Did you know you can make baked potatoes in an Air Fryer?
Super crispy on the outside and tender and buttery on the inside.
Making jacket potatoes is one of my favourite uses of the air fryer – especially during the warmer months when I don’t want to heat the kitchen up using the oven!
One of the best lunches going – a proper jacket spud filled with your favourite toppings.
I take my baked potato game very seriously – as you can see from the baked potato experiment I did a while back (before I had an air fryer):
Well it turns out baking potatoes in the air fryer results in a fantastic baked spud too!
Perfectly crisp skin and a lovely fluffy middle – plus it’s so much more energy efficient than using the oven, and and quicker too!
📋 What do we need?
- Baking potatoes – If you can’t find potatoes that are labelled ‘baking potatoes’, go with a large floury potato, such as Maris Piper, King Edward or Russet.
- Avocado oil, or other neutral high smoke-point oil. Or for a real treat (but definitely NOT vegetarian) use melted Beef Dripping! This will ensure a lovely crispy skin and help the salt and pepper adhere to the skin.
- Salt and Pepper – for a really tasty skin!
👩🍳PRO TIP Give your potatoes a good scrub as you’re going to want to eat all the crispy skin.
🍽️ What to serve it with
- Creamy coleslaw
- Tuna mayo or baked beans – finished with some grated cheese
- Chopped up pieces of crispy bacon
- Alongside a casserole – such as my chicken casserole or slow cooker beef stroganoff
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Air Fryer Baked Potato Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 large baking potatoes
- 1 tbsp avocado oil (or other neutral oil with a high smoke point)
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp salted butter
Instructions
- Prick the potatoes several times, then coat the potatoes in oil, salt, and pepper.2 large baking potatoes, 1 tbsp avocado oil, 1/4 tsp sea salt, 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Place the potatoes in the air fryer basket and cook at 200C/400F for 45-50 mins, shaking once, halfway through cooking.
- Remove from the air fryer basket and place on plates.
- Carefully slice each potato in half, lengthways. Use a tea-towel to protect your hands.
- Use a fork to fluff up the insides of the potatoes. Add a knob of butter to each potato and serve.2 tbsp salted butter
Notes
- Microwave for 5 minutes for one potato (7 mins for 2).
- Carefully coat in the oil (I use a pastry brush, as the potatoes will be hot), salt and pepper and cook in the air fryer at 200C/400F for 10-12 minutes (same amount of time for one or two potatoes), shaking once, halfway through cooking.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Perfection at last
Love the tip about using oil, gorgeous crispy skins😋
Thought I’d just about tried every way to perfect jacket spuds until this one. Made tonight and they were superb! Never used Avocado oil before, perhaps this was the secret……oh and 5 mins in microwave first too.
I have an air fryer oven, do the potatoes still take the same amount of time to cook on the shelves as they would in the basket type fryers. I fairly new to air fryers and am still learning but am loving it and the time and money i have saved