Air fryer baked potatoes have flavorful crispy skins, tender fluffy middles, and are so easy to make. Whether you’re using a drawer-style air fryer or a toaster oven air fryer, we’ve got you covered! If you’re anything like us, you love potatoes. From classic toaster oven baked potatoes to roasted sweet potato rounds, we want to eat them all. Today we’re sharing the ways of Toshiba air fryer baked potato because having more ways to cook up some tasty spuds is never a bad thing!
Ingredient Notes
1.Potatoes: Russet potatoes make the best baked potatoes. They have a higher starch content which is why their dry flesh turns delightfully fluffy once baked.
2.Oil: Rubbing the skins of the potatoes with a little oil helps them to crisp up. We like to use olive oil or avocado oil but any vegetable oil (that you like the flavor of) will work.
3.Salt: Kosher salt, sea salt, table salt…use what you’ve got on hand to season those skins. And feel free to sprinkle on a little pepper too!
Potato Cooking Times
For us, smaller 6-ounce potatoes took about 30 to 35 minutes to cook through while larger 9-ounce potatoes took about 45 to 50 minutes total. *If you have an instant-read thermometer, 205°F is the ideal internal temperature according to America’s Test Kitchen. Once ready, transfer the hot potatoes to a plate and slice each one lengthwise down the center (watch out for steam). Fluff the flesh with a fork, season with more salt and pepper, and add your favorite toppings.
Toshiba Air Fryer Baked Potato Tips
While cooking a whole potato in an air fryer toaster oven takes about the same amount of time there are a few adjustments you might want to make.
1.Lower The Temperature. For our ovens, lowering the temperature to 375°F helped to keep the potatoes from over-browning before they could cook through the center. If your oven runs hot or the air fry setting is really intense, you may have better results with an even lower temperature like 350°F.
2.Use a Pan To Catch Drips. The little holes in an air fry basket make it great for circulating heated air around the food and crisping it up. But if you’re cooking something that might drip (like oily potatoes) and don’t have a pan underneath the basket there is the potential for things to get messy. One of our air fryers is designed in a way that makes it difficult to use a pan with the basket. To bake potatoes, I like to swap the basket for my trusty quarter sheet pan/wire rack combo. The potatoes bake up nicely without leaving a mess behind to clean up!
Ingredient Notes
1.Potatoes: Russet potatoes make the best baked potatoes. They have a higher starch content which is why their dry flesh turns delightfully fluffy once baked.
2.Oil: Rubbing the skins of the potatoes with a little oil helps them to crisp up. We like to use olive oil or avocado oil but any vegetable oil (that you like the flavor of) will work.
3.Salt: Kosher salt, sea salt, table salt…use what you’ve got on hand to season those skins. And feel free to sprinkle on a little pepper too!
Potato Cooking Times
For us, smaller 6-ounce potatoes took about 30 to 35 minutes to cook through while larger 9-ounce potatoes took about 45 to 50 minutes total. *If you have an instant-read thermometer, 205°F is the ideal internal temperature according to America’s Test Kitchen. Once ready, transfer the hot potatoes to a plate and slice each one lengthwise down the center (watch out for steam). Fluff the flesh with a fork, season with more salt and pepper, and add your favorite toppings.
Toshiba Air Fryer Baked Potato Tips
While cooking a whole potato in an air fryer toaster oven takes about the same amount of time there are a few adjustments you might want to make.
1.Lower The Temperature. For our ovens, lowering the temperature to 375°F helped to keep the potatoes from over-browning before they could cook through the center. If your oven runs hot or the air fry setting is really intense, you may have better results with an even lower temperature like 350°F.
2.Use a Pan To Catch Drips. The little holes in an air fry basket make it great for circulating heated air around the food and crisping it up. But if you’re cooking something that might drip (like oily potatoes) and don’t have a pan underneath the basket there is the potential for things to get messy. One of our air fryers is designed in a way that makes it difficult to use a pan with the basket. To bake potatoes, I like to swap the basket for my trusty quarter sheet pan/wire rack combo. The potatoes bake up nicely without leaving a mess behind to clean up!