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.
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