Name: Air Fryer Baked Potatoes
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 52 min
Ingredients: 3 pounds Potatoes ( - 4 potatoes, I'm guessing at the weight that each potato is 3/4 pound); 1 1/2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil ( - or cooking spray); 3/4 teaspoon Salt; 1/8 teaspoon Pepper

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Air Fryer Baked Potatoes are simple and taste delicious just as they are. You can also turn them into a meal by making a baked potatoes bar. It's a chili bar and the toppings can be simple or extravagant.

Looking down at one single baked potato split open and filled with chili, onions and dairy free cheese.

The weather is getting nicer with the worst of the chilly seasons behind us. This yearly pattern seems to bring out the casual living in all of us.

Outdoors are opened up and very easy meals are prepared. Inside or out the living is easy.

So let's get to the nitty-gritty of baking potatoes in an air fryer. It is so simple and the potatoes are delicious just as they are.

If you want baked potatoes and nothing else then using an air fryer is a smart way to go. The house stays cooler which always a great idea in warmer weather.

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🔪 Instructions
📖 Bar Toppings
🥗 Chili recipes
📖 Tempting air fryer recipes
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I think I'll jump right into the instructions right here just to show you how easy these baked potatoes are to make. Four ingredients and just a very few minutes of preparation.

Four simple ingredients including potatoes and olive oil sitting on a cutting board in front of an air fryer.

🔪 Instructions

Add potatoes to a large bowl.
Coat well with olive oil or cooking spray.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Place in Air Fryer basket.

Looking down at four prepared baked potatoes in an air fryer basket with an empty bowl of oiled seasonings on the side.

Cook at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.
Turn potatoes and cook for an additional 15-20 minutes or until fork-tender.
Serve immediately with toppings of your choice.

See what I mean? Really simple and even that little bit of oil and seasoning makes them air fry perfectly.

You can serve the baked potatoes just as you would at any dinner or lay out a spread for friends and family. It's easy to do and very inviting.

The nutritional values I have on the recipe card are for the baked potato only. The nutritional values will vary a lot with toppings.

I've listed quite a few ideas for baked potato bar toppings and you can pick and choose what you think your crew would like. I love the idea of a chili bar so that you can ladle as much as you like right in the center of the split baked potato.

A single baked potato opened and filled with chili and toppings sitting front of other veggies for sprinkling.

From there you can sprinkle on basics such as red onions and dairy-free cheddar cheese. As you can see in the photos, It's a delicious meal.

📖 Bar Toppings

Russet potatoes - are the best for baking and stuffing.
Chili - is wonderful pour over the opened potato in lieu of dairy-free butter.
Onions - diced small for sprinkling
Dairy-free cheddar cheese - buy one that is already grated to make things simple.
Black olives - sliced for sprinkling.
For people who want to skip the chili you can add:
Dairy-free butter but I'm not sure who is even going to want butter with all these other great toppings.
Tomatoes - diced small.
Salsa - and a spoon for scooping.
Extra beans such as black beans, drained.
Jicama - slice in rounds and then dice small.
Chives - to sprinkle at the very end.

A tilted view of a split open baked potato with chili ladled down the middle and sprinkled with diced red onions and dairy-free cheddar cheese.

So there you have it. Pre-prepare all of the toppings beforehand and have each ingredient in its own bowl with a serving spoon or fork.

🥗 Chili recipes

I'm going with a couple of chilis that I think would work great with baked potatoes.
First, Two-Bean Camp Chili. It's rich with lots of 'sauce'.
This Homemade Vegan Chili with mixed beans is one of the most popular on the blog and I think it would work really well for this baked potatoes bar.

Lay everything out with utensils and napkins and set everyone loose. They'll be mashing and ladling and scooping in no time.

A tilted view of a split open baked potato with chili ladled down the middle and sprinkled with diced red onions and dairy-free cheddar cheese. Text above for Pinterest.

📖 Tempting air fryer recipes

Cauliflower Buffalo Wings from the Air Fryer turn out so spicy and crispy. You'll love them.
There is a nice little group of recipes on the blog now and this Air Fryer Sticky Mushroom Rice recipe has the best flavors.
Spicy Sweet Potato Chips taste so good and are a very satisfying snack.

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Overhead view of a baked potato filled with chili on a white plate with a bowl of serving chili on the side.

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