Air fryer baby potatoes: Fast & easy side dish

Lately I have fallen in love with roasted baby potatoes cooked in the air fryer.

Side dishes don’t get much easier.

And while an air fryer baked potato with a full-sized Russet is fast, baby potatoes are even faster!

Because they’re smaller, they cook in about half the time.

They offer all of the best parts of a potato experience. You get crispy browned skin and a steamy, fluffy interior.

They’re great all on their own. Or smash them & load ’em up with your favorite toppings.

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Baby potatoes: You can find baby potatoes next to the other spuds in the produce section of the grocery store.

They’re on my Trader Joe’s grocery list whenever I go. TJ’s calls them teeny tiny potatoes.

You can also use new potatoes or peewee potatoes. Although fingerling potatoes are different, they will also work for this recipe.

Oil: Use a spritz of oil spray. Or remove potatoes from the air fryer basket & add to a mixing bowl. Then toss with the neutral-flavored cooking oil of your choice.

Seasoning salt: You can use any seasoning salt that you enjoy.

I usually go with Trader Joe’s onion salt or Penzey’s Fox Point seasoning. Fox Point includes dried shallots, chives, garlic, and onions.

However, you could also just use salt and/or pepper.

You could add to it with granulated onion, garlic powder, dried parsley, and/or rosemary. Or you could try your favorite Cajun seasoning.

Put freshly scrubbed baby potatoes into the air fryer basket.

(No need to dry them! The air fryer will do that for you.)

Air fry for 12 to 17 minutes at 400 degrees.

Stop once or twice to shake the air fryer basket, spray the potatoes with oil, and sprinkle on seasoning.

Baby potatoes vary in sizes. Some are as little as a marble while others are as big as a kiwi fruit.

So cooking times vary as well.

You’ll know they are done when you can easily pierce them with a fork.

You can enjoy these air fried potatoes all on their own.

But they’re also fun mashed with a fork and topped with any of the following:

• Non-dairy butter, salt, and pepper
• Vegan sour cream or cream cheese & chives
• Seitan bacon & shredded vegan cheddar
• Chimichurri sauce

Air fryer roasted potatoes make for a substantive side dish that goes well with all kinds of dishes.

Serve them alongside:

• French lentils with caramelized onions & pistachios
• Roasted asparagus with chickpeas & spinach
• Seitan piccata
• Roasted cauliflower steaks with chimichurri sauce
• Kale salad with roasted chickpeas
• Easy collard greens
• Halve or quarter them for potato salad
• Add them to a breakfast burrito