- prep: 20 min
- cook: 0 hr
- total: 20 min
Summary
De La Estancia is an ideal quick-cooking polenta, not processed or pre-cooked, and made from a variety of flint corn that is lower in starch and higher in protein, yielding a smooth, creamy polenta in only minutes. It's available in many grocery stores and on Amazon.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 hot or sweet Italian sausage links (about 1 pound total)
- 2 red, yellow, or orange bell peppers, or a combination
- 1 medium onion
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 3/4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup quick-cooking polenta
- 1/4 cup packed grated Parmesan, plus more for serving
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, for serving
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 489 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 25 g 38.6%
- Saturated Fat: 8 g 39.64%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 102 mg 34.11%
- Sodium: 932 mg 38.84%
- Calcium: 49 mg 4.9%
- Potassium: 95 mg 2.7%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 13.64%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 44 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g 1.33%
- Sugar: 2 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 10.53%
- Vitamin C 4.45%
- Vitamin D 0.26%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat4
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs3
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat3
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total3 oz-eq