use dry but fresh is always better) or 2 tablespoons fresh dill (can use dry but fresh is always better)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 fill shallow pan with 1/2 to 1 inch of olive oil (the stuff in the big tin jug on the bottle shelf of the store -- don't waste the really good stuff).
• 2 heat oil to 350 (or until bubbles form around a wooden spoon).
• 3 fry bag of french fries to desired level of brown and drain on paper towels.
• 4 season to taste with salt, pepper, paprika, and oregano.
• 5 to make the tzatziki sauce you can either chop everything by hand and mix or throw it all in the food processor and pulse a few times. i like garlic so i usually add more.