Easy Crinkled Watermelon Fries with Greek Yogurt Dip
One thing we look forward to here in our Arkansas summers is fresh watermelon! As the warm weather approaches, the farmer’s markets and the farmer vendor trucks on the sides of the road will be full of these green beauties. Though watermelon is such a refreshing treat, it can be messy to eat. Enter our crinkled watermelon fries with Greek yogurt dip! This fun summer snack is easy to eat, refreshing, and delicious! And you can use this recipe for straight watermelon fries (watermelon sticks), too!
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Why You Will Love Watermelon Fries
- Kids love these watermelon sticks
- Not as messy as the traditional chunks or slices of watermelon
- Party-friendly for easy grabbing and wandering
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
- 1/4 of a watermelon
- 1/2 orange
- 1/2 lemon
- 3/4 cup of Greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp. condensed milk
- mint to serve
Supplies Needed
You don’t need much kitchen equipment at all for basic straight-cut watermelon fries. You’ll need a cutting board and a sharp knife – serrated works best.
If you have a crinkle cut knife, you can add the “crinkled” look, this is a perfect time to put that tool to use. But if not, just leave your watermelon fries in stick shapes – like straight fries or home fries. Sometimes, we make our fries crinkly. We have a special kid crinkle cut knife set that we love!
Other times, we leave ours straight – especially if we are rushed for time or just want a quick snack.
How to Choose a Perfectly Good Watermelon
There are some tricks of finding the perfect watermelon! One of our local peeps at the farmer’s market showed us what to look for when choosing a watermelon.
- Choose a heavy watermelon. A heavy watermelon will indicate a juicy watermelon.
- Look for watermelons that have a bit of yellow or gold coloring on the outside
- Opt for seedless
- Tap and listed for a hollow sound.
How to Make Watermelon Fries in Straight Cut (Watermelon Sticks)
For this method, you only need a serrated knife and a cutting board.
- Cut watermelon into slices, remove pips and rind.
- Cut watermelon into sticks like fries.
- Drizzle watermelon sticks with 1 tbsp. orange juice and 1 tbsp. lemon juice. Leave for 5 minutes to marinate.
- Prepare Greek yogurt dip.
How to Make Crinkled Watermelon Fries
For this watermelon crinkle fries recipe, you will need a a serrated knife, a cutting board, and a special crinkle cut tool.
- Cut watermelon into slices, remove pips and rind.
- Using the crinkle shaper tool, go over all sides of each slab of watermelon to add the crinkle shape. Then, cut into sticks.
- Prepare Greek yogurt dip to serve with watermelon fries.
- Drizzle watermelon sticks with 1 tbsp. orange juice and 1 tbsp. lemon juice. Leave for 5 minutes to marinate.
Make Orange or Lime Yogurt Dip for Watermelon Fries
Our Greek yogurt dip is versatile. We make ours with the zest and juice of a lemon and orange. You can change the lemon and orange out for lime and a bit of coconut if you prefer to have a lime coconut dip for watermelon fries instead.
- Instead of adding the juice of an orange, as we do, substitute the zest and juice of a lime instead of the orange and lemon. Then, add a sprinkle of coconut on top for a coconut lime dip for watermelon fries.
How to Season Watermelon Fries
The sky is the limit when it comes to what types of seasonings for watermelon. Much like adding seasonings to French fries, we like to add some seasonings to our watermelon fries. Here are some of our favorite seasonings for our crinkled watermelon fries:
- Tajin – a Mexican spice blend of salt, chili peppers, and lime
- Sea salt – fine or medium grain
- Chili powder – seasoned to taste
Crinkled Watermelon Fries with Yogurt Dip
Ingredients
- ¼ Watermelon
- ½ Lemon zested and juiced
- ½ Orange zested and juiced
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp Sweetened condensed milk
- Mint or cilantro fresh (for garnish)
Instructions
- Cut watermelon into slices, remove pips and rind.
- Using a crinkle potato grater, run the grater down each side of every watermelon slice to produce crinkles. Then, cut the slices into one-inch sticks. (OR skip the crinkle step and simply cut watermelon into sticks like home fries without the crinkles.)
- Zest the orange and lemon. You will need one teaspoon each of zest. Place fresh zest, yogurt, condensed milk in a bowl. Pour in 1 tbsp. of squeezed orange juice from the orange, and sightly whisk the dip with a whisk.
- Drizzle the watermelon sticks with an additional 1 tbsp. orange juice and 1 tbsp. lemon juice. Leave for 5 minutes to marinate.
- Serve the watermelon fries on a platter with the bowl of yogurt dip. Garnish with mint or cilantro, if desired. Season fries with tajin, salt, or chili powder, if desired.
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