Name: Air Fryer Smashed Potatoes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 small bag of golden baby potatoes (2 - 3 pound bag); Spray Olive oil; 1 package Lipton Onion soup mix; Garlic salt - to taste; Seasoned Pepper - to taste; Chives - to top

By: Jill Mills Posted: Jan 4, 2021

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This Air Fryer Smashed Potatoes Recipe will simply blow you away. You can share this dish with friends and family and they may just fall in love too. Serve it with chicken, beef or pork. You can also make these french onion potatoes as a delicious snack.

Air Fryer Smashed Potatoes

Talk about a wonderful side dish that’s quick and easy, this is it! These air fryer smashed potatoes are so good, you won’t believe how delicious they are until they melt in your mouth. They’re a little crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. The air fryer makes this recipe so easy, and they’re done in about 15 minutes. You’re gonna love this, so make sure to put it in your favorites!

Ingredients

Potatoes- Best to use the golden baby potatoes.
Olive oil- You can use Olive oil or vegetable oil.
Lipton Onion soup mix- This will be for the taste of the French onion.
Garlic salt -This will be added to taste.
Seasoned Pepper –You can add this for a stronger flavor.
Chives – These will be used to garnish.

How to Make Air Fryer Smashed Potatoes

You want to add your potatoes to a large bowl and spray generously with oil. Open your onion soup mix and add on top of the potatoes. Use your hands to toss the potatoes and coat them with the onion mix. Add in your salt, pepper, and mix.

Add the potatoes to the Air Fryer and set it to 350 degrees and cook for 10 minutes. Open it back up and use a metal spatula to crush the potatoes until the burst open. After they are all smashed, put back in the air fryer, and cook for an additional 5 minutes. When they are done, place on a serving plate and garnish with chives. Serve and Enjoy!

Air Fryer French Onion Potatoes on a white serving plate.

How Long Does it Take to Make Air Fryer Potatoes?

These potatoes and extremely quick and easy to make. Your potatoes will be cooked in the Air Fryer for 10 minutes then an additional 5 minutes and it will take no longer than 20 minutes to prepare and cook them.

What’s the Best Potato to Use?

It’s always best to use the potatoes that are already in this recipe. The perfect potatoes are the baby ones because they are smaller and take less time to cook through. The specific potatoes in this recipe are the Golden Baby Potatoes.

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Air Fryer Smashed Potatoes

Talk about a wonderful side dish that's quick and easy, this is it! These air fryer smashed potatoes are so good, you won't believe how delicious they are until they melt in your mouth. They're a little crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. The air fryer makes this recipe so easy, and they're done in about 15 minutes. You're gonna love this, so make sure to put it in your favorites!

Servings: 4

Prep: 5

Cook: 15

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