Air Fryer Baked Potatoes

 Air Fryer Baked Potatoes

For a baked potato with the crispiest skin and a light and fluffy interior, don’t turn on the oven. Use the air fryer instead! Air fryer baked potatoes take less time and energy to cook.

While a baked potato made in the oven is undeniably delightful, a baked potato is even more scrumptious when it’s made in an air fryer. The concentrated heat and fan in the air fryer crisps the skin of the potato to perfection while also creating light, fluffy insides, ready to be topped any way your heart desires. 

Achieving that crisp exterior and fluffy interior takes less time in the air fryer, meaning dinner comes together quicker. It also clears up space in the oven for other dishes and is a fantastic option for warmer days when turning on the oven is less than ideal. 

Oven Or Air Fryer: Which Makes The Best Baked Potato?

To really examine the differences, I made one baked potato in the air fryer and one in the oven and noticed several advantages with the air fryer. 

Less time: The baked potato made in the air fryer took less time than when baked in the oven. A 10-ounce potato took 40 to 45 minutes to get tender and crisp, whereas a potato baked in the oven took about 1 hour.

Crisper skin: The skin of the air fryer baked potato became considerably crispier. I also noticed that the skin stayed crisp longer than the oven-baked potato. 

Fluffier interior: The interior of the air fryer baked potato was fluffier and lighter. The interior of the oven-baked potato seems to maintain more moisture, making it feel heavier and not as fluffy.

How to Reheat Air Fryer Baked Potatoes

Preheat the air fryer to 375°F (if needed) on the air fryer setting.

Place the leftover potato into the basket of the air fryer, making sure there is about 1 inch of space between each potato (if reheating multiple potatoes) as well as the walls of the basket. 

Return the basket to the fryer and reheat until the potato is heated through and the outside has re-crisped, 7 to 10 minutes