Oven-style Pizza Fries
Recipe: #8294
February 26, 2013
Categories: Pizza, Side Dishes, Potatoes, One-Pot Meal, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Canned Tomatoes, more
"I made this up with two of my daughter's favorite foods in mind: french fries and pizza. She took one bite and said "These are good! They taste like pizza!" Exactly what I had in mind."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (318.7 g)
- Calories 250
- Total Fat - 4.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.4 g
- Cholesterol - 11 mg
- Sodium - 468 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 44.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.9 g
- Sugars - 14.7 g
- Protein - 10.1 g
- Calcium - 211.2 mg
- Iron - 2.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 32.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Step 2
Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil and coat lightly with oil.
Step 3
Grind fennel seed, oregano and basil into a powder using a spice mill or mortar and pestle.
Step 4
Wash, peel and slice potatoes into thin french fry shapes.
Step 5
Combine ground spices, tomato paste, garlic powder, salt, sugar and oil in a small bowl until smooth.
Step 6
Place potatoes and seasoning paste in a large ziplock or plastic bag.
Step 7
Using your hands, move the potatoes around in the bag until they are evenly coated with the seasoning paste.
Step 8
Place potatoes in a single layer on the baking sheet.
Step 9
Bake for 25 minutes at 400°F.
Step 10
Using a spatula, turn potatoes over and sprinkle with parmesan cheese (if using).
Step 11
Bake for 10-20 minutes more or until fries become golden and start to crisp (time may vary with size of fries).
Step 12
Serve with marinara sauce or ketchup, if desired.
Tips
No special items needed.