Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
Learn how to make super crispy air fryer sweet potato fries. All you need is 4 ingredients and 20 minutes! The air fryer in my opinion produces much better results than the oven which takes longer to cook
Servings 2 people
Calories 125kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Sweet Potato cut lengthwise into ¼inch thickness
- 1 Teaspoon Olive Oil
- 1.5 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1-1 ½ Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Paprika optional
Instructions
- Peeling the sweet potato is optional. Cut off the ends and then slice it into 3-4 parts lengthwise about ¼” thick and then cut them into fry-shaped pieces about ¼″ thick. Try to cut them into similarly sized pieces so the fries will cook evenly.
- Preheat your Air Fryer to 190C/375F. Mine has a built-in preheating function that takes 3 minutes to preheat.
- Add in olive oil, garlic powder, salt and paprika to a mixing bowl. Add the cut sweet potato pieces and toss until combined.
- Place them in a single layer in the Air Fryer basket, and air fry for 11-12 minutes at 190C/375F, flipping them once halfway.
- Serve immediately with ketchup or your choice of dip
Notes
- Sweet potatoes – This recipe turns out better with the orange sweet potato than white sweet potato. The white ones are slightly drier than the orange ones.
- Oil – replace olive oil with just about any oil. Though using an oil with a high smoke point (like avocado, sesame, canola or peanut) makes sure the nutrients are retained better
- Seasoning – The best thing about this sweet potato fries recipe is that it tastes amazing even with just salt. Feel free to add some garlic powder, paprika, peri-peri, etc For a little variation, you can try the dressing of these chilli lime sweet potato wedges and instantly take this dish a notch higher.
- For really crispy fries, pay attention to the way you cut your fries. Cut them to a thickness of ¼ inch and hand-cut them instead of using a mandolin. In my experience, it's hard to cut sweet potato fries with a mandolin and they end up breaking while cutting
- Avoid overcrowding and place them in a single layer. Overcrowding will make them steam and they will become limp and soggy instead of crispy.
- Flip your fries halfway so that they cook evenly on both sides.
- Stick to the recipe when it comes to the amount of oil. Too much oil will make them soggy and too little won’t crisp them up properly
Nutrition
Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1808mg | Potassium: 431mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 16524IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg