Garlic, golden and crispy! How to make ‘the best roast potatoes' - without an oven
roast potatoes air fryer
Roast potatoes are a Sunday dinner staple, arguably more important than roasted meat or gravy. But, if you’re looking for a quick and easy way to make roast potatoes without the faff of an oven, try this air fryer recipe.
Titled the “best air fryer roast potatoes”, TikTok creator @abikateshailes shared her step-by-step guide which involved roasted garlic and thyme.
First, you need to “peel and cut your potatoes”, @abikateshailes chose large white potatoes and chopped them in half so they were larger.
Next, she placed them into a pan of cold water, and boiled them on the hob “until slightly soft”.
A pinch of salt was also added to the water.
While the potatoes boiled, she mixed oil, salt, pepper and thyme in a plastic bowl.
Optional, but for garlic lovers, @abikateshailes added a “floret of roasted garlic” and “mixed mixed mixed”.
If you don’t want to roast a garlic bulb, you can use ready-minced garlic or garlic powder.
Once the potatoes were slightly boiled, the water was drained from the pan and the potatoes were steamed for a few minutes.
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“One tablespoon of flour” was then sprinkled over the potatoes and the “oil mixture” which included garlic was poured over.
The lid to the pan was placed on top and the pan was shaken to ensure all potatoes were covered.
Next, the potatoes were placed into the air fryer – which had a layer of tin foil on the basket to minimise the cleanup.
The temperature was set to “160 degrees for 20 minutes” before shaking and then turned up to “200 degrees for another 20 minutes”.
After the time was up, crispy golden roast potatoes emerged from the air fryer.
@abikateshailes said the potatoes “went really well with cheesy chicken wrapped in bacon” with “homemade Yorkshire puddings and veg”.
They’d also make a great addition to a roast chicken dinner as thyme is a popular herb to season chicken.
Roasting potatoes in the oven usually take around an hour to one hour 30 minutes.
An air fryer is one of the cheaper kitchen appliances to use when it comes to energy bills.
According to experts, there is a difference of about 50 percent less total energy used for an air fryer versus an oven.