Air Fryer Crispy Garlic Roast Potatoes

Best Air Fryer Roast Potatoes Recipe

First of all, the potatoes cook so crispy and perfectly in the air fryer. Second of all, they cook so much faster in the air fryer than a conventional oven. You don’t have to wait for a big oven to pre-heat! Just oil and season the potatoes, and cook in the air fryer. Before you know it, the potatoes are done and they turn out amazing! We’ve never had these crispy results so quick in the regular oven. Learning how to cook potatoes in the air fryer is the way to go!

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How to Make Roast Potatoes in Air Fryer

• Russet or Yukon gold potatoes (or any gold potato) tend to roast the best in the air fryer. They have a higher starch content and will crispy up on the outside while cooking soft and fluffy on the inside. You can use white or red potatoes too. They texture will be firmer, but the potatoes always end up crispy and delicious.
• Add little oil, garlic powder, salt and pepper to the potatoes.
• Try to keep the potatoes cut into small bite sized pieces for quicker and even cooking. 
• After the first toss/shake you won’t see much color change. 
• After the second toss/shake you’ll see it start to crisp. If you want it more crispy, then toss one more time or cook for a few more minutes. 
• All recipe details are in the recipe box below.

Try more of these easy air fryer recipes:

• Thick cut potato wedge fries or “jojo’s”
• Mexican Street Corn in the Air Fryer
• Air fryer pork belly bites
• Low Carb Air Fryer Baked Eggs
• Awesome Air Fryer Hot Dogs – 3 Ways!
• Air Fryer Grilled Cheese

What are the Best Air Fryers?

Here’s our extensive write up on Air Fryer World’s Best Air Fryer Guide. There’s so many on the market now. You just need to research and find the ones that fits your needs, capacity and style. We group the basket style air fryers into 2 main size groups: 3-4 qt. range & the 5-6 qt. range.  There’s oven style and basket style. With so many to choose from, we highlight the ones that are most popular for small to medium sized families. Here’s our favorites:

Good Mid-Sized Air Fryers

“That’s a stylish Air Fryer” was said as we unboxed the Cosori. Beyond being stylish, it has cooked great. The basket is not as tall and wider than most in its size group, which is perfect. You’ll have a lot better results in an air fryer with single layered, spread out foods, then with ones piled high and thick.
The non-stick basket style (non-wire base) & smoothness of the basket tray is also great for clean up.

Has a great ceramic coated basket, one of the longest lasting we’ve used. Super powerful fan that will often cook recipes even faster than other air fryers. We initially returned our first one because we thought we wouldn’t like the basket style. After reconsidering, we bought another and are super glad we did. We love it’s basket and just a platform insert. One less bulky thing to wash. This is a great air fryer.

Simple functional panel. Solid basket design that is less likely to come unscrewed or break like other designs frequently do after a few months of repeated use. Great price for the size. They have several color options for the design-minded user.  

Good Larger Air Fryers

This is quickly becoming one of our favorite larger basket style air fryers. Great basket size, good controls, cooks nice. Clean up is great. It has become one of our kitchen favorites.

Most of us are familiar with the Instant Pot Brand of pressure cookers. They now make air fryers and it has become a regular in our kitchen. The Vortex plus 9-in-1 is beyond the conventional air fryer. The “plus” boasts features beyond the hot circulating air: Broil, Bake, Dehydrate, Rotisserie, Roast and Re-heat. 

12 Cooking modes. Connects to your smartphone & has Alexa or Google Assistant integration for voice control. 32 quarts. Large enough it actually has a rotisserie too.