Roast your sweet potatoes in the air fryer. It’s the best way for this impressive side dish with crispy skin and tender fluffy interior.
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This air fryer roasted sweet potato recipe is the start of something good. Use them to try the viral cheese stuffed sweet potato. Mash them into a bowl with ground beef and avocado (another viral trend). Or serve them as shown as the perfect side dish. Whole sweet potatoes are roasted to perfection with crisp skin and fluffy insides. And in less time then baking them in a conventional oven.
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Ingredients for air fryer baked sweet potatoes
All you need is some medium sweet potatoes! And then what you do with them after they are roasted to perfection is up to you. But I have some ideas…
My personal favorite toppings for these easy side dish sweet potatoes is decidedly Thanksgiving themed. And so I’ve pictured them with an easy mix of brown sugar, pecans, pumpkin pie spice and a pat of butter. But you can choose your own adventure.
- Check out this viral trend of stuffing a sweet potato with cheese
- Or try these viral sweet potato bowls
- Garlic powder, cayenne pepper, chili powder or maple syrup are other popular flavoring options.
Instructions for air fryer sweet potatoes
Wash the sweet potatoes under hot water. Poke each sweet potato several times with a sharp paring knife. Roast the sweet potatoes in a single layer in a basket style air fryer at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes, or until tender. Flip them over halfway through cooking time.
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Serving suggestions
As pictured, these stuffed sweet potatoes are a great side dish! Here’s some more of my recipes to make a complete meal –
Storage directions
These air fryer roasted whole sweet potatoes are perfect for meal prep. Store them in an airtight container. They will stay fresh in the refrigerator for 5 days.
Kitchen tools
- This is the basket style air fryer I use to test all of my air frying recipes
- These self-locking tongs are my favorite for flipping food over when it’s hot
- My favorite airtight containers for food storage and meal prep
Air Fryer Roasted Sweet Potato
Equipment
- 1 Basket-style Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
Instructions
- Wash the potatoes under hot water. Use a paring knife to stab each potato a few times. This allows steam to escape as they cook.
- Put the potatoes in the basket of your air fryer.
- Roast at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes, flipping over halfway through cooking time.
- Once they are easily pierced with a fork they are done cooking.
Notes
Nutrition
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