You will love air fryer baked sweet potato! These sweet potatoes are so easy to make and they turn our perfectly with a nice crisp skin and tender sweet potato filling. It’s so much faster to cook sweet potatoes in an air fryer than in the oven.
Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato
Why you will love air fryer baked sweet potato:
- Sweet potatoes turn out perfectly when cooked in the air fryer! With a nice crisp potato skin and light and fluffy inside they’re really the perfect side dish.
- Cooking a whole sweet potato in the air fryer is so much easier and faster than baking sweet potatoes in the oven. It takes less time (only 40 minutes) and the clean up is so simple.
- Sweet potatoes are full of flavour and are also a nice alternative to white potatoes if you are looking to change up your regular vegetable or side dish routine.
- They can be dressed up or topped however you want! Whether you want a classic baked sweet potato topped with butter, or a sweeter version with cinnamon and brown sugar, there are so many options.
Key ingredients and equipment needed to make a baked sweet potato in an air fryer:
- An air fryer – this is the one I use and love
- 3-4 whole sweet potatoes – if you just want a single serving you could easily just use one whole sweet potato instead
- Avocado oil or olive oil – to help get that perfectly crispy potato skin
Tips for making these air fried sweet potatoes:
- Use long and narrow sweet potatoes rather than shorter, fatter ones as they cook better in the air fryer.
- Don’t forget to poke holes in the sweet potatoes! If you don’t they will explode in your air fryer.
- Every model of air fryer is different, so you may have to adjust the cooking times for this recipe.
- Depending on the size of the sweet potatoes you have you may need to adjust the cooking time slightly.
- This method of air fryer would also work for cooking yams in your air fryer.
- This method of baking sweet potatoes also works if you have a basket style air fryer.
Baked Sweet Potato Toppings:
Butter, vegan butter or coconut oil:
Who doesn’t love a classic potato topped with butter? You can easily swap butter for vegan butter or coconut oil depending on your dietary needs.
Spices such as salt, pepper, cinnamon, chili spice or ground nutmeg
Spices are a great way to change up the flavour of your sweet potatoes. Want a little heat? Add chili spice! Want something sweeter? Use cinnamon or nutmeg.
Brown sugar
Turn your sweet potato into a sweet treat by topping it with a little brown sugar.
Sour cream or vegan sour cream
Sour cream is a fun way to top these sweet potatoes, and if you’re vegan, no need to worry, simply use my vegan sour cream.
Bacon bits or chopped, cooked bacon
Add a nice crunch to your sweet potatoes by using cooked bacon pieces or bacon bits.
Frequently asked questions:
Absolutely! Compared to frying sweet potatoes in oil like they are often done, baking them in the air fryer uses less oil making them lower in fat and calories. Sweet potatoes are also full of vitamins and minerals including vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium and many more making them a healthy, delicious food option.
After a few tries I found that cooking sweet potatoes at 390 degrees Fahrenheit leads to perfectly cooked sweet potatoes with a nice crispy skin and nice and tender inside. Just don’t forget to poke holes in the sweet potato skin or they can explode all over your air fryer!
OTHER AIR FRYER RECIPES YOU’LL LOVE:
- Air Fryer Onion Rings
- Air Fryer Potato Wedges
- Air Fryer Turkey Burgers
- Air Fryer Broccoli
- Air Fryer Popcorn
- Air Fryer French Fries
Want an air fryer but aren’t sure which one to get? I use and love the Chefman 6.3 Quart Air Fryer!
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Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato
You will love air fryer baked sweet potato! They turn out perfect with a nice crisp skin and tender inside. And they're so much easier than baking in the oven!
Ingredients
- 3 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tbsp avocado oil or olive oil
- 1/4 tsp sea salt (or more to taste)
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper (or more to taste)
Instructions
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Wash and dry the sweet potatoes and then poke holes in them with a knife or fork
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Place the sweet potatoes in a bowl and coat them with the oil, salt and pepper
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Place in your air fryer and bake at 390F for 35-40 minutes (the cooking time will depend on your air fryer and the size of your sweet potatoes)
Recipe Notes
- Use long and narrow sweet potatoes rather than shorter, fatter ones as they cook better in the air fryer.
- Don’t forget to poke holes in the sweet potatoes! If you don’t they can explode in your air fryer.
- This recipe would also work for yams.
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