You will never use your deep fryer again, once you have tasted these simple Air Fryer French Fries, made with only a drop of oil.
Air Fryer French Fries
French Fries without all the calories, whoda thunk? Homemade deep fried French Fries are so delicious, but come with so many bad calories. The oil needed for good French Fries is so bad for our bodies.
Baked French Fries, while much less calories, aren’t really satisfying and have an odd texture, I think. You know what I mean? They are hard on the outside, rather than crispy and then soft inside. Hard to explain.
Friday night is “Wing Night” in this house and we used to bake our Buffalo Chicken Wings and French Fries, but now, thanks to our Air Fryer, we can have Air Fryer French Fries without all the bad calories. We switch off between Buffalo Chicken Wings and Air Fryer Crispy Honey Garlic Chicken Wings. We can be naughty, without our bodies paying for it the next day. 🙂
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Cast of Ingredients for Air Fryer French Fries
Coconut Oil is my oil of choice for French Fries, but Olive Oil works well too. I’ve been on a Ghee kick lately, so I think next Friday night, I will use my Homemade Ghee to make the Fries. Make sure that you mix up a big batch of my Lawry’s Seasoned Salt Copycat Recipe, so that you always have it ready.
Soak the potatoes in water
Scrub the potatoes well and then slice them as evenly as you can. We like our French Fries between thin and thick, almost twice the size of a Fast Food Fry, but about half the size of Steak Fries.
Place them in a Bowl of water and allow them to soak for 30 minutes. This will remove some of the starch and allow the potatoes to cook better and crisp up better.
Pat dry the fries with a paper towel or tea towel and then pour over the oil and mix in. Sprinkle the Seasoned Salt and toss to coat.
Place them in your Air Fryer and cook for about 15 minutes, tossing half-way through.
Delicious fries that are not loaded down with oil. Now, you can have your cake and eat it too!
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Try these Air Fryer Seasoned French Fries with some Zaxby’s Sauce for a real treat!
Kitchen Equipment and Essentials
- Large Air Fryer
- J.A. Henckels Classic 7-inch Hollow Edge Santoku Knife
- Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
- Bellemain Porcelain Ramekins
- John Boos Maple Cutting Board with Groove
- 3.5 Quart Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl
- Silicone Coated Tongs
- Coconut Oil
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Here is the handy printable recipe:
- 4 medium Potatoes
- 2 Tablespoons Pure Virgin Coconut Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Homemade Seasoned Salt
- Scrub potatoes and then slice into strips.
- Soak potatoes in a bowl of fresh water for 30 minutes.
- Drain water and pat dry.
- Pour over coconut oil and mix through. Add seasoned salt and toss to coat.
- Place potatoes into Air Fryer Basket.
- Air Fry at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, shaking the basket half way through.
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Cooked 25 minutes at 400 and still not crispy. Don’t know about this air frying.
I preheated my sir fryer at 400degrees for ten minutes, added my cut potatoes that I VERY lightly sprayed and tossed with olive oil. Set my fryer for thirty minutes. Half way through I opened it up and shook the fries really well around. Put it back in to finish the 15 minutes. They were outstanding!! ( I own an Emeril Lagasse hot air fryer ).
Hi Sheilagh~
Wonderful news. I am glad your fries were outstanding!
Jill
Yes! I absolutely love my air fryer!! Everything I fry in it tastes so much better and healthier no matter what it is!:)
could you share what air fryer you use?
Hi Tamm~
Check out the Philips. http://amzn.to/2m4NBgI
Jill
I keep seeing these articles claiming how much healthier air fry is supposed to be, but, no charts showing the actual calorie differences between ways of cooking. The wife bought a Farberware Air Fryer, the included recipe book has no mention of calories or nutrition values.
I’m genuinely curious about this, so I did some math for us to look at.
Quick Google search shows that a small order of fries at McDonald’s is 230 calories. These are the order of fries that aren’t even served in a carton, it’s the size in the paper sleeve. Their website also gave this helpful ingredient list for fries: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]*), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Maintain Color), Salt. *Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients. Wow! Ok, so just a recap of what we’re looking at here: small fries with a few ingredients that aren’t potatoes and oil.
Next!
As for the air fryer, just going with the ingredients I use: 1 medium russet potato and 1 tablespoon of olive oil adds up to a ballparked 289 calories (potato-170 calories and 1 tablespoon olive oil- 120 calories). The exact value for the potato is estimated, but this was specifically for a potato 2-1/4″ to 3-1/4″ in diameter. For my air frying friends, I’m sure you know this potato will make way more thin-cut fries than a small order at Mcdonalds.
So for a quick comparison, an order of small fries at McDonald’s would be 230 calories. A serving of air fryer fries would be about 289 calories. Yes, I calculated the air fryer fries to have more calories. However, it’s important to remember how many more fries you’re getting from a single potato and the quality of the ingredients you choose to eat when you do use the air fryer. I would suggest comparing quantity in this case for simplicity, McDonalds will give you a small fistful of fries, while the one potato in the air fryer might yield double or more than this amount.
Again, all of this is estimated so take from it what you will, but I argue that your wife know’s what’s up! 😉 Hope this was helpful.
Thanks for the recipe. Turned out fantastic! I just cut back on the salt a bit .25 tablespoon.
I tried to make fries in philips airfryer. After cut ,soak in water for 15 ‘
Mins . And rinse but the fries came out bitter. I was so disappointed . Plz advise how to get bitterness out of potatoes . I used russet potato.
Thank you .
Do you have to melt the coconut oil first? I have never used it before and would like to try!:) Thanks
Hi Kristi. No, just rub it on. Jill