Polenta Fries {Air Fryer Method + More} -

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Polenta Fries {Air Fryer Method + More}

A delicious snack, appetizer, or side dish that's delicious and made in your air fryer.

Prep Time20

Cook Time18

Total Time38

Course: Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: Italian

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Calories: 469kcal

Prepare the dipping sauce prior to the fries, as the fries taste best fresh out of the air fryer. Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add minced garlic, red pepper flakes, and smoked paprika and cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
½ cup olive oil, 2 large garlic cloves, ½ tsp. red pepper flakes, 1 pinch smoked paprika
Stir in the marinara sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
1 cup marinara
Simmer the sauce for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through and flavors are well combined.

Slice the precooked polenta log into fries of your desired thickness. I like mine to look like potato wedges, so I slice the polenta log in half from end to end. Then, I take each half and cut it in half crosswise. Next, I cut each of the four polenta segments in half lengthwise, again, and cut each of those segments lengthwise into three equal wedges. You should end up with 24 wedges per roll of polenta.
18 oz. precooked polenta log
In a small bowl, combine the starch with garlic powder, onion powder, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Set aside.
⅓ cup potato starch, 1 tsp. garlic powder, 1 tsp. onion powder, salt and pepper

Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees for about 3-5 minutes. While the air fryer is preheating, spread the polenta wedges out on a cooking pan and brush them with olive oil.
1 tbsp. olive oil

Sift the starch onto the wedges with a flour sifter or a fine-mesh strainer, covering them with a light layer of powder. Do this to both sides of the wedges. Note: The starch may dissolve a little bit into the olive oil. That’s fine.
⅓ cup potato starch
Sprinkle the wedges with the oregano leaves by hand, as they are too large to sift, and pat the oregano leaves into the wedges so that they stick.
1 tsp. dried oregano

Arrange the polenta fries in a single layer in the air fryer basket, making sure they are not overcrowded. Depending on the size of your air fryer, you may need to cook them in batches.
Air fry for 10 minutes, then flip the wedges (use a fork to flip them, as the wedges will be very hot) and cook for another 8 minutes on the other side until the fries are crispy and golden brown on the outside.
Remove from the air fryer and place on a baking sheet or in a rectangular glass/ceramic container, then sprinkle a layer of fresh, shredded parmesan cheese, finely chopped fresh basil, and salt and pepper to taste.
Pour the warm dipping sauce into a small bowl and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese before serving.
½ cup grated parmesan cheese, 3 tbsp. fresh basil

<em>Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible. This data includes the sauce.</em>