Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes are soft and tender. This is an easy beginner air fryer recipe and my favorite way to make sweet potatoes.
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You will never put a sweet potato into the oven again after you try out this recipe. Baked sweet potatoes are great for a healthy side dish. Also, I highly recommend making my Sweet Potato Pancakes or my Air Fryer Veggie Tots when you make these sweet potatoes.
WHICH AIR FRYER IS BEST?
THIS is the air fryer I have and recommend. You can purchase it from Amazon.
Ingredients in this recipe
- medium-sized sweet potatoes (scrubbed, rinsed and dried with paper towels)
- olive oil (THESE olive oil spray bottles are great for this recipe!)
- sea salt
How long to cook sweet potatoes in the air fryer?
Cook the potatoes at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes and then reduce the heat to 350 degrees F and cook for 10-15 more minutes. Depending on the size of your sweet potatoes, they could take longer or less time to cook. As stated before, I used medium sized sweet potatoes. Note: If the potatoes are getting too brown while cooking, cover with a little aluminum foil.
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More Air Fryer Recipes to Make
- Air Fryer Tortilla Chips
- Air Fryer Salmon Recipe
- Best Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings
- Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
- Air Fryer Tofu with Sweet Garlic Sauce
Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes (scrubbed, rinsed and dried with paper towels)
- 2 tsp olive oil (THESE olive oil spray bottles are great for this recipe!)
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Poke sweet potatoes several times with a fork.
- Spray 1 tsp olive oil over each sweet potato and use your hands to ensure the potatoes are coated well.
- Sprinkle each potato with ⅛ tsp sea salt.
- Place sweet potatoes in your air fryer. Ensure you leave space between the two potatoes so they cook evenly.
- Cook the potatoes at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes and then reduce the heat to 350 degrees F and cook for 10-15 more minutes. Depending on the size of your sweet potatoes, they could take longer or less time to cook. As stated before, I used medium sized sweet potatoes. Note: If the potatoes are getting too brown while cooking, cover with a little aluminum foil.
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Did you try this recipe?
Let me know below with a comment and rating! 🙂
Mal-Lee
I don’t remember if I posted the first time that I made sweet potatoes this way — about three weeks ago, but I just started a second pair. I was delivered four HUGE sweet potatoes so I left the air fryer on 400 for 50 minutes and 350 for ten the first time and they were perfect.
Awesome! Size definitely matters when it comes to cooking sweet potatoes. Thanks for sharing!
Pat
Love, love, love this recipe. My potato came out perfect. My house stayed cool. I will not use my oven anytime soon. Thank you for posting this recipe.
Yay! 🙂