Fully Loaded: 4 Next-Level Fries Concepts to Boost Your Menu
Whether you’re running a pub, takeaway, or casual dining venue, loaded fries are a simple way to add value, impress customers, and drive spend. Discover how you can transform your fry offering with these four trending concepts from Aviko.
1. Loaded Luxury: Elevate Your Fries with Premium Ingredients
Premium doesn’t have to mean complicated. Use high-value ingredients like Wagyu beef, Iberico ham, or even caviar to create a “fancy but familiar” loaded fries experience. It’s indulgent, eye-catching, and social media gold.
Steak Fries with Truffle Béarnaise
SuperCrunch Pure & Rustic Chips topped with charred steak slathered in truffle-infused Bearnaise sauce and finished with shaved truffle and chopped chives.
Adding truffle to a classic Béarnaise sauce instantly gives it a luxurious twist and taps into the ever-popular parmesan truffle fries trend. Steak adds the protein customers want, and you can achieve great flavour but lower costs using cuts like bavette or flat iron.
Five Spice Duck Breast Fillet Fries
Skinny SuperCrunch Fries layered with spicy chilli and sesame mayo, crispy pan-fried duck fillet, spring onions, coriander and crispy chilli in oil.
Salt and pepper and spicy Chinese flavours are trending with loaded dishes like Irish spice bags. Premiumise the concept with tender duck breast pieces.
2. Global Flavours: Take Your Customers Around the World
International cuisine continues to dominate UK menus. Give global dishes new life by serving them on a bed of crispy fries. Global mashups make familiar dishes exciting again — the perfect way to encourage repeat visits and social shares.
Lamb Tagine Dippers
Smoky Moroccan stew spiked with pomegranate seeds, almond flakes and a splash of tahini dressing with Grip and Dip Skin On Fries.
Curry and stew dishes work perfectly for loading so this saucy tagine is bound to get your customers coming back for more.
Kimchi Cheese Prawn Tots
Hash Brown Bites tossed in a mix of Korean pickled cabbage and sharp cheddar with juicy marinated and blackened king prawns.
Korean food and ingredients are popular with consumers right now, kimchi is a relatively inexpensive ingredient that packs flavour and adds perceived value to your dishes.
3. Plant-Based Power: Vegan Loaded Fries That Wow
Plant-based eating isn’t slowing down — and fries are the perfect platform for bold, flavour-packed vegan dishes. Skip the meat substitutes and focus on real, exciting ingredients that appeal to everyone.
“Loaded fries have always been a staple for us,” says Charlie Watson, founder of Oowee Vegan. “They hit that spot when comfort food is calling, and fries are the perfect base for creativity.”
Mushroom Al Pastor Fries
This Mexican-style shawarma inspired by Lebanese immigrants is perfect for a vegan twist with achiote-spiced mushrooms, barbecued pineapple and freshly blitzed chilli and tomato salsa.
Choosing natural and unprocessed meat substitutes is sure to appeal to a large vegan audience and can prove cost effective too.
Korean Fried Cauliflower
Focusing on sustainability is important for vegan dishes, so serve your sticky, sweet and moreish Gojuchang-spiced battered morsels on a bed of stir-fried cauliflower leaves.
With it's meaty texture and neutral flavour cauliflower is a great substitute for chicken wings or even steak.
4. Fusion Twists: Creative Combos That Get People Talking
Fusion food is all about fun — combining dishes from different cuisines to create something totally new. Loaded fries give you the freedom to experiment and surprise customers with every bite.
“Have fun with it,” says James Sharp, co-founder of Hash Hut. “We use everything from nori to Nik Naks — the key is quality and creativity.”
Japanese Tempura Fish ’n’ Chips
Tempura-battered monkfish chunks with katsu curry sauce, yuzu kosho tartar sauce and crushed wasabi peas on SuperCrunch 18mm Chips.
Classic dishes with a wide appeal and nostalgia attached are perfect for a twist using fresh new ingredients and flavours.
Belly Pork Carnitas Gyros
Mexican-spiced pork belly served with tzatziki and salad on a bed of crispy SuperCrunch Pure & Rustic fries.
Gyros and premium kebabs are hugely popular with consumers right now and so are a great base for experimentation.
