Over the past several weeks, I’ve been trying to create the perfect baked potato the in air fryer recipe. Over a dozen potatoes were used to find the optimal cooking time, method, and temperature so you don’t have to. Try this recipe, and I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Please note, with all the experimenting I did….you can do the first “air fry, or bake” in the microwave in about seven to eight minutes…which is a huge time saver. The meat department at my local grocery store sells these premade with the first “air fry, or bake” already completed…the one drawback is you don’t know who’s making your dinner, or what they put in it. Truth be told, I’d personally use a hybrid method of microwave and air fryer…but, I’m going to keep the baked potato recipe purely in the air fryer for anyone that just wants a regular “baked” potato.
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This baked potato in the air fryer recipe will take about an hour to assemble and cook. Trust me, it’s worth the wait and tastes out of this world. This recipe is gluten free, and an extremely affordable dish. It makes for a great side to go along with most proteins, you can easily double the amount if you’re entertaining, or you can even have it as dinner by itself. If you’re not using an air fryer, all of my recipes can also be made on a sheet pan in the oven by adding 50 degrees.
*Update* for anyone that asked, the potatoes on average were between 8 & 10 ounces.
Baked Potato The In Air Fryer
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- Pyrex oven safe glass dish
- Large Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 Russet potato
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 1 tbsp ranch dressing
- 2 slices thick cut bacon crumbled
- 1 tbsp whole milk
- 1/2 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup mild shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 bunch chives
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch freshly cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer or oven to 390 degrees.
- With a fork, poke 4 to 8 sets of holes into your potato. Coat or spray with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Put your potato in a Pyrex oven safe glass dish, and add to the air fryer, or oven for 35 – 40 minutes.
- Allow potato to rest 10 minutes. Air fry bacon at 400 degrees for 7 – 8 minutes during this step.
- Slice potato in half lengthwise, and hollow out the middle into a large bowl. Combine milk, butter, 1 tbsp of sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, salt, and pepper to taste and mix well.
- Add stuffing back into potato halves, and place back into the air fryer, or oven for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Top with ranch dressing, 1 tbsp of sour cream, and sliced chives.
Notes
Nutrition
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These look delicious!!
Thanks!
Dang🤤
Thanks!
Yum!!!!!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the great sacrifices you are/have made………. for science. 😂
My absolute pleasure!
It looks fabulous, like all your recipes. It would be helpful if you gave the size of your Russet since they vary widely and it affects cooking time. The terms medium and large are rather nondescript and something like 9 ounces would be very helpful.
Medium. 😀
How many ounces is the potato?
I honestly didn’t weigh the potatoes. I’ll pick one up and check next time I’m at the store.
Kathy, I went back and weighed potatoes. I cooked a lot of them for this recipe, but in average would say they were between 8 & 10 ounces.