Air Fryer Potato Chips are a great way to enjoy your favorite snack. The air fryer allows you to make chips in a healthy, fast, and easy way.
Making your own potato chips is easier than you might think—and air frying them gives them a nice, crispy texture with far less oil than deep-frying.
Whether you like your chips plain or loaded up with spices and flavors, we’ll show you how to make perfect potato chips in your air fryer.
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For plain potato chips, you’ll just need some potatoes and oil. For flavored chips, you can add any seasonings you like—we like salt, pepper, and paprika.
If you’re using a small air fryer, you may need to cook the potato chips in batches. But larger air fryers can usually accommodate a whole batch at once.
Once you’ve mastered the basics of air fryer potato chips, feel free to experiment with different flavors and seasonings. We think they’re pretty perfect just the way they are, but you might want to try dipping them in your favorite sauce, or sprinkling on some grated cheese. Enjoy!
Here are some commonly asked questions
Why do you soak potatoes in water before frying?
Potato chips are best served warm. It’s important to soak the potatoes before frying them, as it draws out the natural starch and provides that great crunch. It also helps keep them from sticking together in the basket.
Why are my air-fryer chips soggy?
If your air-fryer chips become soggy, return them to the fryer and cook for a little longer. Because air-fryer temperatures differ, so do cooking times. That’s why our air-fryer recipes give long spans for cooking times. You may need to cook your chips for a bit longer than suggested. Start with the least amount of time and increase as needed.
Tips for Great Potato Chips Made in the Air Fryer
- Use Yukon Gold potatoes for chips. The finest chip choice is Yukon Gold potatoes because of their slightly waxy skin and ultra-creamy taste.
- Use a mandolin to cut slices as thin as feasible. The potato chips should be uniform and thin enough to achieve crispiness using a mandolin slicer.
- Sliced potatoes should be soaked in cold water before air frying to ensure that they are extra crisp. Always soak potato chips in cold water before air frying to remove any extra starch. This will help them crisp up considerably.
- Adjust the cooking time to suit the thickness. Depending on the thickness of your chips, the entire cooking duration may vary either way. Keep a close eye on the chips while they cook the first time to make sure they don’t burn.
- When the chips have turned light brown, remove them from the air fryer. Their color won’t be as brilliant after they’ve been cooked in an air fryer; instead, they’ll look more golden brown. They will only taste burnt if you try to air bake your chips until they reach a golden brown color – don’t do it!
- Seasoning your own food can be a lot of fun, and you’ll learn about some new ones. While chips taste wonderful with a sprinkle of salt, they may be improved with any ingredient you like. The choices are endless!
Storing Air Fryer Potato Chips
Keep potato chips in an airtight container or a plastic storage bag. They may be kept in your pantry or on the counter, and they’ll stay fresh for up to two weeks.
Are air-fried chips healthier than oven chips?
Air-fried dishes aren’t necessarily healthier, but they do tend to have less fat than those that are deep-fried. As a result, air-fryer recipes are often fewer calories than those fried in ordinary oil.
How Air Frying Works
While air fryers are relatively new to the market, the technology isn’t really a new concept. They basically work like tiny convection ovens that you can use on your countertop.
Similar to a convection oven, it circulates the hot air within the cooking area using a high-powered fan. This helps evenly distribute the heat around the food which not only creates more evenly cooked food but also reduced cooking times.
By circulating the hot air, which contains the fine oil droplets from adding a light mist layer before cooking, and allows you to remove the need for submerging our foods in heavy oils to create the deliciously crunchy foods we all love.
Ingredients for Air Fryer Potato Chips
- large potatoes
- cooking oil
- salt to taste
What are the benefits of air frying?
Healthier
It’s no secret that fried foods are more fattening – but did you know that there are 9 calories in every gram of fat? With air frying, we can reduce the fat by removing most of the oils usually needed to create crunchy foods. This helps to drastically reduce fat intake and calories.
Convenience
I love being able to cook with my air fryer and eliminate the need for large baking sheets and lots of pots and pans. Most of my air fryer recipes can be made with just a mixing bowl or two or a small saucepan in addition to my air fryer.
Energy Efficient
Someone said to me once, “why make this in the air fryer if you can do it the conventional way in the same amount of time?” Well, air frying helps eliminate the need for a conventional oven.
Not only can you keep your home cooler in the summer by not using the oven, but you are saving money with reduced energy consumption costs as well.
Time Saver
I don’t know about you, but if I can avoid turning on the oven and having to wait 20 minutes for it to preheat, I’m happy about that. Most air fryer recipes either don’t require that you preheat the fryer – or the preheat time is 5 minutes or less. That is a huge time saver over using the oven.
Take it on the go
I love that the air fryer is compact and easy to take along on trips. We pack ours in our RV and find that air fryer cooking while camping is so much easier than trying to deep fry foods on a small RV stove or camping burner.
Making Potato Chips in the Air Fryer
- Cut the potatoes into thin slices using a mandolin (recommended) or a sharp knife.
- Wash the potato slices and soak them in cold water for at least 30 minutes to remove the starch.
- Drain the potatoes and pat them dry.
- Spread them over a paper towel in a single layer, and leave the slices to air dry for 10 minutes. (The potato slices should be dried completely in order to get crispy and crunchy chips)
- Season the potato slices with oil and salt.
- Preheat the air fryer for 5 minutes at 350 degrees F / 180 degrees C.
- Place the potato slices in the air fryer basket in a single layer without overcrowding.
- Cook for 8 minutes until crispy.
- Serve once they are cooled or store them in an airtight container and enjoy later.
How to prevent sticking in the air fryer
Sticking can often happen when using an air fryer. I understand that most would think to add non-stick spray to the basket to prevent this. I strongly encourage you to not do that.
Non-stick spray leaves a coating that won’t come off, even when washed. Over time – this will build up and cause smoking when you use our air fryer.
I also do not recommend putting down a sheet of foil. The idea behind air frying is to allow the air to circulate around the food.
This is why the basket or tray has holes in it. If you put foil down – this prevents the air from reaching all of the areas it needs to in order for it to cook properly.
Instead – I recommend spraying the basket with olive oil using this spray bottle. You can line the air fryer with perforated parchment paper.
Or you can use one of these really great silicone liners that still allow for airflow but are reusable and easily cleanable.
Air Frying Doneness Tip
Every air fryer is a bit different and they all cook at different rates – so in general, all cooking times are approximate based on the pan and temperature.
You can always cook the recipe longer if needed and reduce the heat a bit. If needed, you can tent the top if it is browning too much.
Should I air fry my chips in a single layer?
It’s usually advised that you never stack food in an air fryer. However, because the potato chips are so thin, stacking two layers at once is permissible. Just make sure to toss them throughout the cooking procedure!
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Notes for the Best Air Fryer Potato Chips
- You can store the potato chips in an airtight container for 10-12 days at room temperature.
- The overall cooking time varies depending on the thickness of the potatoes and the efficiency of your air fryer. So, keep an eye on the chips when you make them the first time to ensure that they don’t burn.
- Soaking in cold water helps remove excess starch and makes the chips crispy.
- Remove the chips from the air fryer as they turn slightly brown. Don’t overcook them.
- You can change up the seasoning as per your liking.
- You can use any potatoes to make chips however try to get Yukon gold or russet potatoes for the best taste.
Other Tasty Air Fried Snacks
- Air Fryer Cheeseburger Egg Rolls
- Pizza Rolls in the Air Fryer
- Air Fryer Taquitos
- Fried Pickles – Air Fried & Keto-Friendly
- Air Fryer Toasted Ravioli
What air fryer do you use?
We actually have 3 air fryers. I have a smaller one from Phillips that we started with. I have since given that to my son since he’s only cooking for 1.
But the more I used the air fryer I realized I really wanted a digital screen. It wasn’t any more expensive, in fact- our XL air fryer from GoWISE was less expensive than the Phillips and I love its ease & extra functions.
Plus it comes with a lot of the extra accessories I like to use when cooking with my fryer.
But I when I started working on my second air fryer book, I wanted to change things up. I picked up this LARGE air fryer that has been wonderful. It has Touch Screen Presets plus it is XL Family Size, which is great!
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Air Fryer Potato Chips
Ingredients
- 3 large potatoes
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Cut the potatoes into thin slices using a mandolin (recommended) or a sharp knife.
- Wash the potato slices and soak them in cold water for at least 30 minutes to remove the starch.
- Drain the potatoes and pat them dry.
- Spread them over a paper towel in a single layer, and leave the slices to air dry for 10 minutes. (The potato slices should be dried completely in order to get crispy and crunchy chips)
- Season the potato slices with oil and salt.
- Preheat the air fryer for 5 minutes at 350 degrees F / 180 degrees C.
- Place the potato slices in the air fryer basket in a single layer without overcrowding.
- Cook for 8 minutes until crispy.
- Serve once they are cooled or store them in an airtight container and enjoy later.
Notes
- You can store the potato chips in an airtight container for 10-12 days at room temperature.
- The overall cooking time varies depending on the thickness of the potatoes and the efficiency of your air fryer. So, keep an eye on the chips when you make them the first time to ensure that they don’t burn.
- Soaking in cold water helps remove excess starch and makes the chips crispy.
- Remove the chips from the air fryer as they turn slightly brown. Don’t overcook them.
- You can change up the seasoning as per your liking.
- You can use any potatoes to make chips however try to get Yukon gold or russet potatoes for the best taste.
Equipment
- 1 Air Fryer
Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate. Please double-check with your own dietary calculator for the best accuracy. We at Yummi Haus cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.
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