Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2009

This a bland, lazy interpretation of poutine. If you are planning on making poutine, do yourself a favor and look for a better recipe.

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Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2008

I LOVE poutine, and it just isn't the same with frozen french fries and canned gravy. I do my poutine like this sometimes, if I'm just looking to spend a few bucks at the grocery store, but nothing compares to homemade fries with homemade gravy and cheese curds! EDIT: something that would make this taste better is if you deep fry the frozen french fries according to the package directions, instead of baking.

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Living In: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2008

Gotta love the real thing though :) Tweak your ingredients for... -Home made french fries -Cheese curds -BBQ sauce Best results with, home made fries (not the frozen type). Cheese curds room temperature and preferably fresh from the day not refrigerated (squeaky factor is a must!). The BBQ sauce has to be thick, we have poutine sauce back home (a mix between gravy and bbq sauce) Rule of thumb preparation: mix cheese curbs with the hot fries and poor the warm sauce on top of everything. Don't drown the fries. Some top it off with a handful of curds. Also, consider serving in a bowl. This may sound crazy, but hey ! We invented Poutine in Québec. Fun fact: McDonalds actually tried to add poutine on their Canadian menus in Eastern Canada / Quebec. No need to say they have failed miserably. Enjoy!

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Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2008

This isn't the real Canadian poutine recipe - you use cheese curds instead of shredded Cheddar. However, I tried it, and the difference just doesn't compare. You can find cheese curds at a specialty grocery store, dairy, etc. It is also recommended that you make your own gravy for best results, overall I wasn't impressed with this recipe, it turned out mushy too. Will not be making this again.

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CHELS

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Home Town: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Living In: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2007

It's OK, but I've always prefered home made fries (with the skin on) to store bought ones. Also, I have to admit that the cheddar cheese curds really do add that je ne sais quoi to an authentic poutine. That being said, it really is just fries, cheese, and gravy, so have fun with it and experiment!

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Darryl

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Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2007

Poutine was originally created with cheese curd and real beef gravy. This recipe is incorrect and I suggest you do some research on poutine if you would like to try the real deal ;) It's very delicious with cheese curd- cheddar cheese is wrong. You MUST use white cheese curd or you're not having poutine.

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Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2007

Actually.. I hate to be a bubble burster.. but poutine is made with fresh cheese curds.. not shredded cheese.. and it's served with BBQ chicken gravy, not beef gravy

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Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2007

It would be a lot better with St-Hubert gravy. You can order it here http://www.canadianfavourites.com/store/saucesyrup.html and real Quebec cheese

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Genevieve

Home Town: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 24, 2006

We love chips and gravy. The addition of cheese takes it to another level. I put the whole thing under the grill to speed up the cheese melting. Thanks for the post!

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Hot Chilli

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Living In: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Reviewed: May 31, 2006

OMG I love poutine and freaked out when I saw this recipe. I like to deep fry fresh fries and I buy poutine gravy from Canada but it is more like chicken gravy then beef and you cant get the correct cheese in th US but cubed white chedder works best. You can buy St. Hubert poutine gravy mix online as well as cheese curd. You have to have it the right way to appreciate it.

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Home Town: Lewiston, Maine, USA

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Reviewed: May 31, 2006

I live in New Jersey and around here these are called disco fries! We use mozzarella instead of cheddar and I sometimes opt for the gravy on the side for a less soggy fry.

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Mandy Sue

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Home Town: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Florham Park, New Jersey, USA

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Reviewed: May 23, 2006

I've never had poutine before so I can only comment on this recipe. This was the first time I have ever eaten oven fries or canned beef gravy, and having eaten this, I never want to try them again.

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Caroline C

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2005

I love poutine but poutine isn't real poutine unless you have real cheese curds. It's not poutine unless it does the "squeak, squeak!". I also use St-Hubert BBQ gravy (you can buy it anywhere even in Walmart in Lloydminster, AB!!!)

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Home Town: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Wainwright, Alberta, Canada

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Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2005

The standard poutine does indeed use cheese curds rather than shredded cheese. However, you can make it however you want to as long as fries, cheese, and gravy are included. The best poutine I've had in Canada uses shredded mozarella and cheddar cheeses and it's far better than the standard cheese curds. Shredded cheese melts much better than cheese curds and because of that more fries are coated with the cheese. While it may not be the standard version, many restaurants in Canada make it that way.

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Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2005

sorry but i have to agree with everyone else. i currenlty live in montreal, qc and here "real" poutine is made using poutine gravy (which is probably hard to find anywhere but here) fries and mozarrella cheese curds. if you are lucky enough to get a taste of poutine from quebec, all other poutine will never be the same. i have a close friend in albany and i mail her poutine gravy every so often. apparently, she can't use anything else!

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Amy V.

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Home Town: Albany, New York, USA

Living In: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2005

Real French-Canadian poutine must be made with cheese curds. The cheese should go on the fries and then be covered with the hot gravy (to ensure that lovely melting). Don't knock it 'till you've tried it!

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2004

We even have Poutine available at Burger King here in Nova Scotia. Its great comfort food. However, I haven't ever had it made with cheddar cheese; we use mozzarella cheese or cheese curds and we always use chicken gravy. I'm thinking that the beef gravy and cheddar cheese variation is pretty good too though. Yum! :-)

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Lesha

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Living In: Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2004

Poutine is not made with cheddar cheese anywhere in Canada, to make real poutine you have to use cheese curds, they aren't any more expensive or difficult to find than cheddar cheese, so there's no reason not to make them correctly.

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EmpressChristine

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Home Town: Comox, British Columbia, Canada

Living In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2004

I am originally from upstate NY and we always ordered out french fries with gravy. When I migrated to NC and ordered them that way I got funny looks. I tried this adding the cheese and it is a nice finishing touch.

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2004

This sounds like an alright recipie but to make a really good poutine like they sell here in canada you should use either mozzarella cheese or cheese curds.

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