Everyone is making smashed potatoes and they’re worth the HYPE.
Potatoes are an irresistible vegetable that everyone loves, whether mashed potatoes, potato wedges, or french fries. The taste is unforgettable.
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However, a particularly popular potato recipe has recently stood out, garnering praise and admiration from many food lovers. This is the air fryer smashed potatoes.
The Best Potato Recipe Ever!
This is the most delicious potato recipe I’ve ever tasted!
Their exteriors are irresistibly crispy, achieved through the air fryer’s hot circulating air, providing a satisfying crunch with every bite.
Inside, the potatoes are fluffy and soft, creating a comforting contrast to the crisp skin.
The flavor is rich and can be enhanced with various seasonings—garlic, rosemary, or simple salt and pepper, allowing for a customizable taste that can range from savory to subtly spicy.
The cooking method also ensures a golden brown color, visually appealing and indicative of a deep, roasted flavor.
Kitchen Tools Needed for Smashed Potatoes Recipe
Large Capacity Air Fryer
To achieve the crispiest smashed potatoes, you need a large cooking surface to accommodate all the potatoes while allowing a bit of breathing room around each one.
The Typhur Dome air fryer is an optimal choice, being the first air fryer designed with cooking surface area in mind. Its Dome-shaped design shortens the distance hot air travels to the food, and its larger cooking surface ensures each potato is evenly roasted.
The Typhur Dome large air fryer, with its single layer large capacity, is especially suited for making a large batch of smashed potatoes evenly cooked and crisped to perfection.
It’s great for family meals or gatherings, letting you cook lots of potatoes at once for more consistent results and less time spent. Plus, its self-cleaning mode makes cleanup a breeze.
Large Pot
For boiling the potatoes until they are tender enough to smash. Choose a pot that can accommodate all your potatoes in a single batch.
Pro-tips for Ultra Crispy Smashed Potatoes
Making ultra-crispy smashed potatoes is straightforward—boil, smash, season, and bake—but I’ve discovered a couple of tricks along the way:
- After boiling and draining, let the potatoes dry out for a few minutes or pat them dry. This step is key to achieving the best crispiness!
- Keep the skin on the potatoes. The skin acts as a natural barrier that holds the potato together, ensuring it doesn’t fall apart during the smashing process.
- Avoid overcrowding: Spread the potatoes out on the baking sheet. Overcrowding can cause them to steam rather than roast, affecting their crispiness.
How to Make Smash Potatoes in an Air Fryer
It’s very easy to air fryer smash potatoes, just follow the instructions.
Ingredients for Smashed Potatoes
- 6 Yukon Gold potatoes: I prefer using yellow potatoes in this recipe because their centers are especially creamy—almost butter-like. To get the potatoes crispy in the oven, you need to smash them down. Look for ones that are no larger than 2 inches in diameter.
- 8g salt (excluding salt for boiling potatoes)
- Black pepper and olive oil, to taste
Instruction
Step 1. Boil the potatoes in salted water for 20-30 minutes until tender. Drain and allow to cool slightly.
Step 2. Transfer the potatoes to a large sheet pan and use the bottom of a cup or a serving fork to gently “smash” them down. The thinner you make the potatoes, the crispier they will become.
Step 3. Preheat your air fryer to 400°F (200°C). Place the smashed potatoes on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Season with Himalayan pink salt and black pepper to taste. Air fry for 15-30 minutes or until golden and crispy.
Step 4. Once the potatoes are crispy and golden brown, serve them hot with your preferred sauce on top.
Enjoy the irresistible combination of crispy exteriors and creamy interiors – these smashed potatoes are sure to impress! Share the recipe with your friends and let them join in on the deliciousness.
