Air Fryer Baked Potatoes

Crispy air fryer baked potatoes are a game changer! With a soft tender inside they come out like Texas Roadhouse for a side dish or dinner stuffed with chili! Make in a Cosori or Ninja Foodi baked potatoes.

If you’ve never “baked” potatoes this way yet they are SO good!! I dare say the salty crispy potato skins are almost better than the inside and they taste just like you get them at your favorite steak restaurant. Ready to stuff with all the goodies. This is just one of our favorite easy air fryer recipes.

This is by far our favorite meal is to stuff them full of chili with cheese on top. Talk about a super cheap meal that warms you all over and reminds me of my childhood. We live in Idaho so yes we know a lot about potatoes. 😉 As far as this goes we are going to focus on Russets because when you think of baked, those are what you picture.

Best Potato for Air Frying

To start, you need to choose the best type of potato. We live in Idaho so a bag of russet potatoes are easy to find, and in fact are the best for baking! They are a high starch potato that will lend a light, mealy texture, great for stuffing with We love Instant Pot chili . Yukon Gold have thinner skins and red are more firm so they may take a bit longer to get tender.

Why do you need to use olive oil to make baked potatoes in the air fryer?

It allows the skins to really crisp up. Using really good EVO adds great flavor to the skins as well. Olive oil allows the salt to really stick to the potato skin and is a healthier version than vegetable or canola but those are options as well. I always always have olive on the counter next to the stovetop and a gallon of it in the pantry. Yes, I use it that often. It offers a great flavor and is great for your heart as well.

You really do want coarse sea salt that that are larger granules than just table salt. This will give you a great texture especially if you want to eat the outside and want it to be like at a restaurant.

Literally that is it, other than your air fryer. So quick and easy with about a 40 minutes cook time. Any brand will do. If you’d rather slice them and make Ninja Foodi french fries those are good too, especially for little hands that love everything finger food related.

Ninja Air Fryer Baked Potatoes

For years we only made pressure cooker baked potatoes, but then I got this “magic pot” and had two lids to choose from. Yes I am talking about Ninja Foodi recipes. Steamed yes is great, but the outside is soggy. Using the lid attached to air crisp is what we are talking about here.

Tips to Get Crispy Baked Potatoes in Air Fryer

The more dry you can get the outside the crispier the potato skins will be, and that is the ultimate goal right?? Then coat with oil well and coat with salt especially if you want to make air fryer potato skins with them. Best salt you can use is sea salt which is bigger than what you have on your table so you pack on the flavor and dry out the outside a bit better.

Do you put salt on potatoes before baking?

Yes, use the larger chunks called sea salt. It’s larger than table salt, thus not coating the entire skin. Sea salt has a great flavor to it, you can find it in pink and/or truffle versions occasionally too that are “fancier” and super yummy. Salt also dries out the outsides more too so you get that crispy crunchy texture like the restaurants do.

Want a sweeter side? You can follow the same basic directions to make a few Sweet potato in air fryer with butter and cinnamon and sugar too.

Should you wrap potatoes in foil?

Do not wrap potatoes in aluminum foil for baking in an oven or in an air fryer. Foil holds in moisture and steams the potatoes, resulting in a “boiled” taste and texture. In an oven you’ll need to turn the potatoes over halfway through the baking time, it isn’t necessary using this method though.

Baked potato toppings

I mean everyone has their own favorites right?? If you are up for a few new suggestions to change up your meal planning here are some that we think of right away.

1. 5 ingredient Crockpot chili
   1. Instructions for pressure cooker and slow cooker above
2. Pressure cooker broccoli
   1. Pair with a homemade cheese sauce
3. Sour cream and bacon bits
4. Salsa for a really low fat and gluten free meal

Want to make them twice baked potatoes once you’re done?? You totally can. Just slice in half, scoop out the insides and add all the goodies. Mash it all together, fill back into the skins and air fry for a few minutes until the top cheese is melted.

Can you reheat a potato in an air fryer ?

Absolutely, not just fresh but you can reheat baked potato in air fryer air fryer too. Seriously the best way to do it so it gets warmed but the skins get nice and crispy again as well. Then fill with things like broccoli and cheese, chili, or dice up and make a hash out of it in a skillet.

You can even skin them and make a batch of creamy air fryer mashed potatoes if you’d rather. These may be a game changers for your family too.

Other air fryer recipes you’ll love

Looking for other easy Ninja Foodi air fryer recipes? We have a bunch of other ideas you will thoroughly enjoy right here, let us know which are your favorites.

• These air fryer Hasselback potatoes really rock with cheese and bacon
• Air fryer kale chips and air fryer zucchini chips are great snacks
• Our frozen air fryer tater tots are so good too

Print recipe with nutritional information above to keep on hand. Let us know what you think of this method of making an easy air fryer baked potato in the comments below! But wait, there’s more to try this week too!

If you have little ones at home, I always loved making everything bite sized! Like that too? Try roasted potatoes in air fryer with little ones like these! Mixed with some seasonings, olive oil and diced onions they’re full of flavor and faster to get tender.

I still love smoked baked potatoes but you can get that same crispiness in a fraction of the time using your Cosori, Foodi or other brand.