Parmesan Oven Fries
These Parmesan Oven Fries are tossed in an irresistible garlic and parmesan coating, making them the perfect side or snack. It’s all the flavor and crunch you love about fried fries, but without all the mess!
Easy Garlic Parmesan Fries
You gotta love potatoes! They’re filling, fairly inexpensive, and I can come up with a hundred delicious ways to prepare them off the top of my head: Mashed Potato Cakes… Roasted Potatoes… Stewed Potatoes… Cheesy Mashed Potatoes… my brain just keeps going and going.
But honestly, crispy fries? They’ll always have my heart.
These big old potato wedges are what I like to call parmesan oven fries. Kids love ’em, teens love ’em, and adults come running. Tender on the inside and crispy on the outside, these oven-baked fries are seasoned to perfection for the best results every time.
Ingredients
- Baking potatoes
- Salt
- Garlic powder
- Butter (or margarine)
- Parmesan cheese
What are the best potatoes for baked French fries?
I’d go with russet or Yukon gold potatoes for these garlic parm fries. They’re starchy with low moisture, which makes them perfect for getting that crispy outside.
Make ‘Em Your Own!
Try switching up this oven fries recipe with your favorite seasonings, like:
- Cajun seasoning
- Swap garlic powder for garlic herb seasoning
- Use seasoning salt instead of sea salt
- Add chili powder
- Add 2 teaspoons of Italian seasoning
- Ranch seasoning
- Replace garlic powder with 3 minced garlic cloves
*If dairy-free, you can use a dairy-free butter alternative or substitute with olive oil or coconut oil.
How to Make Parmesan Oven Fries
1. To start, preheat the oven to 375°F. Then mix up your parmesan, garlic powder, and salt in a shallow dish.
2. Cut each potato into 8 long wedges. Then set up a station with melted butter in a dish, a topping mixture in a dish, and your potatoes, along with a baking sheet that you’re going to cook them on.
3. Roll the cut sides in the parmesan garlic mixture. The side with the skin on it doesn’t need to be coated.
4. Place potatoes on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 30-40 minutes, or until they are tender and golden brown.
5. Serve with a garnish of chopped fresh parsley or cilantro and your favorite dipping sauce. Enjoy!
Can I cook my parmesan fries in the air fryer?
Absolutely! To make air fryer French fries, you’ll need to do smaller batches, but bake your fries in a 390°F air fryer for 10 minutes on one side and about 5 minutes on the other.
What Goes Great with These Garlic Parmesan Oven Fries
These incredibly flavored parmesan oven fries go with just about anything, or are amazing all on their own!
You can serve these oven fries with all kinds of main meals, like my Classic Reuben Sandwich, Fried Chicken, Italian Beef Sandwich, and Drip Beef Sandwiches.
Another option is to serve these parmesan fries as an appetizer with a delicious dipping sauce, like ketchup, our Homemade Tartar Sauce, Comeback Sauce, Chipotle Ranch Dressing, or Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce.
Storage
If you do have any leftovers, you can store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days and reheat them in the air fryer.
Parmesan Oven Fries
With an irresistible garlic and parmesan cheese coating, these crunchy yet soft parmesan oven fries are perfect with just about anything.
Ingredients
- 3 medium potatoes
- 4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 1/2 stick
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Wash the potatoes and cut each one into 8 spears.
- In a shallow dish, combine the parmesan, garlic powder, and salt. Dip the sides of each potato wedge into the melted butter on all sides, then dip just the cut sides into the parmesan mixture.
- Arrange in a single layer, skin side down, on a large baking sheet. Bake at 375°F for 30-40 minutes, or until potatoes are tender and golden brown.
Ok, I tried these tonight…hubby says he hates parmesan cheese so I only used one potato…thank goodness…I gave him two wedges and I ate all the others, most before they got to the table. They were really wonderful. I kind of got messy so at the end I just dipped them in butter and then sprinkled both sides with the garlic powder, salt and cheese. Wish I had seen the zip lock bag idea earlier, but will use that next time…thanks Christy.
One of my favorite parts is at the end, once you got em all on the baking sheet and your fingertips are coated in the cheese mixture, then you get to lick your fingers! Yum!! I’m so glad y’all liked them and can’t thank you enough for coming back and letting me know!!
Putting these in the oven in about 15 minutes… Yum!
Haha I quess Christy
These are very yummy!! Have made this often, but using REAL Parmesan cheese is the best. The powdered in can is awful
I guess I just have awful taste in food, but I can live with that 🙂
Then I have awful taste as well. When using Parmesan as a breading, I always use the powdered stuff. It is hard to grate Parmesan in a block fine enough for this. However, my secret sin is sometimes to go to our local Italian deli and buy a small cup container of his grated Romano cheese to use in recipes like that. Now, let’s see, when can I afford to do that? Hmmm, no. Guess I will use the powdered stuff. That’s not taste in food, that is lack of money.
Funny post again Christy! My hubs would love double potato; he has to be on a vitamin k routine due to being on warafin………..where you have to keep a balance on the green vegs as much as you can (unless your med is set up to have almost none which i did not want for us). So my job daily is getting that balance…. and since i have home testing INR equipment i have gotten it down pat. Sometimes google the interactions you can get in thinning your blood when on the meds, things like cranberry & other fruit. so if he has a little more green i can put him back in range with some of those. Food is so powerful. The drug co. probably do not like it when we use food for keeping healthy!
In Hawaii they have a tradition too of double carbs on their lunch plate, i think it is a potato salad plus a macaroni salad. Yummy as double taters!
I do red potatoes with Parmesan cheese. Wash potatoes well cut in half. Place Parmesan cheese in the bottom of a pan coated with vegetable spray; then place cut potato side down on cheese and bake until potatoes are done. My grand-kids love these. Going to try this recipe from Christy soon. Believe they will love them also.
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