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Baked Fries with Polenta, Parmesan and Marinara Sauce – a 5 Ingredient Appetizer

March 24, 2016 By Kristi Rimkus 2 Comments

All it takes to make this 5 ingredient appetizer is a tube of polenta, garlic, parmesan cheese and a jar of marinara sauce. A plate of baked fries doesn’t get any easier or tastier!

Baked Parmesan Garlic Polenta Fries with Marinara Sauce

It’s 5 Ingredient Friday again, and while Mr. Mike was away on a fishing trip I baked up this plate of polenta fries and ate the whole batch!

Of course, it took me the weekend to finish off the batch, but I managed with a significant amount of difficulty. I also finished off the two glasses of wine you see in the photo, but who’s counting? Mr. Mike’s not home!

Baked Parmesan Garlic Polenta Fries with Marinara Sauce

By the time Mike left for his fishing getaway, I had a craving for fries, wine and a movie of my choice. But our usual baked sweet potato fries weren’t interesting on this evening to myself, so I marched off to the store to get a tube of polenta.

Baked Parmesan Garlic Polenta Fries with Marinara Sauce

I’m a cook and a food blogger, so when inspiration hits I answer the calling, and that craving for fries turned into these baked polenta fries topped with Parmesan cheese.

Baked Parmesan Garlic Polenta Fries with Marinara Sauce

See those crunchy edges on the sides of my polenta fries? Those are completely delicious Parmesan munchies. Don’t toss them away, serve the fries as they are and I guarantee you’ll love every bite!

Baked Parmesan Garlic Polenta Fries with Marinara Sauce

This plate of baked fries rivals my go-to sweet potato fries. It’s definitely a toss-up as to which I’ll make the next time the hubby goes fishing!

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Before I leave you on this 5 Ingredient Friday, I want to remind you that I’m conducting a giveaway for Sprout Living, so head on over to this blog post to enter for your chance to win a bag of Epic Protein Powder.

Happy 5 Ingredient Friday!

~Kristi

Kristi Rimkus

Yields 6

Parmesan Garlic Polenta Fries with Marinara Sauce

Parmesan Garlic Polenta Fries with Marinara Sauce

10 minPrep Time

25 minCook Time

35 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • 1 tube polenta, slice uneven ends off, then slice into fry pieces
  • 2 cloves garlic, shred with a Microplane, or finely mince
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
  • 1 cup marinara sauce

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Combine garlic and parmesan in a medium sized bowl and mash gently with your fingers to incorporate the garlic into the parmesan.
  3. Spray a non-stick baking sheet with cooking spray.
  4. Gently toss polenta fries into the parmesan mixture and place on the cooking sheet.
  5. Take remaining parmesan and sprinkle on top of polenta fries.
  6. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes until lightly browned and sizzling.
  7. Serve with marinara.

Notes

Food energy: 136kcal
Weight Watchers Smart Points 5
Saturated fatty acids: 2.39g
Monounsaturated fatty acids: 1.32g
Polyunsaturated fatty acids: 0.30g
Total fat: 4.02g
Calories from fat: 36
Cholesterol: 10mg
Carbohydrate, by difference: 16.74g
Total dietary fiber: 1.63g
Protein: 7.38g
Total lipid (fat): 4.28g
Water: 41.35g
Ash: 1.58g
Total sugars: 10.82g
Calcium: 180mg
Iron: 0.47mg
Magnesium: 14mg
Phosphorus: 114mg
Potassium: 153mg
Sodium: 497mg

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  1. Angie@Angie's Recipes says

    March 27, 2016 at 12:04 am

    If you didn't say those were polenta, I would have thought they were potatoes. They look super crisp and scrumptious! Happy Easter!
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    • Kristi Rimkus says

      March 27, 2016 at 7:38 am

      Thanks Angie - Have a wonderful Easter too! :)
      Reply

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