Dirty Haggis Fries With Whisky Cream Sauce

These amazing dirty haggis fries with whisky cream sauce are a modern casual and super tasty way to serve up our national dish.

Why you’ll love this recipe

• They’re different, these dirty haggis fries are a different way of serving our national dish, a modern take on a classic if you will.
• Easy to make, this is a super easy dish to pull together and it’s quick too.
• Fun, my haggis and chips with a whisky cream sauce is casual and fun.

I love haggis but like to serve it in different ways, from my haggis burgers to haggis bonbons and haggis bolognese.

Here I’ve gone for the casual and modern approach with my dirty haggis fries with a rich and creamy whisky sauce and topped off with crispy bacon, it’s Scottish comfort food at it’s best!

What are dirty haggis fries?

Dirty fries are sometimes called loaded fries and basically it just means fries (or chips as we’d call them here in Scotland) with lots of toppings, in this case haggis and a whisky cream sauce with bacon as well, now that really is loaded!

Ingredients for dirty haggis fries

This is such a simple recipe and you have probably got all the bits and pieces that you’ll need in the kitchen already.

Haggis – I have gone for a small haggis here and it is one that you can just open up and crumble into a frying pan to cook quickly. Of course you can use any haggis you like and cook via the maker’s instructions.

Whisky – Any whisky will do, this is to flavour that all important whisky cream sauce that will smother your haggis and fries.

Other sauce ingredients – these are double (thick) cream, wholegrain mustard, black pepper, a beef stock cube, butter, garlic and onion.

Bacon – Any bacon will be just fine, I’ve used a couple of slices of smoked streaky bacon and snipped them up. You can even use those bacon lardons if you like. I like to use smoked bacon for that depth of flavour but it is entirely up to you.

Potatoes – for those all-important chips. However, you can make things even easier if you just want to use your favourite oven chips here.

The complete list of ingredients and full instructions for making this recipe can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

How to make these loaded haggis fries

First things first, deal with your chips as they will take the longest time to cook. Either cut up the potatoes and oven bake or deep fry. Alternatively, just chuck your favourite oven chips into the oven.

Now make that whisky cream sauce

Melt the butter in a small pan and add the finely diced onion and cook for a few minutes till softened then add the garlic and lots of black pepper.

Add the whisky and stir into the sauce base mix before adding the beef stock, mustard and cream. Cook for about 10 minutes and check your seasoning, maybe even add a splash more whisky!

Fry the snipped up bacon (or lardons if that’s what you are using) in a little oil till nice and crispy.

Remove the bacon from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Now add the broken-up haggis to the pan (cook it first if you are using one that doesn’t state on label that it can be opened up and fried in this way. You can even use haggis slices here and just break them up to fry.

Just add the haggis to the same pan with the bacon fat as your cooking liquid. This will add extra flavour to your haggis and make your haggis and chips even better!

How to serve dirty haggis fries

Assemble your dirty haggis fries by placing your chips into a bowl then adding the haggis and drizzle over that luscious whisky cream sauce and top with the bacon bits.

Add a sprinkling of finely chopped parsley and some extra black pepper and you’re good to go!

How many does this serve?

These loaded haggis fries serves two people. Want more? Then just double up the recipe to suit how many folks you are feeding.

Leftovers

Any leftover haggis and bacon will keep in the fridge for a few days and can be reheated till piping hot before serving.

Whisky cream sauce

You can serve the whisky cream sauce with steak, venison or even sausages for an indulgent treat any night of the week.

Looking for more tasty haggis recipes? Then check these out before you go;

Balmoral Bites

Haggis bonbons

Haggis spaghetti

Easy haggis burgers

Fruit and nut chocolate haggis!

If you are looking for even more Scottish food inspiration why not visit the Scottish Recipes section of Larder Love and I’ve even had cookbooks published on Scottish cooking.

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