Air fryer baked potatoes

If you want the perfect baked potato, make these air fryer baked potatoes. The potato skins turn out crispy and perfectly seasoned, while the center of the potato is fluffy and soft. This easy recipe makes for a great side dish to any main dish.

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• Why you’ll love this recipe
• Simple Ingredients
• Directions
• Helpful tips
• Recommended equipment
• Topping suggestions
• Serving suggestions
• Storing tips
• How to reheat
• FAQ’s
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Why you’ll love this recipe

These are the best baked potatoes you’re going to make. They’re so easy and delicious. Using an air fryer cooks them in a fraction of the time and doesn’t heat up your home in the hot summer months.

• It’s vegan and gluten free.
• It’s a fast and easy way to bake potatoes without having to turn the oven on.
• Potatoes are delicious and one of the most satiating foods on the planet.
• It makes the perfect side dish to any meal.
• It takes less time to cook than oven-baked potatoes

Simple Ingredients

The ingredients couldn’t be easier. This recipe only calls for four:

• Russet potatoes – Russet potatoes are the best potatoes to use for baked potatoes because you get a really crispy exterior with fluffy insides that soaks up the seasonings. Plus russets contain a lot of starch and that makes for a fluffy and moist inner part of the baked potato.
• Oil – I love to use either olive oil or vegetable oil. Avocado oil would also be good, since it has a high smoke point. Using oil ensures a nice and crispy potato skin that doesn’t dry out.
• Salt – If you have a thick, flaky salt, that would be good. But use whatever salt you have on hand. Sea salt works great.
• Garlic powder or steak seasoning – Here’s where this recipe gets fun. You can season the potato skins with your favorite seasonings. I love either using garlic powder, or steak seasoning. Steak seasoning is nice because it usually has garlic powder in it, with a couple of other seasonings as well.

Directions

1. First rinse off your russet potatoes really well. Getting any grit or dirt off the skins, because you’re definitely going to want to be eating the potato skins.
2. Then grab a fork and pierce the skin a few times all over.
3. Smear some oil all over the outside of the potato. Then season with salt and steak seasoning. This will result in delicious salty skins.
4. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes to one hour depending on the size of the potato. Bake until the potato can easily be pierced by a fork.
5. Take out of the air fryer and cut in half. Fluff up the inner potato with a fork and top with your favorite baked potato toppings.

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Helpful tips

• Make sure to get the same sized potatoes, so the cook time is the same and they all finish at the same time.
• Don’t overcrowd the potatoes when air frying. For best results, you want each potato to have enough room so the hot air circulates evenly around it. This results in a perfectly crispy skin.
• Everyone’s air fryer is a little bit different, so cooking times will vary, depending on your air fryer and the size of potatoes.
• Cook for at least 45 minutes and then check on them. Cook until the potatoes are fork tender.
• The cooking time will vary depending on how the size of your potatoes. Larger potatoes will take longer than smaller potatoes and medium potatoes.
• Spray your air fryer basket with some cooking spray or line it with a liner, to make sure the potato doesn’t stick.

Recommended equipment

You can use whatever air fryer you have on hand. Doesn’t matter what type you have. I personally use this AICOOK instant pot air fryer lid.

I love this because I didn’t need to buy a whole new appliance, I could just use an appliance I already had.

This is a great air fryer for people with small kitchens and limited space. The instant pot also offers an air fryer lid. If you get the instant pot duo crisp, it has it all in one.

Topping suggestions

Use whatever are your favorite toppings. You can even go crazy with your toppings to make a loaded baked potato. Some great vegan toppings for baked potatoes are:

• Dairy free sour cream
• Pat of butter – vegan of course. I like the vegan country crock or Earth Balance.
• Margarine
• Salt and black pepper
• Green onions
• A1 steak sauce – one of my favorite potato toppings
• Hummus
• Fresh chives
• Bean chili
• Dairy free cheddar cheese

Serving suggestions

This makes a great side dish to any recipe, especially meaty vegan recipes like vegan steak, vegan chicken and BBQ tempeh.

Storing tips

Let the potatoes completely cool, then put them in an airtight container in the fridge. They will last about five days. You can eat them cold and put them on salads, make a potato salad, or reheat them in the oven or air fryer.

How to reheat

The best way to reheat a baked potato is in the oven or air fryer. This will keep the potatoes nice and crispy.

To reheat in the air fryer, just place the potatoes in the air fryer basket and bake at 350-400 degrees for 5-10 minutes or until the potatoes are warmed through.

To reheat in the oven, pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the potato on a baking sheet so that the potato will get heat from all sides.

Once the oven is warmed up, place the potato in the oven for 20 minutes.

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