Baked Potatoes are my favourite way to serve potatoes, but they have to have a crispy, crunchy skin. I’ve found that Air Fryer Baked Potatoes made in the Optimum HealthyFry Air Fryer is the perfect way to get the oven effect, and yet only having to heat up a very small space.
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If you bake two or three potatoes in the main oven, you have to heat the whole oven to 200c for about an hour, that’s a lot of power. If you cook them in the microwave it’s much quicker, but the skin is soft and the potato is never as fluffy as oven-baked.
The Optimum Healthy Fry Air Fryer
I’ve had my Optimum HealthyFry Air fryer for about 3 years now and I use it all the time. I have made Airfryer chips (fries) once or twice but the HealthyFry really comes into its own as a mini-oven.
How many potatoes can you bake in the Healthy Fry?
The basket of the HealthyFry is a generous size. Although I baked two potatoes, you can fit 3 x 300g potatoes in the basket or 4 smaller potatoes.
Baking in the HealthyFry isn’t like the microwave. It takes the same time to bake three potatoes as it does to bake one.
How do you serve Air Fryer Baked Potatoes?
The Air Fryer Baked Potatoes have a perfectly crisp skin and fluffy potato inside. Simply add a knob of butter and a little seasoning to make an ideal accompaniment.
Add a favourite topping
There are so many different toppings that you can add to a baked potato. Here are few to try:
- Grated Cheese
- Coleslaw
- Baked Beans (a lower calorie option)
- Smoked Mackerel Pate
Make the Baked Potato into a Feast
Top with some Slow Cooker Chilli or a luscious Slow Cooker Coconut Chicken Curry. to make your delicious baked potato into a real feast.
More ideas for the HealthyFry Air fryer:
- Heat up ready-made falafels – Preheat the HealthyFry for 3 minutes, then bake the falafels at 180c for 10 minutes
- Cook a slice of pre-made pizza. Preheat the HealthyFry for 3 minutes, then bake the pizza slice at 190c for 5 minutes
- Make your own HealthyFry Tortilla Chips
- Sterilise jam jars: (2 or 3 depending on size) for making small quantities of jam or chutney. Wash the jars in hot soapy water, then rinse thoroughly. Preheat the HealthyFry for 3 minutes, then place the empty wet jars into the basket. Set the temperature to 120C and ‘cook’ for 30 minutes.
Air Fryer Soda Bread
Bake Wholemeal Irish Soda Bread in the HealthyFry Air Fryer. It’s really simple to make and a lifesaver if you run out of bread.
Make an Individual Toasted Cheese Sandwich
- Spread butter or other spread onto two pieces of bread, grate approximately 50g cheddar cheese.
- Preheat the Optimum HealthyFry for 3 minutes.
- Place one slice buttered side down into the basket of the HealthyFry Airfyer.
- Cover with grated cheese, top with the other slice (butter side upwards) and press down with a spatula.
- Toast the sandwich at 190c for 6 minutes. Check and if you want it toasted more cook for another 2-3 minutes.
Make Rhubarb and Blueberry compote
- Place equal quantities of washed and chopped rhubarb and whole blueberries into an ovenproof dish.
- Cover with baking parchment and foil. If you only use foil the acid in the rhubarb will react with the foil.
- Add approximately 100g of sugar. You need more sugar with rhubarb, other fruits may need less, and a tablespoon of water.
- Then bake in the pre-heated Air Fryer at 180C for 30-40 minutes.
- Check after 30 minutes and test with a knife. If the rhubarb does not easily yield then bake for another 5 to 10 minutes.
- Serve warm or cold with Greek yogurt for breakfast or with cream, ice cream or custard for dessert.
Read my review of the Optimum HealthyFry and find out more about just how versatile this nifty piece of kitchen kit is
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More Potato Recipes at Farmersgirl Kitchen
New Potatoes with Wild Garlic and Lemon Dressing
Slow Cooker Scottish Stovies – potatoes with onions and seasoning.
Slow Cooker Chorizo, Potato and Runner Bean One-Pot
More Airfryer Recipes
Lavender Honey Cake (Tin & Thyme)
AirFried Breaded Tofish (Planet Veggie)
AirFryer Carrot Falafel (Tin & Thyme)
Crispy Air fried Smoked Paprika Chickpeas (Planet Veggie)
Vegetable Kebabs (Simply Food)
Check out my HealthyFry Air Fryer Board on Pinterest for more recipe ideas
Air Fryer Baked Potatoes
Equipment
- Optimum Healthy Fry Air Fryer
- Measuring spoons
- Pastry brush
Ingredients
- 600 grams Baking Potato I used 2 x 300 g Maris Piper Potatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sea salt
To Serve
- 100 g cheddar cheese grated
- 20 g butter
- 12 cherry tomatoes
Instructions
- Preheat the Optimum HealthyFry Airfryer at 60C for 3 minutes
- Pierce the potatoes with a knife, then using a pastry brush, brush the potatoes with oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Set the heat to 195C
- Set the time for 50 minutes, then close the HealthyFry and leave to bake
- Check with a sharp knife to make sure the potatoes are baked all the way through, if not set for another 10 minutes and bake again.
- Once ready, place each potato on a plate, cut it open and squeeze the fluffy potato to the top.
- Top each potato with a pat of butter and heap the grated cheese on top.
- Serve each potato with 6 cherry tomatoes.
Cathy says
Fab, I’m having a baked potato tonight and I’m going to do it in my air fryer for a change!
Janice Pattie says
Yay! I hope you enjoy it.
Corina Blum says
I’ll have to try baked potatoes in my air fryer. I love air fryer chips and make them a few times a week now so really need to be a bit more adventurous!
Janice Pattie says
They are really good Corina especially if you only need to bake one or two.
Zim says
Using the air fryer for baked potatoes seems to be a good idea. I lack the patience to bake potatoes in the oven😊😊. #Cookblogshare
Janice Pattie says
The Airfryer method is definitely convenient, although it still takes a bit of time.
Choclette says
We use our air fryer for baked potatoes all the time, but I think it was you that first got me onto it. Fab post and thanks for including a couple of my links.
Janice Pattie says
It always seemed like a little oven to me, probably because I rarely fry anything.
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie says
Ooooh – I’m impressed! I love this idea 😀 I totally agree that baked potatoes need a crispy skin – which is why I always use the oven (that and I always think microwaved make potatoes taste a bit odd), but I do agree – that’s a lot of wasted energy. Thanks for linking these up to #CookBlogShare. Eb x
Janice Pattie says
Thanks, Eb. The HealthyFry makes the perfect mini oven.
Cat says
Such a great way to cook a baked potato. The skin was so crisp and perfect. This will now be how I cook all baked potatoes going forward 🙂
Janice Pattie says
Thank you. I’m so glad you tried this method and found the potatoes to be so good. It’s very convenient when there are only a few of you.