How to cook multi colored roasted potatoes in air fryer recipe. This will become your new favorite side dish. Tender and delicious baby potatoes with garlic and air fryer onions made in your Cosori or Ninja Foodi are cheap and full of flavor.
This is how to roast potatoes in air fryer are great as a cheap side dish with dinner. Add some onions and garlic to bring out your favorite flavors. Crispy skins but tender on the outside, it’s a favorite air fryer recipe of ours. (affiliate links present)
Ninja Foodi Roasted Potatoes
Are you ready for the perfect bite size side dish? These are fun and I love using petite multi colored taters to make it. Who doesn’t like purple potatoes anyway right? Your kids will definitely love them I guarantee. Choose this mix you see here or just one of your favorite type diced into bite size pieces.
You can use the bags with different colors like you see here or sometimes they are just all red and small. The biggest difference is the cook time for lighter colors is less and the darker they get, like purple, take longer to get fork tender.
If you love extra crispy food and quick recipes, here are some resources to start with:
- My Favorite models are this Cosori or for a dual machine, the Foodi.
- You can find more Ninja Foodi recipes here as well; bookmark them both!
- It is best practice to put food into a hot basket. this is how to preheat air fryer first.
- Here’s a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge.
Ninja Foodi Roasted Baby Potatoes
As always olive oil is the key to crisping these little bites of goodness up perfectly, not just air fryer french fries. Beyond that you can throw in your favorite seasonings and toss them all together.
Air Fryer Multi Colored Potatoes
Just like in an oven, you’d normally use a spatula to flip each piece over. This is no different except tossing them is a bit easier. Whether you decide to use several colors like we did or just petite Air fryer red potatoes as long as they are small like this they will be great.
How do you make potatoes crispy in an air fryer?
If you’re new to air frying everything you’ll need to learn the number one tip. This is to keep all your food in one single layer, overlapping is a no no. Hot air needs to circulate around each piece to get it crispy. Many swear by soaking them ahead of time in cool water, that is another tip. AND enhance the crisp with a spray of olive oil when cooking too.
Another important step is to shake the basket when it comes to air fryer diced potatoes like these so they rotate a bit. Here are a few other questions you might have in mind right about now and a few answers to clarify things.
There is no need, actually it will inhibit the air flow and won’t work as well. You want the hot air to circulate on the outside of the food and if it is covered with aluminum then it won’t get crispy as you’d like. Air fryer red potatoes just need a bit of olive oil and seasonings to come out perfectly.
I typically don’t. Many who have made my air fryer french fries have chosen to do so. This takes some of the starch out and makes them crunchier. 30 minutes submerged does the trick.
We did air fryer spam and potatoes once and that was great too! Crispy “fried” breakfast or brunch idea for sure. Use what you like but these multi colored ones sure are fun. You can grab a whole bag with them mixed at the store. For under $5 you can try this flavorful side dish that goes with hamburgers, Ninja Foodi meatloaf and all sorts of things.
What are the tastiest potatoes?
I chose a bag of petite baby potatoes of different colors because I just thought they’d be more fun. You don’t have to choose these. Yellow, russets or red could be substituted or mixed together. Just dice them into bite size pcs.
This is really a subjective question but according to a survey French fingerlings are said to be the most popular and versatile. When it comes to air fryer hashbrowns you could use any variety to make these and they are quick to get tender.
If you are talking about frozen french fries in air fryer they are almost always made with russets, occasionally you can find them made with sweet taters but we are going with fresh produce here.
How long do you cook air fryer roasted potatoes?
That depends on how large they are. Mini sliced in half like you see here are about 12 minutes to fork tender. They are really quick and easy to prepare this way. You’ll need to cut them into small pieces that are all the same size though, that is key. About 1×1″ is the perfect size for the cook time here. Halved if they’re small like this.
What temperature do you air fry potatoes?
400 will get the insides soft but with a bit more time and a spray of more olive oil will continue crisping to your liking too. Here are brief instructions, there’s a printable recipe card at the bottom of the post as well.
How to Air Fry Petite Potatoes
Time needed: 12 minutes
Air fryer diced potatoes
- Preheat
Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees. Cut potatoes in half. Set on paper towels and press down to remove moisture from the outside. If you want them really crispy put into a bowl with cool water to soak for 1 hour first.
- Mix ingredients
In a large bowl add rinsed, cubed and dried potatoes into the bowl and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle on seasonings such as salt and pepper, garlic powder, even cajun seasoning is good for a bit of heat. Toss to coat.
- Cook
Pour in half your mixture or enough to fill air fryer basket without overlapping much. Set to 12 minutes and toss after minute 5 and 10. When you toss the potatoes it allows them to crisp perfectly.
- Serve
Check after 12 minutes. If they’re cut larger they may need longer to soften but under 20 minutes for sure. Serve when they’re as tender as you’d like.
They’re the perfect side dish with any meal really. This method creates potatoes perfectly crispy on the skins but fork tender inside.
How do You Cook Ninja Foodi Potatoes
Now if you were to make our diced pressure cooker potatoes and carrots together or alone in this machine you would use the lid that is not attached. That won’t get them crispy though. For this style the lid that is attached will be used, with the basket that sits inside the inner pot.
How long to roast potatoes in Ninja air fryer
You would use the same timing I have shared below in the printable recipe card. You may not be able to fit as many since that basket is rather small but the same instructions apply. I like to add some diced onions and/or shallots into the mixture but that is up to you really. You can re-season with Old Bay once they’re done but I haven’t found the need for more.
What should you serve with multi colored potatoes?
Serve with Ninja Foodi roast beef or air fryer rump roast for a great dinner idea. Looking for more easy potato ideas after you make these? We have a bunch of them. We used fresh deer jalapeno sausage in this air fryer sausage and potatoes recipe you see here above.
You could use any precooked links like kielbasa or andouille too. It’s a great quick meal with TONS of flavor. Here are a few other faves: For a similar dish in your slow cooker, try our Crockpot funeral potatoes with a kick of chips on the top.
Roasted Potatoes in Air Fryer
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 1.5 potatoes, petite potato medley mix, cut in half
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp garlic salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 3/4 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- Wash and pat dry your potatoes. Slice petite potatoes in half, make sure they're all the same size. Then set on paper towels again to remove any moisture on the outside. ** If you want them really crispy put into a bowl with cool water to soak for 1 hour first.
- Put sliced potatoes in a bowl with oil and seasonings.
- Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees for 5 minutes.
- Put half of your mix inside, or the amount that will fit into your basket without overlapping pieces inside.
- Cook for 12 minutes total, shake after 5 minutes. Serve when tender in the middle and outsides are as crispy as you'd like.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Air fryer recipes say it cooks a whole jacket potato 50 minutes to cook. If I cook my jacket potato in the microwave (8 minutes), can I then put it in the Ninja air fryer to crisp it? If so, this would save energy
Probably? Make sure to preheat air fryer first, spray outside of potato liberally with olive oil and sprinkle with salt to crisp.
Really good. I added baby carrots to the mix. I have a ninja air fyer and used the “air roast” setting. Not sure if it makes a difference that I used that setting and I did set the temp for 400.
carrots are a great add in
These recipes are just too difficult to read with all of the adverts and the extra unrelated sentences/sections. Do you have a website without the ads?
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Great potatoes and onions. Just a little too much salt for us.
Well that is of course subjective. Decrease a bit next time for you and enjoy