If you haven’t tried polenta, it’s safe to say you may be missing out on a savory version of oatmeal (and we all know how cozy and delicious a hot bowl of oatmeal can be!). Here polenta, or corn grits as it’s sometimes referred to, is jazzed up with wild mushrooms, fresh herbs, and rounded off with a buttery barbeque tang. Give it a spin.
BBQ POLENTA WITH THYME ROASTED MUSHROOMS
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Category
Main Course
Servings
6
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
45 minutes
Calories
306
Ingredients
-
1/4 cup Ava Jane’s Kitchen Avocado Oil
- 1.5 lbs mushrooms sliced
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 cloves garlic smashed
-
2 tsp Ava Jane’s Kitchen Los Muertos Barbecue
- 1.5 cups dry, instant Polenta also called corn grits
- 3 tbsp grass-fed butter
- pinch crushed red pepper flakes
- to taste Colima Sea Salt and pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325ºF.
- On a rimmed baking sheet, combine the avocado oil, mushrooms, thyme, garlic, and a pinch each of salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes.
- Move to the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes.
- Increase the heat to 475ºF and toss the mushrooms, then return to the oven and let bake for another 5 minutes until crisp on the edges (watch closely).
- While the mushrooms are cooking, make the polenta.
- In a medium saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil over medium heat. Slowly whisk in the polenta, stirring until it is soft and thick, about 5 minutes. Stir in the butter and Los Muertos spice blend. If the polenta thickens too much, thin with additional water.
- Serve the polenta with mushrooms spooned over top, followed by fresh thyme and a drizzle of additional avocado oil.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- per serving
- Calories
- 306
Amount/Serving
% Daily Value
- Carbs
- 36 grams
- Protein
- 7 grams
- Fat
- 16 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 5 grams
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 2 grams
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 8 grams
- Trans Fat
- 1 grams
- Cholesterol
- 15 milligrams
- Sodium
- 59 milligrams
- Potassium
- 426 milligrams
- Fiber
- 2 grams
- Sugar
- 3 grams
- Vitamin A
- 287 milligrams
- Vitamin C
- 4 milligrams
- Calcium
- 11 milligrams
- Iron
- 1 milligrams