How to Make French Fries With an Air Fryer (With Photo Guide)
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Crispy and delicious French fries
Ingredients
- 3 potatoes, peeled and sliced into strips
- 1-2 teaspoons salt
- water (enough to soak the fries)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and cut them in 3/8-inch-thick strips.
- Soak the cut fries in salted water for 30 minutes.
- Spray the fries with olive oil (I used a repurposed I Can't Believe It's Not Butter sprayer).
- Air-fry for a few minutes at 300 degrees; then crank up the temperature to 400 and continue cooking for 20 minutes.
- Continue cooking until you have achieved the desired color and crispiness.
Photo Guide
Start with three long potatoes.
Salt
Air fryer
Add a teaspoon or so to the water. Soak the fries for 30 minutes.
Cold water and salt
Peel the potatoes.
I used a peeler to do the peeling.
Peeled potatoes in salted water.
Slice downward through the potato.
Turn the potato sideways.
Cut down again.
Now we have fries.
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Place the cut fries in salt water and cut the remaining potatoes.
See how square each fry is.
Let the fries soak in water for 30 minutes
Soak
Timer
Drain the fries.
Coat the fries with olive oil.
Place the fries in the air fryer.
Reduce temperature to 300 degrees.
Cook for 7 minutes.
After the initial cooking, increase the temperature to 400 degrees and cook for 15 minutes.
Shake the fries.
Shake some more.
The temperature of the fries should be 190 degrees.
Brown and crispy.
Delicious!
