The BEST Crispy, Air-Fried Roast Potatoes Recipe (Oil Free)
These roast potatoes make a great side or even main to any meal. Good to eat on there own too, or dipped in delicious things.
Equipment
- Medium sized saucepan and lid
- Air fryer (you can also use your regular oven)
- Chopping board
- Chopping knife
Ingredients
- 3 medium sized potatoes OR 14-16 new potatoes Fluffy potatoes like King Edwards or Maris Piper are best.
- 1 heaped tbsp cornflour
- 2 tsp turmeric powder (completely optional but add a lovely colour)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Other spices such as taco, Cajun or garlic work really well on these potatoes too.
Instructions
- Prepare your potatoes by thoroughly scrubbing the skins, then chop into 2 inch pieces.
- Cover with hot water and bring to the boil, then simmer until almost cooked.
- Drain carefully and thoroughly. You do not want to break the potatoes up too much. Make sure you get all the water out as much as possible. Once drained, add back to the saucepan and sprinkle with your cornflour, turmeric powder, salt and pepper. Put the lid back on the pan and gentle twist and turn it a few times to coat every potato. Don't worry if they don't get coated evenly, or even thoroughly, because they will still turn out fine.
- Now you need to lay them flat on your air fryer trays. If you do not have the type of air fryer that has flat trays, then put them carefully in the basket without breaking them up too much. You may get away with some of them being on top of each other if you are using a basket, only if you aren't using too many potatoes and they are not more than 2 potatoes deep. You will need to gently toss and turn half way through when using a basket type air fryer.
- Now set your air fryer to it's high setting, which is usually 200C (392F). Either way, set it to this temperature and don't forget to pre-heat if that's how your particular air fryer works (not all do).
- Bake for roughly 25 minutes until you can see they're golden and crispy.Please note that you can also bake these roast potatoes in your oven if you want to. You would use a 180C (356F) temperature instead of 200C and bake for around 35 minutes until golden and crispy. Toss half way through cooking time.