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Air Fryer Roasted Baby Potatoes

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Air fryer roasted baby potatoes have a golden, crispy outside and a soft inside. You can use them as a side, serve them under a cheese sauce, or stuff them into any recipe that calls for roasted potatoes. These simple potatoes take less than 30 minutes to make, which means you can serve them to your family just about any night of the week.

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Air Fryer Baby Potatoes

Air fryer baby potatoes make a great side or stuffing to your favorite wraps. They cook up crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside.

Baby potatoes have a naturally thin skin and waxy texture. These features make them perfect for the air fryer since they help ensure the outside gets crispy as they cook. And the inside stays creamy and moist, which makes for a great combination.

The outside of our potatoes have a great coating for seasoning, so you really won’t have to do much to enjoy the perfect potato in the air fryer.

Baby Potatoes Air Fryer Recipe 

Fingerling potatoes are oblong, thin skinned, and waxy potatoes. They cook up crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. 

Our recipe uses baby red skinned potatoes to make the perfect blend of crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside air fryer recipe. The seasonings help to give the potatoes a great flavor.

You can use these potatoes as a side dish or as part of another recipe. 

Fingerling roasted potatoes

Roasted Potatoes in Air Fryer Ingredients

When you want to make easy roasted potatoes in the air fryer, you’ll want to have the following ingredients on hand:

  • Baby red potatoes - You can use another small, thin skinned potato if you prefer.
  • Olive oil - You could also use a different light tasting oil if that’s what you have on hand. 
  • Seasonings - For a great flavor, we use salt, garlic powder, black pepper, paprika, and dried rosemary. You could vary these to match or compliment other parts of your meal if you like.

How To Cook Baby Potatoes in Air Fryer

Here is what you need to do when cooking potatoes in the air fryer:

  • First, combine the potatoes with the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl and coat the potatoes well.
  • Next, toss the potatoes into the air fryer basket and shake into an even layer. 
  • When ready, cook them at 400 F or 200 C for 20 minutes, shaking the basket occasionally, until golden brown or crispy.
  • If using the oven, preheat the oven to 425 F and bake for 20 minutes on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.  After 10 minutes, flip the potatoes and then finish cooking them until they are golden brown or crisp.

Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

How Long to Cook Potatoes in Air Fryer

When we make these small potatoes in the air fryer, we cook them for about 20 minutes. You will want to flip them once halfway through or shake them up a few times as they cook for even crispiness on the outside.

Best Temperature for Diced Potatoes in Air Fryer

When making diced potatoes in the air fryer, the best temperature is 400 degrees F or 200 degrees C. This temperature gives them the perfect crispy outside while fully cooking the inside.

Air Fryer Baby Potatoes

How to (or Tips to) Avoid Uneven Cooking of Potatoes in Air Fryer

Here are some tips and tricks to make perfectly cooked potatoes in the air fryer:

  • When cutting the potatoes, try to make the pieces uniform in size.
  • Coat the potatoes in oil or spray with an oil spray to give them a crispy outside.
  • If using larger potatoes, you can boil them for about 4 minutes before air frying them.

How to Serve Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes

You can serve air fryer roasted potatoes with your favorite dipping sauces. Another great option is to serve topped with a cheese sauce. 

These potatoes also make a great filling for other dishes and great sides.

Roasted Air Fryer Baby Potatoes

Storing, Freezing, and Reheating Air Fryer Potatoes

Once you make the air fryer potatoes, allow them to cool completely. When cooled, place the potatoes in an airtight container.

They should stay fresh in the fridge for about 3 to 5 days and about 2 months in the freezer. When you are ready to at them, you can thaw them in the fridge overnight and then reheat them in the air fryer for about 10 minutes or until warmed through.

Small Potatoes in Air Fryer FAQ

The following are a couple of questions and answers about making small potatoes in the air fryer.

Why do you soak potatoes in water before air frying? 

When you make fries or wedges, you will want to soak them beforehand. The reason you soak them is to draw out some of the extra starch and then wash it away. Removing the starch can help to make the fries crispier and less likely to stick together.

For crispier small potatoes, you can soak them for about 20 minutes in slightly salty water and then rinse them before frying them.

Do potatoes need to be boiled before air frying?

You do not necessarily need to, though it can help with larger potatoes. Boiling them ahead of time can give them a softer interior and crispier outside. When using smaller potatoes, like we do, they cook through quickly with no need to boil them first.

Roasted Baby Potatoes

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Air Fryer Baby Potatoes

Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Air fryer roasted baby potatoes have a golden, crispy outside and a soft inside. You can use them as a side, serve them under a cheese sauce, or stuff them into any recipe that calls for roasted potatoes. These simple potatoes take less than 30 minutes to make, which means you can serve them to your family just about any night of the week.

Ingredients

  • 16 oz. baby red potatoes, quartered
  • olive oil 1/2 tbsp
  • salt 1/2 tsp
  • garlic powder 1/2 tsp
  • black pepper 1/4 tsp
  • paprika 1/8 tsp
  • dried rosemary 1/2 tsp

Instructions

  1. First, combine the potatoes with the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl and coat the potatoes well.
  2. Next, toss the potatoes into the air fryer basket and shake into an even layer. 
  3. When ready, cook them at 400 F or 200 C for 20 minutes, shaking the basket occasionally, until golden brown or crispy or,
  4. If using the oven, preheat the oven to 425 F and bake for 20 minutes on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.  After 10 minutes, flip the potatoes and then finish cooking them until they are golden brown or crisp.

Notes

  • When cutting the potatoes, try to make the pieces uniform in size.
  • Coat the potatoes in oil or spray with an oil spray to give them a crispy outside.
  • If using larger potatoes, you can boil them for about 4 minutes before air frying them.

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