Roasted tomatoes in air fryer to make homemade salsa is a great kitchen hack that takes no time at all. In just a few minutes the skins of your cherry or roma tomatoes will peel off easily to dice or mash into your favorite dish.
We love homemade salsa. Figuring out how to roast tomatoes in air fryer is a game changer for this! Throw in an onion and jalapeno, blend and you too can make this easy air fryer recipe at home too.
I mean who doesn’t love this snack or side dish right? If you’ve never made homemade pico de gallo salsa before get ready, you’ll never buy it again after this.
You can use a Cosori, AirWave, Ninja Foodi or any other brand of machine you might have at home. Roast just the roma tomatoes or add your favorite add ins to make your mix as spicy as you would like with jalapenos and garlic. It is also a great way of how to cook tomatillos in the same basket.
Tips: My Favorite models are the Cosori or making Ninja Foodi recipes with the lid that is attached.
It is best practice to put food into a hot basket. This is how to preheat air fryer first before adding your food so it becomes as crispy as possible. For best results, here’s a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge.
I mean you don’t have to use this method for just salsa, but that is why we love it. In about 15 minutes they’ll all come out perfectly tender. You may want to use this to make homemade spaghetti sauce too. We love that.
Ingredient Notes
You are going to want some whole roma tomatoes, but any variety will do, that fit nicely without touching the top so keep in mind the size of your basket. You can use some olive oil sprayed on the outside the last minute if you want the skins to become more browned and crispy.
Ninja Foodi Option
Omit everything other than the tomatoes if that is all you want of course. Once you have this down pat the possibilities of different sauces are endless really. You can make Ninja Foodi Tomatoes a number of different ways but in this case use the lid that is attached and the air crisp button with the basket inside.
If you do make a salsa with all of it it is really killer to make a pot of salsa chicken Crockpot recipe with it. A super easy and healthy meal we make tacos with or over rice.
Tips
If you are here to make homemade Mexican salsa or some other type you love I would recommend getting a small food processor. You don’t need anything elaborate. A hand blender works too but it will be quite smooth.
I prefer it to stay a bit chunky, well a lot chunky really if it were up to just me. That is all up to y’all but the less you blend the thicker it will be. More and it will be a soupier consistency. That’s good for tacos though. I would add just one or a half of your jalapeno, blend and then taste. You can always add more but toning down the spiciness is near impossible.
Air Fryer Tomatoes Recipe
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
Ingredients
- 4 large tomatoes, Roma, on the softer side and ripe
- 1 spray olive oil, if you want more golden brown on outside
Instructions
- Preheat to 390F for 5 minutes. Thoroughly rinse the tomatoes and pat them dry. Arrange them in your air fryer basket so they aren't overlapping. Then set time to 10 minutes total.
- At the 5 minute mark open the air fryer and carefully flip them. Once timer goes off, very carefully remove the tomatoes and set on a plate to cool.
Video
Notes
Air Fryer Salsa
If you want to make this into salsa you would want to also add the following items into the basket at the same time as the tomatoes.- 1-2 cloves garlic
- 1 jalapeno
- 1/4 onion sliced
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How do you peel tomatoes without boiling them?
Tomatoes in an air fryer is the new method of choice! If you ask me anyway, this is a game changer. SO easy to do and takes no time at all. In just 10 minutes the skins literally fall right off.
Look at how bright and beautiful this is! We do not cook ours at all but you can if you want a different flavor. Both ways are delicious with chips or over the top of pressure cooker carnitas.
How long are roasted tomatoes good for?
If stored correctly in an airtight container in your refrigerator they will stay good for up to 2 weeks! That will give you plenty of time to make a variety of recipes. Frozen roasted tomatoes will last up to 6 months.
Looking for another great idea like this one? Make a batch of air fryer fried green tomatoes another night and let us know what you think!!
FAQ
Not necessary at all and I would recommend saving yourself the time. You can just slip the skins off after they’ve roasted with little to no effort at all. That’s what makes tomatoes in air fryer so great.
Well we aren’t cooking them in the sense that if you boiled them they will completely break down. Roasted tomatoes refers to the skins really getting a nice char and “wilting” a bit.
I’m so excited to roast my very own tomatoes to make my favorite from-scratch tomato soup recipe.
Oh great idea!!
Delicious and so easy, too! Thanks for sharing!
In your recipe for roasting tomatoes you state to put tomatoes in pan and preheat 5’ then cook 10’. Is that correct? Usually you preheat then add the ingredients. Thanks for clarifying. I love your air fryer recipes. Thanks
OH sorry, my error. Preheat for 5 minutes to get it ready, then add ingredients. Timing from there will vary just a bit depending on size of your veggies. Thank you!