I’ve been to one Super Bowl party in my life. I’ve watched my fair share of college football, but that was because I was in the marching band, so I wasn’t tailgating or watching the game with a spread of snack foods and beer and such. Consequently, I don’t have much experience with football food, but even so, I KNOW these polenta fries would fit right in at a football party! They’re cheesy, salty, a tad crispy, perfect for dipping in various sauces, and they’re even easy to make! Heck, forget football, I’d come to the party just for the fries.
I whipped up some homemade chili BBQ ranch dressing to go along with the polenta fries, but there are tons of other options for dipping – guacamole, salsa verde, queso dip (if you’re feeling particularly cheese-y)…even regular marinara sauce! Polenta has been one of my go-to quick comfort foods for a long time (a bowl of polenta, a fried egg or two, and some veggies is a simple but tasty dinner), and this is great a way to snazz things up a bit and make some crowd-pleasin’ polenta! Enjoy!
This is my submission for this month’s Cheese Recipe Blog Challenge. Check out some of the recipes from other bloggers here!
Interesting! I’ve only recently started cooked with polenta but have yet to make anything this ‘solid’. Love the idea of them though – and the dressing sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing with Cheese, Please! this month
Thanks! I’m just now beginning to realize how versatile polenta is: plain polenta, polenta cakes, polenta fries, etc. I look forward to finding out what February’s challenge will be!
Your polenta look so perfect. Baking is definitely the way forward. I have also tried pan frying the chips, but the oven baking is much cleaner, this is how I will cook mine fro now on
Thanks, I was really pleased with how they turned out! I too had considered frying them, but to be honest, I really dislike the process of frying things (I always end up getting burned with flecks of oil), plus baking them seemed a bit healthier.
I never thought to make polenta into fries. And I love fries. I can’t wait to try these. They look fried!
I highly recommend them! Let me know how they turn out if you make them