Sweet potato chips air fryer style makes super crispy homemade snacks your family will love. Sliced thin, you and your kids will rave about these. Like how to make russet potato chips but orange and a bit sweet and savory at the same time.
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- Ninja Foodi Sweet Potato Chips
- Do you need to peel sweet potatoes to make chips?
- Do you have to soak sliced potatoes to make homemade potato chips?
- Ingredient Notes
- How to Make Homemade Sweet Potato Chips Crispy
- Tips
- Air Fryer Sweet Potato Chips Recipe
- How do you store homemade sweet potato chips?
- Other easy vegetable recipes you’ll love
- Why can’t I get my homemade potato chips really crispy?
- Are sweet potato chips healthy?
Sweet potato chips air fryer style are great. Easy homemade potato chips with the seasonings you love can now be one of your favorite air fryer recipes too. Serve with dinner or just enjoy as a healthy snack.
Yes you can use regular potatoes for this but these add a bit of natural sweetness to them. Just like our air fryer sweet potato cubes, sometimes you just need a bit of sweet in your life. 😉
Sprinkle on some sea salt and get that sweet and salty goodness everyone loves. You can of course enjoy them as a fun snack but with dinner the kids just love them as something a bit different. With a neat natural orange color you can make these sweeter with cinnamon and sugar or savory with salt.
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.
Ninja Foodi Sweet Potato Chips
You’re going to want to make sure each piece is the same thickness, that is how you’re going to ensure they are each just as crispy. I would suggest a mandoline for this. Just be careful as those are very sharp but does a great job. Here are a few questions you might have in mind before you get started:
Do you need to peel sweet potatoes to make chips?
No, the skins are safe to eat both raw and cooked. However, it’s important to wash the outside to remove any dirt, pesticides, or debris. The first step is to wash, dry, and then slice them. You can use russet or sweet taters.
Do you have to soak sliced potatoes to make homemade potato chips?
Soaking sliced potatoes before making homemade potato chips is optional but recommended for the best texture. Soaking removes some of the excess starch, which helps the chips become crispier and prevents them from sticking together. If you choose to do so submerge in cool water for 30 minutes – 2 hours and then dry well.
You can use any brand of machine you like. I would suggest you get a slicer or mandoline so each piece is thinly sliced and the same size. This will guarantee that they’re done at the same time and are perfectly crispy.
Ingredient Notes
You do want your Sweet potatoes sliced thin that is why it is handy to have a mandolin like you see here. That way each one is the same thickness, cook evenly and will get nice and crispy.
- Olive oil will coat the outside
- Salt and pepper or other seasonings you like
As for seasonings, that is really up to you. Salt and pepper is simple enough and a good choice. If you want them sweeter you might opt with a cinnamon and sugar mixture. Old Bay is another favorite we have tried before with some garlic powder and OMG so good.
You can use russet potatoes to make “regular” potato chips this same way too. We like to enjoy both with our copycat Lawsons chip dip.
How to Make Homemade Sweet Potato Chips Crispy
The key to this is that you need to remove as much moisture as possible after slicing. The easiest way to do this is to roll up in a few paper towels, maybe twice until they feel dry on the outside. Any residual water will prevent them from getting super crispy and the oil won’t want to stick well either.
Tips
After slicing you need to make sure you absorb the water so they’re fairly dry before drizzling on the oil like you do with Ninja Foodi kale chips. This will allow them to get much crispier, faster. Rinse, dry, and create sweet potato slices. You can put them in a large bowl of cold water as you work. Once done place on paper towels and wrap to absorb water.
It is a bit of a time consuming process, maybe 20 minutes to 30 minutes from start to finish, but they are really delicious.
Remember that cook times will vary depending on how thin you slice them. If you use a mandoline you can get them paper thin and it takes no time at all. Using a knife can only get them so small safely. If you’re looking for a few great under 15 minute easy air fryer recipes you might want to try:
Air Fryer Sweet Potato Chips Recipe
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 380F for 5 minutes. Rinse the sweet potatoes. Use a mandolin slicer to slice sweet potato to 1/8 inch thick. Put on paper towels and wrap up to absorb all the water on the outside.
- Place in a bowl then pour 1 Tablespoon of olive oil over the slices, then sprinkle in the salt and black pepper (o rany other seasoning you’re using), give the ingredients a good stir to try to coat the slices as best as possible.
- Arrange sweet potato slice into the air fryer basket, do only one single layer and don’t let them overlap onto each other.
- Set temperature to 380F and time to 6 minutes. At the 3 minute mark make sure to check on them and if the chips have moved rearrange them. Allow to cook remaining time. Next flip the chips over and cook them for 1 more minute.
- After the minute is up the chips should be crisp and a bit browned. If your chips don’t look like that you can cook for another minute at a time until they do. Once finished allow to cool on a wire rack to crisp up even further. Enjoy as a healthy snack or side dish to a sandwich.
- * Please note that every air fryer is different so it’s important to keep an eye on your chips and check them throughout the cooking process to avoid burning.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How do you store homemade sweet potato chips?
You want to wait until these are totally cooled so they’ll be as crisp as possible. Then transfer into an airtight container. Leave on the countertop for up to 3 days and enjoy. Beyond this time the texture will change, not in a good way.
Other easy vegetable recipes you’ll love
Air fryer zucchini chips are one of our favorites. Doesn’t take a long time at all to make either. With a light breading it is my daughter’s go to ask. Yes you can buy sweet potato chips but they are a lot cheaper when you make them at home. Plus you can add any seasonings you like, and even add a bit of heat if you want.
- You can make air fryer sweet potatoes of course too. Those take a bit longer than 15 but a great side as well as addition to our sweet potato muffin recipe.
- For another great snack, try air fryer spinach chips some day. Crispy and delicious for everyone.
Why can’t I get my homemade potato chips really crispy?
The number one reason this is a problem is because the slices aren’t completely dried before tossing with olive oil and seasoning them. Any moisture on the outside will prevent them from crisping in the air fryer.
Are sweet potato chips healthy?
If you buy them already processed and bagged in the store they may not be. If you use your electric air fryer though you don’t need to fry them in oil at all. There are tons of foods you can actually turn into chips really. We love air fryer pasta chips. Similar to our air fryer apple chips, they’re a fun snack that comes out super crispy.
When I made this they came out incredibly salty. As a recommendation, I would say sprinkle the salt lightly over the potatoes as they lay in the crisper pan instead of while they’re in the bowl. This prevents over salting and also provides a more uniform distribution. I also used kosher salt which has bigger flakes. Table salt can be applied directly from the shaker, but kosher salt is usually applied by hand using a pinch at a time, rubbing the fingers together to distribute the salt. Hope this helps. Otherwise it’s a great recipe and greatly enjoyed by all.
Super good! Our air fryer is small so we had to move them to the oven or it would take forever