Make perfectly cooked potatoes in the air fryer! You’ll never want to use your oven again.
Can you believe next week is already Thanksgiving? I sure can’t! During Thanksgiving your oven gets used a lot and it’s good to try and find other kitchen appliances that can do the same type of job for you whether that be in an Instant Pot (I plan on getting one of those on Black Friday), Slow Cooker, or Air Fryer. Oh yah, and if you haven’t taken out your turkey to defrost now would be a good time to do that. My family is pretty good at not having a perfectly cooked bird on Thanksgiving. Some parts always end up underdone. Gross!
Instead of using your oven to make a baked potato, you can use an air fryer. Usually baked potatoes take at least an hr depending on the size of them. Both of these potatoes that I used were around 200 grams. It’s easier to weigh potatoes in grams than ounces on the scale so I can track it easier in myfitnesspal. I set the air fryer to 390 degrees and let them cook for 30 to 40 minutes. The potatoes were perfectly cooked and flaky and I topped my baked potatoes with some taco fixings.
Air Fryer Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 Idaho potatoes (weighing around 200 g)
- butter
- parsley (optional)
Instructions
- Set your air fryer to 390 degrees. Prick some holes in the potatoes with a fork and spray with cooking spray. Place the potatoes in the air fryer basket and close it. Set the time for 30 minutes to 40 minutes. You can take it out and test it at 30 minutes. If it’s not done cooking fry it for 10 more minutes.
Notes
Smart Points can very on a potato depending on how many oz or grams they weigh.
Yummy! These baked potatoes look so buttery and delicious.
Thanks!
Yummy! These baked potatoes look so buttery and delicious.
WHY CAN I NOT COPY YOUR RECIPES? I NEED TO COPY RECIPES SO I CAN USE THEM IN THE KITCHEN1
If you click on the Print button you can copy and paste from there. Even print…
Ruth try it now. Should work.
I been trying to cook fresh french fries in my air fryer and they come out ok I think I am putting to many in the basket I cut up 4 med potatoes into thin sticks I used spray oil and salt all went into the basket any idea what I am doing wrong I do mix them around as they r cooking
I have a question about the air fryer baked potatoes. I recently purchased a small air fryer for mostly oven fries but i would like to make a baked potato [I live alone]. Instead of baking for 30-40 minutes what do you think of the idea of microwaving for 3 minutes and then putting the potato in the air fryer for perhaps 20 minutes or so? I can’t find anything on the internet that shows someone has done this.
I would go less time on the baked potato in the air fryer if microwaving the potatoes first.
On the fresh French fries. Cook at 360 for about 4 mins. Stir, cook again 4 – 5 mins. Stir then cook 6 – 8 mins then turn your heat up to 400 and finish about 8 mins. Use the oil before you fry and salt. I’ve used fried them this way and they taste so much better. They get very hot so beware. Haven’t done them as crispie as I like but still learning.
My air fryer only heats 200 how long fir baked potatoes please
Sorry, I do not have an air fryer that heats up to 200 degrees. Maybe someone else might know or can answer your question?
@lynda I believe the temp stated is in Fahrenheit. 360f is ard 180c
How long if doing 3 baked potatoes? They are large “baking” potatoes
Do the 3 potatoes fit all in the basket? If they are larger, use more time.
I put my potato in the microwave four minutes then rub oil on in and air fry till done crispy skin awesome .
For the French fries, are you rinsing them after cutting into fries and drying them off well before adding oil spritz and salt? That will help tons!!