Crispy Air Fryer Potatoes with Rosemary

Get the perfect Crispy Air Fryer Potatoes, every time! This recipe does not fail, it’s so simple and perfect for breakfast or dinner!

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The Best Crispy Golden Brown Potatoes

Move over, oven. Move over, cast iron – the best golden, brown, delicious, cripy potatoes are made in the air fryer! I love this hands-off method, that cooks in less than 30 minutes. As my son likes to say, these are like french fries but in a different shape. Tossed with rosemary, salt, and olive oil, they’re also a healthy alternative to fries and pair with any meal.

Four Simple Ingredients

I’ve seen recipes that say you need to coat your potatoes to get them crispy. No thanks. Let’s keep it simple and use the better techniques to get the desired results.

• Yukon Gold Potatoes – these work best for these diced crispy potatoes. They cook up fast and the flavor and texture is perfect.
• Olive Oil – I really like to cook with extra virgin olive oil, you can see my recommended brand and learn the benefits of cooking with olive oil in this post.
• Fresh Rosemary- for this recipe I really recommend fresh, not dry. The flavor and texture is better. You can find fresh rosemary at any produce section, or even growing in your neighborhood!
• Sea Salt – Although the Balene salt says it’s fine, it’s actually much coarser than table salt. I prefer. coarser salt for potatoes.

Step by Step Perfect Crispy Air Fryer Potatoes

The secret here is to cut your potatoes into evenly sized pieces. Don’t haphazardly dice them. I like to halve them twice, horizontally, so they are in 4 quarters. Then place them quarters flat dice down and cut them 3-4 times again into pieces. Next, you want to soak your potatoes in water for at least 20 minutes, but the longer the better.

Soaking potatoes in water helps remove excess starch. Excess starch can inhibit the potatoes from cooking evenly as well as creating a gummy or sticky texture on the outside of your potatoes. Cold water is used because hot water would react with the starch activating it, making it harder to separate from the potatoes.

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Once you’ve soaked them you want to drain them and dry them really, really well with a clean kitchen towel. Then toss with olive oil, salt, and rosemary in a bowl.

Arrange in your air fryer basket, so it’s not overcrowded. If your basket is narrow but deep I will have notes for you in the tips section. Air fry for 20-25 minutes at 420F. Open air fryer and toss with tongs every 10 minutes.

Tips for the Perfect Crispy Potato

• DON’T SKIP THE SOAKING. Even if you only have 5-10 minutes, give them a rinse or a short soak, and then dry well. Like until they are BONE DRY.
• If your air fryer basket does not look like mine, and it’s smaller and deeper, that’s okay. You will need to open the air fryer and toss every 8 minutes and you might need to add cooking time until all the potatoes are golden, brown, and crispy.
• Don’t skimp on the oil. You don’t want to drown them, but a healthy coat of olive oil over the potatoes is key.

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