Air Fryer Sweet Potato Wedges

Why you’ll love them

One of the things I love to make most in my air fryer are these quick and crispy sweet potato wedges. We enjoy homemade wedges often (they’re one of the few things we can all agree we like to eat), but these make a tasty, colorful and nutritious change.

I most often serve them when I’m in a hurry to get dinner on the table midweek – as a quick and healthy side dish – with air fryer rotisserie chicken, for example. But they can also make a perfect appetizer or snack with dips. We love to dunk our wedges into cooling sour cream and zingy sweet chili sauce!

It takes just a few minutes to slice the sweet potatoes into wedges – you can even leave on the skin if you like. Then toss them in olive oil and some light but tasty seasoning. Throw them into the air fryer for around 15 minutes and that’s it, they’re done! Much faster than in your regular oven but with the same crispy and delicious result.

Here’s a quick summary of what you’ll love:

• Super quick and easy. A few minutes to slice the potatoes, and around 15 minutes to roast.
• Nicely crispy on the outside, sweet and tender on the inside.
• Lightly seasoned to suit both the kids and the grownups!
• Quick and easy side dish, or appetizer or snack with dips.

About the ingredients

You’ll find a full list of ingredients with amounts in the recipe card below. But here’s a summary of what you need to know.

Aren’t the recipes that get you the tastiest result with just a few simple ingredients just the best? This recipe for sweet potato air fryer wedges is a great example!

This is all you’ll need:

Sweet potatoes: Use orange-fleshed sweet potatoes for best results (they’re just sweeter than the white or purple-fleshed varieties). Luckily, it’s the orange ones that you see most often in the supermarket.

To serve 4 to 6 people, you’ll need 2 medium sized sweet potatoes. You can either peel the potatoes or keep the skin on for extra crisp, and less prep work!

Olive oil: You’ll only need 1 to 2 tablespoons to coat the wedges, but I recommend not trying to skip it. It will help the wedges to crisp and taste like regular fried or roasted sweet potatoes.

Of course, you can use a different kind of oil if you prefer.

Dried herbs: I tend to use a mixed dried herb blend such as mixed Italian herbs. However, use whatever you have or enjoy. Basil, oregano, or thyme are all good options.

Paprika and cumin: I feel like a touch of both of these enhances the natural sweetness of the wedges while adding contrasting warmth and depth of flavor. Mmm!

Garlic and onion powder: If you don’t have either of these, you could simply double the other one. Fresh garlic tends to burn easily in the air fryer, so I don’t recommend using that instead (and who needs the extra effort!).

Salt and pepper: As always, I’ve suggested an amount, but you can adapt it to taste.

How to make sweet potato wedges in your air fryer

Step 1: Peel the sweet potatoes if you’d like to. If you’d like to keep the skins on, scrub them well.

Step 2: Then slice into small wedges around 1cm thick. To do this, I usually cut the sweet potato in half or thirds first (across the width), then in half again (this time lengthwise). Then I slice each of these pieces into smaller wedges.

Step 3: At this point, I recommend blotting the sweet potato wedges so that they are are as dry as possible. Then toss them well in a bowl together with the oil and seasoning.

Step 4: Put half to three quarters of the wedges into your air fryer basket (depending on the size). You can have a few overlapping, but don’t crowd the basket too much.

This is OK, for example:

Remember to give the basket a shake half way through cooking and to keep a close eye on them towards the end of the cooking time.

Serving ideas and tips

• Serve immediately. I find that sweet potato wedges or fries lose their crisp fairly quickly, so do serve them right away.
• If serving as an appetizer, party food or snack, consider serving with sour cream and sweet chili sauce on the side! Alternatively, how about a 5-minute dip such as dill Greek yogurt dip or Greek feta red pepper dip? Or any favorite dip!
• Serve as a side dish with any of the ideas below, pizza (made with Greek yogurt dough!), Greek lamb chops or other baked or grilled meat, or any main dish! Most of these happen to be chicken, but my top choice would be the salmon! If you want to cook the main in your air fryer as well, cook that first, then cook the wedges.