Air fryer potatoes and onions! A delicious side dish you can serve on its own, with a dipping sauce, or with any dinner you choose for a complete meal. The potatoes always come out crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The onions are soft and translucent with a succulent crunch. You should try it!
You can also try these crispy air fryer breakfast potatoes with peppers.
This version of diced potatoes and onions in the air fryer is easy and quick to make. It requires minimal ingredients that you can find at home. This dish is budget-friendly and for potato lovers.
Season the air-fried potatoes with onion powder, garlic granules, salt, and cayenne pepper. Peeling the potatoes is a matter of preference; you don't have to peel them, and you can use sliced potatoes instead of cubed ones. You can also cut the spuds into wedges if you prefer.
This potato recipe is naturally healthy, gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan.
Crispy Air Fryer Potatoes and Onions
I love this recipe because it is versatile; you can serve potatoes and onions for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. It is delicious on its own as a snack or appetiser with your favourite dipping sauce. It also goes well with vegetables, chicken, steak, or fish.
I used my Instant Pot Vortex 5.7L for this recipe. No need to parboil the potatoes; cook them until fork-tender before adding the roughly chopped onions, then continue cooking until the potatoes are crispy and fluffy. If you don't fancy seeing onions in your food, finely chop them or use onion powder.
Ingredients
Potatoes: use any type you like. Some of the best potatoes for this recipe are Maris Piper, Yukon Gold, Russet, or red potatoes. Cut into even-sized cubes for even cooking.
Yellow onions
Garlic powder
Cayenne pepper
onion powder
Olive oil: any other flavorless oil will work
Salt to taste
Air fryer temperature varies depending on size, make, and model. My delicious cravings recipe time depends a whether your air fryer is preheated. If you are trying this recipe for the first time, reduce the cooking time by 2 minutes, then increase it as needed to cook the food evenly.
How to make potatoes and onions in your air fryer
- Scrub the potatoes clean under cold running water, peel them, and cut them into small cubes.
- Pat dry with a kitchen paper towel and transfer into a large mixing bowl.
- Preheat the air fryer for 3 minutes at 190/375F.
- Add garlic granules, onion powder, and some salt. Drizzle some olive oil and toss everything together until coated.
- Transfer the potatoes to the air fryer basket or tray in a single layer. Cook for 12 minutes at 190C/375F and shake the air fryer basket halfway through the cooking time.
- Peel and roughly chop the onions. Season with garlic granules, onion powder, and some salt. Drizzle some olive oil and toss everything together until coated.
- After 12 minutes, bring out the air fryer basket or tray, add the chopped onions, and mix well. Spread the potatoes and onions evenly in the basket/tray and cook for another 10 minutes or until nicely browned and crispy. The onions should be soft, translucent, and slightly caramelized at this point.
- Remove from the air fryer and serve immediately. Enjoy crispy potatoes and onions!
Recipe
Air Fryer Potatoes and Onions
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 4 large potatoes
- yellow onions
- 1 teaspoon garlic granules
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Scrub the potatoes clean under cold running water, peel them, and cut them into small cubes.Pat dry with a kitchen paper towel and transfer into a large mixing bowl.Preheat the air fryer for 3 minutes at 190/375F.
- Add garlic granules, onion powder and some salt. Drizzle some olive oil and toss everything together until coated.Transfer the potatoes into the air fryer basket or tray. Cook for 12 minutes at 190C/375F and shake the air fryer basket halfway through the cooking time.
- Peel and roughly chop the onions. Season with garlic granules, onion powder and some salt. Drizzle some olive oil and toss everything together until coated.
- After 12 minutes, bring out the air fryer basket or tray, add the chopped onions and mix well. Spread the potatoes and onions evenly in the basket/tray and cook for another 10 minutes or until nicely browned and crispy. The onions should be soft, translucent, and slightly caramelized at this point.
- Remove from the air fryer and serve immediately. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
How to store
Fridge: leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days and reheated in the air fryer, oven, or microwave when ready to eat.
To reheat, cook in the air fryer for 3-5 minutes at 180C/360F to get it crispy again.
The close shot of crispy and golden brown cubed potatoes and onions in the air fryer.
Tips
- You can cut the spuds into wedges, cubes, sliced, or diced.
- Cook in batches if you have a large portion of potatoes to avoid overcrowding the air fryer.
- You can use any seasoning of your choice. Try black pepper, lemon pepper seasoning, or Italian seasoning.
- If you want softer onions, cook them for longer with the potatoes.
- If cutting onions in small sizes, cook for a lesser time with the potatoes because they could burn due to their size.
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