These air fryer sweet potatoes are an easy, two-ingredient recipe that makes a perfect sweet potato every time. A soft and fluffy middle meets a crispy outer skin for the ultimate simple side dish. Serve with your favorite toppings and watch this healthy side get gobbled up!
What Makes This Recipe Great
Air fryers can do just about anything. I love utilizing my air fryer when I’m cooking because it can do so much without overcrowding the oven or the stovetop. Making side dishes in my air fryer is my stress-free secret to freeing up the oven and not feeling overwhelmed while cooking for the holidays.
Also, cooking a sweet potato in the air fryer is so much easier and faster than other methods. No preheating time, no foil, and no soaking. All you need are sweet potatoes, oil, and seasoning, and you have yourself the perfect air fryer baked sweet potato.
Soft, fluffy middles, with crispy edges, these baked sweet potatoes are so delicious! Top with your favorite toppings or create a “make your own potato bar” and enjoy!
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Ingredients Notes
Sweet Potatoes: I used medium sweet potatoes and left the skin on them.
Coconut Oil: You can also use olive oil or your favorite cooking oil.
Toppings: Butter or ghee, sea salt, ground black pepper, cinnamon, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, sugar, thyme, and more.
Recipe Step by Step
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F.
- Rinse and scrub the sweet potatoes. Pat dry and pierce with a fork all over.
- Rub coconut oil all over the sweet potatoes to coat. No need to spray the air fryer basket.
- Cook in the air fryer for 35-45 minutes depending on the size of your sweet potatoes, until a knife easily pierces through. Shake the basket to remove any excess oil.
- Remove the sweet potatoes and cool for 5 minutes.
- To serve, split the sweet potatoes in the middle and top with your favorite toppings.
Tips & Tricks
Storage: Leftovers can be stored for up to a week in an airtight container in the fridge. You can also freeze for up to 3 months.
Reheating: To reheat, microwave, or reheat in the air fryer.
Serving: Add your favorite toppings like butter or ghee, sea salt, ground black pepper, cinnamon, cumin, sugar, and/or thyme. You can also stuff it with shredded meat, cheese, or black beans.
Recipe FAQs
No. There is no need to soak the potatoes before placing them in the air fryer.
Be sure not to overcrowd your air fryer. Overcrowding can cause the potatoes to get soggy, rather than soft with crispy edges.
When I tested this recipe, I did pierce the sweet potatoes before putting them in the air fryer.
Cooking a sweet potato in the air fryer takes about 35 minutes.
You can! However, the cooking time will change a bit. I recommend cooking them for 15 minutes, flipping them, then another 10 minutes. Check them to make sure they are soft and cook for a few minutes more if needed.
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Ingredients
- 3 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tsp coconut oil or your favorite cooking oil
- Optional toppings: butter or ghee, sea salt, ground black pepper, cinnamon, cumin, sugar, and/or thyme
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F.
- Rinse and scrub the sweet potatoes. Pat dry and pierce with a fork all over.
- Rub coconut oil all over the sweet potatoes to coat.
- Cook in the air fryer for 35-45 minutes depending on the size of your sweet potatoes, until a knife easily pierces through.
- Remove the sweet potatoes and cool for 5 minutes.
- To serve, split the sweet potatoes in the middle and top with your favorite toppings.
Notes
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Welcome back! Congratulation! Your new addition is adorable. Quick question for you do you have a recommendation for a good air fryer?
This is the one I use and I love it. And thank you so much!! 🙂