Making air fryer frozen sweet potato fries requires only a few ingredients and steps! Enjoy perfectly crispy fries that taste homemade in a matter of minutes!
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There are numerous pros to using an air fryer, including crispy foods that require less oil and take less time than deep frying or roasting in the oven.
One of my favorite things to prepare in the air fryer are pre-made frozen foods like frozen broccoli, French fries, waffle fries, and spring rolls!
Today I’m bringing a simple technique for preparing pre-made frozen sweet potato fries! Now, I love a fresh sweet potato sauté as much as the next person, but a quick and tasty fry from the air fryer is a simple side dish that takes virtually no preparation!
💗 Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Quick and Easy: Achieve crispy sweet potato fries in less time and with fewer ingredients when air frying. No need to preheat the oven or slice your sweet potatoes into sticks. This simple recipe requires only one main ingredient!
Fewer Calories and Fat: Using the air fryer means you don’t need to deep fry your sweet potato fries which means fewer calories and fat.
🥣 Ingredients and Notes
Frozen Sweet Potato Fries: Any frozen sweet potato fries will do. However, my favorite is Alexia Sweet Potato Fries. They are non-GMO and have no artificial preservatives.
Garlic Powder and Pepper (optional): Depending on the type of sweet potato fries you buy, you may or may not need to add seasoning. The Alexia fries already have salt. A little garlic powder and pepper give the fries an extra boost of flavor that makes them taste homemade!
Olive Oil (optional): A touch of olive oil helps keep the fries from sticking together in the air fryer basket. I do not recommend using cooking spray because using cooking spray over time will damage the enamel of your air fryer.
👩🏻🍳 How to Make Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 F for about 5 minutes.
- Place the frozen fries in a large bowl. Add the olive oil. Toss to coat evenly. Add the black pepper and garlic powder (if desired). Toss again to coat. At this time, you can add any additional seasonings you like.
- Place the fries in the air fryer basket. It’s okay if the fries overlap, but don’t overcrowd them. Cook for 10 minutes. Shake and cook for five more minutes or until the fries are crispy.
- Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
📝 Top Tip
Do not thaw the sweet potato fries! Keep them frozen before placing them in the air fryer. Cooking time will vary depending on the type of sweet potato fries you use. If you use a thicker fry such as a waffle fry, you will need to cook for 3-4 minutes longer. If you use a thin fry like a shoestring, you will need to cut the cooking time by about 3 minutes.
❓ Recipe FAQS
It’s not necessary to preheat the air fryer, but it does help speed up the cooking process and results in crispier fries.
Sweet potatoes are full of vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, manganese, and potassium. The challenge with frozen fries comes from added preservatives and oil. Luckily, if you choose frozen sweet potato fries that use minimal ingredients, preparing them in the air fryer allows you to benefit from the nutrients without the added fat and calories.
🍽 How to Serve
This simple side dish tastes great with black bean burgers, chickpea patties, carrot dogs, or any burger, salad, or sandwich.
These fries pair well with standard dipping sauces like ketchup, BBQ sauce, or vegan honey mustard. But you can also whip up a spicy vegan chipotle sauce in no time! If you don’t like spicy, try a vegan tzatziki sauce!
🫙 How to Store and Keep
If you have leftovers, transfer them to an airtight container. Keep them in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. When ready to reheat, place them back into the air fryer to crisp back up for 5 minutes at 350° Fahenheit.
⚖️ Serving Size
This recipe uses one large 16 ounce bag of frozen sweet potato fries. It will make 6 servings.
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Recipe
Air Fryer Frozen Sweet Potato Fries
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 oz frozen sweet potato fries
- 1 teaspoon olive oil optional
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper optional
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder optional
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 F for about 5 minutes.
- Place the frozen sweet potato fries in a large bowl. Add the olive oil (optional). Toss to evenly coat. Add the black pepper, and garlic powder (if desired). Toss again to coat. At this time you can add any additional seasonings you like.
- Place in the air fryer basket. It's okay if the fries overlap a bit, but don’t overcrowd. Cook for 10 minutes. Toss and cook for an additional 5 minutes or until the fries are crispy.
- Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
Notes
- Do not thaw the fries! Keep them frozen before placing them in the air fryer.
- Use quality frozen sweet potato fries.
- Preheat the air fryer for a crispy finish. If you choose not to preheat the oven you will likely need to add an additional 3-4 minutes to the cooking time.
- Depending on whether you use waffle fries, shoestring fries, steak fries, or curly fries the cooking time will vary slightly. Add more cooking time for thicker fries, and less time for thin-cut fries.
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- Chipotle Dipping Sauce
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Amanda Dixon
These fries turned out perfectly! They were nice and crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside, and the air fryer made it so much easier and cleaner to prepare.
Michele
These came out perfectly! I will be making this recipe from here on out.
Rachel
Love how easy these are! The air fryer is a game changer for frozen fries!
Kristen Wood
This was super easy and turned out perfectly! Thanks!
Biana
What a great idea for making crispy sweet potato fries in the air fryer!