Ready to make something with potatoes in your air fryer other than Air Fried French Fries? This is an easy Potatoes Anna recipe that you can make in your air fryer. Four simple ingredients yield a tasty, elegant dish that is fit for company, but very simple to make.
What Makes Air Fryer Potatoes So Great?
- Easy. Just layer the potatoes and butter to fill the pan and pop them in your air fryer.
- Delicious. All of the flavor of your favorite fried potatoes without all of the extra oil.
- Vegetarian. A great vegetarian side dish to pair with your favorite meal.
- Gluten Free. An allergy-friendly dish your whole family will love.
Are Air Fried Potatoes Good For You?
Well, yes and no. They're good for you in comparison to other types of potato recipes but they're not what I would consider "health food."
The great thing about cooking anything in the air fryer is that it requires less oil than deep frying and cooks at a fraction of the time it takes in your oven.
How To Make Air Fryer Potatoes
Do you think it's too difficult to make Potatoes Anna or delicious air fryer potatoes? You'll be pleasantly surprised at how simple they are to make with a few tips and tricks.
Here's the trick. Use a good quality mandolin like this Swissmar Mandolin That's simply the best way to get even slices that you can layer into a heat-safe pan that fits in your air fryer. I have tried several different Mandolins, by the way, since this one seemed a bit pricey to me.
What you're going to do is to cut the potatoes evenly, and use lots and lots of butter. LOTS of butter.
This dish only has four ingredients--potatoes, butter, salt, and pepper. Don't be skimping on the butter! Use it. Enjoy it. And watch it transform the humble potato into something that is elegant, creamy, and absolutely delicious.
Have some extra potatoes in the pantry and need some more recipes to use them in? Make these savory, cheesy Potatoes Au Grain right in your air fryer, leaving the oven open for the main course!
Tips and Tricks For Making Air Fryer Potatoes
This dish is often referred to as a galette, or a cake because what you want is for the various layers of potato to melt into each other. You also want a deeply browned and crunchy crust. So there are the tips you will need, in order to make the best air fryer potatoes you will ever have.
- Do not rinse the potato slices. You need the starch between the layers for the potatoes to stick together.
- Do not skimp on the butter. There are only four ingredients in this dish. You NEED that butter. Cut calories somewhere else. It's definitely worth it to do this Potatoes Anna right and when you have a splurge.
- Do not skip the step where I ask you to brown the pan with potatoes on the stovetop first. Listen. You know me. #ruthlessefficiency. If I tell you to follow an additional step, you can bet there's a reason why. In this case, the reason is simply that you need a good, firm brown crust on the bottom potatoes. The beauty of Potatoes Anna is the combination of a slightly crispy crust, along with the creamy potatoes inside. You can't get that crust with just the air fryer. Trust me. I tried it.
- Take my advice and start with that center slice of potato as you begin layering. It really serves as an anchor point that will make the concentric circles in your Pomme Anna that much more even and symmetrical. You just don't get the same symmetry when you start placing potatoes from the sides first.
Other than that, making Air Fryer Potatoes Anna is simplicity itself.
Want More Air Fryer Recipes?
- Air Fryer Zucchini
- Air Fryer Corn on the Cob
- French Toast
- Keto Shrimp Scampi
- Air Fryer Mushrooms
- Fish Nuggets
If you love this Air Fryer Potatoes recipe as much as I do, make sure you share it with your friends on Facebook and Pinterest so they can try them too.
Ingredients
- 1 large Potatoes, sliced 1/8 inch thin on a mandolin
- 4 tablespoons Butter
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
Instructions
- Use a mandolin to slice the potatoes as thinly as you can.
- Brush the bottom of a heatproof 7 x 2 inch pan with butter. Arrange one slice of potato in the middle. Now create concentric, overlapping circles of potato, making sure you go all the way to the edges of the pan since the potatoes will shrink as they cook.
- Place this pan with its single layer of potatoes on the stove top and start heating it on medium. You are doing this to get the bottom layer well browned.
- Continue to place layer upon layer of potatoes, continuing in concentric circles, brushing with lots of butter between layers. Press down on the layers so that the bottom will brown well.
- Once you are done with the last layer, sprinkle any remaining salt and pepper and pour any remaining butter all over the potatoes.
- Cover the pan with foil. Place the pan in the air fryer basket and set the air fryer to to 400°F for 30 minutes. Then remove the foil, and cook at 400°F for another 10 minutes.
- Using a spatula, loosen the edges of the potatoes and upturn them on to a serving plate.
- Do not rinse the potato slices. You need the starch between the layers for the potatoes to stick together.
- Do not skimp on the butter. There are only four ingredients in this dish. You NEED that butter. Cut calories somewhere else.
- Do not skip the step where I ask you to brown the pan with potatoes on the stovetop first. Listen. You know me. #ruthlessefficiency. If I tell you to follow an additional step, you can bet there's a reason why. In this case, the reason is simply that you need a good, firm brown crust on the bottom potatoes. The beauty of Potatoes Anna is the combination of a slightly crispy crust, along with the creamy potatoes inside. You can't get that crust with just the air fryer. Trust me. I tried it.
- Take my advice and start with that center slice of potato as you begin layering. It really serves as an anchor point that will make the concentric circles in your Pomme Anna that much more even and symmetrical. You just don't get the same symmetry when you start placing potatoes from the sides first.
Kim
Question: Is it just one potato? That wouldn't make four servings at our house.