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Pizza Polenta Fries with Dipping Sauce

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Pizza Polenta Fries with Dipping Sauce

Pizza Polenta Fries with Dipping Sauce

These Daniel Fast friendly French fries are made with polenta (corn meal) instead of potatoes. When dunked in the pizza-flavored dipping sauce, they're a great-tasting side dish or snack.
4.56 from 49 votes
Print Recipe
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Servings 4
Calories 125 kcal

Equipment

  • Silicone mat
  • French fry crinkle cutter

Ingredients
  

  • 1 18-ounce tube prepared polenta
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon basil
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon oregano
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Dipping Sauce

  • 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
  • ½ teaspoon basil
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon oregano
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  • Cut polenta in half horizontally. Using a French fry crinkle cutter, make about 80 fries (3 inches L x ½-inch W). Be careful because the polenta will crumble if you push too hard.
  • If you don’t have a crinkle cutter knife, cut polenta tube in half lengthwise. Then make six 1-inch lengthwise cuts in each section (seven pieces each). You should have 28 fries at this point. Then slice all pieces crosswise to make fries about 2 ½ to 3 inches long and ½-inch thick.
  • Place fries on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Make sure fries are not touching. Use a basting brush to rub olive oil over the tops of the polenta fries.
  • Add basil, garlic powder, oregano, and salt in a small bowl. Stir well. Sprinkle mixture evenly over fries.
  • Bake 30 minutes or until crisp and golden-brown. During the last 5 minutes of cooking time, prepare dipping sauce. Add ingredients to a small saucepan, and stir well over medium heat. If sauce begins to boil, lower heat.
  • Remove fries from oven when finished, and serve with heated dipping sauce.

Notes

  • If you don’t have a basting brush, you can coat the polenta fries in a large bowl. Add olive oil to the bowl and then the polenta. Sprinkle spices over polenta and stir well (but gently so polenta doesn’t crumble). Then place on baking sheet.
  • You can also use a mandoline slicer to cut the polenta into fries.

Nutrition

Calories: 125kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 2gFiber: 6gSugar: 2g