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Learn how to make Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato recipe for the perfect side dish. These sweet potatoes are so tender on the inside and turn out perfectly.
We love to make quick and easy air fryer recipes and this is one of the easiest recipes. Our family loves it with Air Fryer Salmon Recipe or Air Fryer Steak Recipe.
You will love how easy peasy this recipe it is and delicious with your favorite toppings. Make these sweet potatoes today for a quick and easy side.
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Why This Recipe Works:
Have you tried using an air fryer yet? I was hesitate to try it as I thought surely it can’t be as good as a traditional fryer but I think it might be even better. Now I love cooking in the air fryer.
Cooking sweet potatoes in the air fryer takes less time and cleanup is a breeze. It is a healthy side dish and pairs perfectly with any meal.
Ingredients
- Medium Size Sweet Potatoes
- Olive Oil (avocado oil works as well)
- Sea Salt
For the full list of ingredients and recipe, scroll to the bottom for the recipe card.
Sweet Potato Toppings:
- Pat of Butter
- Salt
- Pepper
- Sour Cream
- Mini Marshmallows
- Drizzle of Maple Syrup
- Chopped Pecans
- Chives
- Black Beans
- Brown Sugar
My kids like to add cinnamon and sugar to their sweet potato. Sometimes I do too.
Just use what you prefer. You can’t go wrong with sweet potatoes.
How to Make Baked Sweet Potato in Air Fryer:
- Step 1 – Wash the sweet potatoes. Dry and stab 6-8 times per sweet potato with a fork in various spots throughout the sweet potato.
- Step 2 – Drizzle the olive oil over the sweet potatoes and season with the sea salt.
- Step 3 – Place the sweet potatoes on an air fryer rack or air fryer basket. Make sure that the sweet potatoes are spaced out and not touching in the air fryer rack.
- Step 4 – Cook at 400 degrees F for 40-45 minutes until a knife can be easily inserted and removed from the potatoes.
- Step 5 – Serve topped with the butter, salt and pepper. Enjoy!
Recipe Tips:
- Washing and Scrubbing – Before making this air fryer sweet potato recipe, make sure to wash and poke holes in the sweet potato. This allows the sweet potatoes to cook evenly without cracking.
- Cook Sweet Potatoes – We love using out air fryer, but you can also cook them in the oven or microwave.
Serving Suggestions:
These sweet potatoes make a side dish to many different recipes. We love making them with The Best Blackened Chicken Recipe, Easy Grilled Chicken Kabob Recipe and even The Best Blackened Tilapia Recipe.
You may even like to serve them with Baked Pineapple BBQ chicken recipe, Garlic Parmesan Grilled Shrimp Recipe and The Best Blackened Salmon Recipe.
We make sweet potatoes whether we are grilling or cooking indoors. The sweet flavor and the healthy benefits makes this side dish a must.
How to Store Leftovers:
Store leftover air fry sweet potatoes in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They will stay good for up to 4 days. I like to meal prep with them for a delicious lunch throughout the week.
Try these Easy Air Fryer Recipes:
- Air Fryer Salmon Recipe
- Easy Air Fryer Cauliflower Recipe
- Air fryer hard boiled eggs
- Brussel sprouts in air fryer
- Air Fryer Fried Chicken
- Air fryer tator tots
More Sweet Potato Recipes:
- Sweet Potato Casserole
- Quick and Easy Grilled Sweet Potatoes Recipe
- Easy Turkey Sweet Potato Chili Recipe
- Oven Baked Sweet Potato fries Recipe
- Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
We love hearing from you. If you make these Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes, please leave us a comment or star review.
Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
Instructions
- Wash the sweet potatoes. Dry and stab 6-8 times per sweet potato with a fork in various spots throughout the sweet potato.
- Drizzle the olive oil over the sweet potatoes and season with the sea salt.
- Place the sweet potatoes on an air fryer rack or basket. Make sure that the sweet potatoes are spaced out and not touching in the air fryer rack.
- Cook at 400 degrees F for 40-45 minutes until a knife can be easily inserted and removed from the potatoes.
- Serve topped with the butter, salt and pepper. Enjoy!
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Michelle
Love these!
So easy and delicious!
Very good in air fryer! Easy to make.
So easy and delicious!! My teen daughter loves sweet potatoes and this is something she can make easily whenever without having to turn on the oven.
I love this simple yet delicious recipe!
Easy and delicious. Perfect texture
So easy! This saved me from taking up space in my oven too!
Tasty!
Easy and a delicious recipe!
I loved this recipe. I can eat sweet potatoes by themselves and now that I have a new way to cook them is super!!! Thanks for the recipe.
This was super easy to make and will be making it again.
Very easy to make great side dish
Supper tonight! So easy and not having to heat up oven before Christmas big meal is another plus
These are so great. Crispy skin, soft interior. Yay and easy to make
Easy to make. They are delicious, I will be making these often.
Those were so easy to fix. They turned out awesome! They were crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside.
I give it 5 stars. I like it better this way
Love Love thod recipe! The inside is so tender and sweet. I added sour cream and cheese. I have picky eaters and they asked me to make them again. Easy pesy and done. Thank You
I love my air fryer. I use it every day. I bought all the accessories that allow me to bake a cake, make pizza, etc. We LOVE sweet potatoes. They came out perfect. The inside of the potatoes are moist, the skin is crunchy. I love to eat the skin. I use this recipe every week.
This is the easiest recipe! Super yummy & add whatever you want on top 🙂
I tried these last night because I had a couple of sweet potatoes laying around. Wow what a treat. I had them with some rotisserie chicken breast that was left over from the other day. I usually don’t do much with sweet potatoes except make fries but I think I just found my new favorite way to cook them. Next time I’m going to put some cinnamon on them just to see how they taste.
This recipe is delicious! It’s my go-to for a quick and easy lunch or dinner! And my mother-in-law loves it!
Very easy. Love how this turned out