Name: Homemade Air Fryer French Fries
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb russet potatoes (about 2-3 potatoes); Extra virgin olive oil; ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste; Garlic salt, seasoning salt, or cajun seasoning; Ground black pepper; Parmesan; Fresh chives or parsley, chopped

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This Air Fryer French Fries recipe has crisp edges, soft and tender insides for the best air fryer fries! Just 3 ingredients and 5 min of prep for guilt-free homemade French fries made with less oil and less calories than regular fries!

Air Fryer French Fries

Erik and I’ve been dabbling in using an air fryer for cooking on and off for a few years now. But the one thing we’ve been crazy about? Air Fryer French Fries!

We love the simplicity and ease of the ingredients for making air fryer fries: just potatoes, oil, and salt. With just a bit of scrubbing, chopping, and tossing, we’re on our way to delicious homemade French fries in our beloved air fryer!

The best part? These air fryer French fries are practically guilt-free. We’ll be using way less oil than with conventional French fries, and we won’t have to deal with hidden calories or mysterious ingredients!

Air fryer French fries ingredients on a table including russet potatoes, olive oil, and salt.

Ingredients for Homemade French Fries in Air Fryer

Potatoes: I like using russet potatoes for that crispy skin, but some folks prefer Yukon potatoes for their delicious golden texture.
Oil: extra virgin olive oil has a high smoke point and is less processed.
Salt: we’re using fine table salt here, but you can use freshly ground for coarser and less uniform (and sometimes deliciously large) bits of salt.

Close up of the browned, crunchy edges of this air fryer French fries recipe

How to Make Air Fryer French Fries

Prepare the potatoes: Wash and scrub potatoes. Then, slice into ¼-inch thick strips.

Washed and scrubbed potatoes on a cutting board with some sliced into ¼-inch thick slices to make air fryer fries.

Now, add potato strips to a mixing bowl. You’ll drizzle the potatoes with enough oil to evenly coat then.

Two photos showing How to Make Air Fryer French Fries – adding potatoes into a mixing bowl and drizzling with oil

Then, sprinkle potatoes with salt and toss to coat.

Two photos showing How to Make Homemade French Fries in Air Fryer – tossing potatoes to coat in olive oil and salt

Air Fry in batches: To make the best air fryer French fries, we’ll be working in batches.

Create a single layer with room in between each French fry for even cooking and crisping.

Cook for about 5 minutes, then flip and cook again until crispy.

Two photos showing How to Make this homemade side recipe – laying potatoes in a single layer in the basket and showing the potatoes after cooking with crisped, browned edges

Set air fryer French fries on a plate until all potatoes are cooked.

Once cooked, toss all the fries into the air fryer basket to re-crisp, about 2 minutes.

Add any additional seasoning and serve the best homemade French fries in an air fryer!

What to serve with Air Fryer Fries

Seasonings: try sprinkling your homemade French fries with garlic salt, Cajun seasoning, seasoned salt and more.
Dips: these air fryer French fries go great with dill pickle dip, garlic aioli, tartar sauce, and onion ring sauce. Bonus Tip: all of these sauces pair perfectly with my Air Fryer Onion Rings.
Dishes: savory Pizza Sliders, juicy and cheesy Mushroom Quesadillas, seriously good Cheese Quesadillas, and kid-approved Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets.
Sides: spicy sweet Honey Sriracha Brussels Sprouts, refreshing Chickpea Salad, and simple ‘n tasty Baked Tortilla Chips. Or, if you’re feeling spooky, try these kid-favorite Crescent Mummy Dogs.

Crisped, not fried potatoes in crinkled parchment served with ketchup and barbecue sauce

Tips

Season last: add any seasoning salt or garlic salt after air frying. Sometimes adding in herby spices can lead to burning in the air fryer and a harder clean up time.
Don’t air fry it all at once: you’ll want to work in batches, limiting each batch to a single, spaced-out layer of potatoes. That way, the air fryer fries will be crispier and cook more evenly.
Cut potatoes evenly: I like to keep my ruler-etched bench scraper nearby while cutting the potatoes to keep an eye on the size. You can also use an easy tool like this safe mandoline French fry cutter.

Tools you’ll need

Here are our recommendations for the best air fryers. Enjoy!!

6-in-1 Air Fryer

8qt Air Fryer

Air Fryer Oven

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