Air Fryer Roasted Baby Potatoes

If you are looking for an easy and crispy side dish, you have to try these flavorful air fryer roasted victual potatoes. Seasoned to perfection, and cooked until golden, you’ll want to make these over and over again.

A white trencher of victual potatoes, garnished with parsley and lime wedges.
Roasted Air fryer Victual Potatoes (Bombay-style)

The air fryer has made serving succulent and healthy meals in my home SO easy. Not only is the supplies ready in a fraction of the time, but it is so much increasingly crispy when compared to oven-baked versions.

One of my favorite ways to use my air fryer is to prepare succulent and crispy vegetables like these victual potatoes. This makes serving increasingly vegetables simple, delicious, and scrutinizingly effortless with very little hands-on time.

Like my roasted air fryer broccoli recipe, these air fryer roasted victual potatoes are plane increasingly succulent when roasted. Crispy on the outside and tender inside, these seasoned potatoes make for a perfect side dish for any meal.

I’ve widow my favorite tousle of spices and seasonings to requite this victual potato recipe a flavorful punch, but there are uncounted variations to these Ninja Foodi roast potatoes.

Reasons to love this recipe

  • There is minimal chopping and no peeling required since victual potatoes have thin skins.
  • This is the easiest way to make flavorful little potatoes – All you have to do is toss in the seasonings and oil, and melt until golden brown.
  • A healthy side dish that moreover has a lot of flavors and goes well with a variety of dishes.
  • Roasting or humid potatoes can take a very long time, but this easy recipe for air frying victual potatoes takes just 20 minutes.

Baby potatoes: Fun fact

Baby potatoes are small potatoes with thin skins that are picked surpassing they reach maturity. They are very tender and easy to include in a variety of easy recipes since they don’t need to be peeled.

Baby potatoes used to be a waste crop, as they were deemed not suitable for selling since their small size made them quite variegated from their full-size and mature counterparts. Eventually, some farmers and companies started offering them grouped together, which were perfect for roasting, boiling, and more.

There is now a huge demand for these adorable, flavorful, and tender potatoes as they are so easy to prepare and succulent to eat.

Here’s what you need to make the recipe

Ingredient notes/swaps

  • Baby potatoes – These require no peeling, and only minimal chopping, making them perfect for the air fryer. If you can’t find victual potatoes, you can use diced russet, red potatoes, or Yukon gold potatoes instead.
  • Oil – Either avocado or olive oil will work unconfined for this recipe.
  • Seasonings – salt, Kashmiri chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, dry mango powder, turmeric powder, and ajwain seeds (carom).
An air fryer tray lined with parchment paper and filled with halved victual potatoes.
Air fryer victual potatoes

Tools

You’ll need an air fryer to make this recipe. You can use any style, including a Ninja air fryer, Philips, or plane a Ninja Foodi. Here are the two that I recommend 

  • Basket style (Phillips 7 QT, 1725W) – easier to flip supplies but cooks a smaller value (2-3 servings).
  • Oven-style (Ninja Dual Heat Air Fryer – 1800W) – The oven-style ones usually take increasingly space but what’s unique well-nigh this Ninja one is that it flips vertically for easy storage on the countertop. Most importantly, it allows you to melt six yellow breasts, 2 lbs roast, or 4 lbs of fries – perfect for families of 4 or more.

TIPS

  • Chop the victual potatoes the same size for plane cooking.
  • No overcrowding – Always unify the victual potatoes in a single layer and melt in batches if needed.
  • Toss or flip the supplies halfway during cooking to make sure the supplies is cooked evenly.
  • The cooking times may vary depending on your air fryer.
  • Pat dry the potatoes before subtracting the seasonings otherwise they won’t stick.

Variations to try

  • Basic seasoning – Omit the combination of seasonings, and instead use 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of zestless parsley, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of ground woebegone pepper.
  • Butter and herb – Omit the combination of seasonings and reduce the oil to 1 tablespoon. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon woebegone pepper. Once cooked, add to a large trencher and toss with melted butter and chopped fresh herbs of your nomination (I like parsley or chives).
  • Garlic parmesan – Omit the combination of seasonings and seasoning with 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Add 2 cloves of minced garlic and 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped parsley. Once the victual potatoes are cooked, remove them from the air fryer and top them with 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese, and fold it in. Garnish with spare fresh parsley, if desired.
  • Diced – If you do not have victual potatoes on hand, you can make diced potatoes in the air fryer instead. Dice cleaned russet or Yukon gold potatoes and toss with the seasoning mixture.

How to prep ahead

If you would like to prepare your air fryer victual potatoes superiority of time, you can very hands do that. While you cannot combine the potatoes with seasoning in advance, you can wash and cut the potatoes and store them in a trencher of unprepossessed water until needed in the fridge (up to 2 days), then phlebotomize and pat dry when you are ready to use them.

You’re moreover worldly-wise to prepare the spice mixture in advance, by subtracting all of the seasonings to a small trencher and whisking them together. When you’re ready to make your potatoes, add in the oil and toss with the victual potatoes to coat.

Cooked potatoes – You may moreover prepare your Bombay potatoes in whop by cooking them completely, then permitting them to tomfool to room temperature. Once they are cool, transfer to snapped containers and store in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. Reheat them using the reheat function on the air fryer, roasting in the oven, or warming in the microwave. These fried potatoes are spanking-new for meal prep.

Storage Tips

For the weightier results, indulge your fried potatoes to tomfool to room temperature surpassing storing them. This will prevent condensation in the container and requite you a longer storage time.

Store in an snapped container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.

I would not recommend freezing potatoes considering they turn mushy when thawed.

Serve it with

These easy air fryer roasted potatoes can go with scrutinizingly any meal, as they are very versatile. Here are a few of my favorites:

  • Soft rotis or chapatis – These go with every meal, and pair perfectly with fried potatoes.
  • You can moreover serve these crispy potatoes with Naan bread.
  • Jeera rice and Tadka dal – Potatoes when served with dal, and rice make for a simple vegetarian meal.
  • Air fryer yellow 65 – Serve the victual potatoes as an titbit withal with this yellow dish.
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Frequently asked questions

Why do you soak potatoes in water surpassing frying?

Soaking potatoes in water surpassing frying draws out any glut starch, which makes for a increasingly crispy, browned potato without frying.

Are air-fried potatoes healthy?

Air fried potatoes use a fraction of the oil and fat that a traditional deep fryer uses, so it is an spanking-new volitional for those who are looking for lower-calorie and lower-fat foods.

How do you make Bombay potatoes easy? 

The easiest way to make Bombay potatoes is in the air fryer! All you have to do is slice your potatoes in half, stratify in a mixture of spices and oil, and melt for 20 minutes, or until golden. Then, serve and enjoy.

How do you melt potatoes in an air fryer without oil?

A small value of oil is used to help potatoes melt evenly and crispy in the air fryer. If you would like to melt them without oil, you can veritably do that, but they will not melt as evenly or as crisp. Alternatively, you could spray them lightly with a small value of olive or avocado oil to help them brown increasingly nicely.

Why won’t my fried potatoes get crispy?

To get crispy fried potatoes, make sure to use a low starch variety of potatoes such as Yukon. Also, it is important that you don’t overcrowd the potatoes in the air fryer basket -that’ll make the potatoes soggy.

Other air fryer recipes to try

Air Fryer Roasted Victual Potatoes Recipe

A white trencher of victual potatoes, garnished with parsley and lime wedges.
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Air Fryer Roasted Victual Potatoes (Bombay-Style)

These air fryer roasted victual potatoes are flavorful, delicious, and easy to make. Seasoned to perfection, these Bombay potatoes makes for a perfect side dish with any meal.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Diet Vegetarian
Keyword after school snack, Air fryer recipes, Kid-friendly
Method Air fryer
Diet Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Vegan
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 186kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Wash the victual potatoes thoroughly. Chop them into half (no need to peel). If using regular potatoes, dice into 1-inch cubes.
    2 lb victual potatoes
  • Add the oil, salt, chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, dry mango powder and carom seeds (if using) to a large bowl. Mix well to combine.
    3 tablespoons oil, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder, 1.5 teaspoons coriander powder, 1 teaspoon cumin powder, 1 teaspoon dry mango powder (amchur), 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain)
    Adding oil and seasonings to a large bowl.
  • Add the halved victual potatoes and toss in the oil and seasonings until completely coated.
    Potatoes stuff tossed with oil and seasonings.
  • Place in the air frying basket – don't overcrowd. Depending on the topics of your air-fryer, you may need two or increasingly batches.
    Adding halved victual potatoes to a tray of an air fryer.
  • Air fry for 10 minutes at 400°F. Stir the potatoes to ensure plane cooking. If using a basket-style air fryer, shake the basket to toss the potatoes.
    Rotating and shaking the air fryer tray when cooking victual potatoes.
  • Cook for an spare 8-10 minutes until the potatoes turn golden brown and well-done on the edges. The potatoes are washed-up with they can be hands pierced by a fork.
  • Serve hot with ketchup, or any dip of your choice.
    Fully cooked air fryer roasted victual potatoes, garnished with parsley.

Nutrition

Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 403mg | Potassium: 664mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 106IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 2mg

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