Crispy and fluffy jacket potato is now an easy to make and enjoy, side dish for family dinners. Using an air fryer, you can easily make best air fryer jacket potato in less than an hour. Let’s discuss my recipe of easy jacket potato with all tips and tricks.
Air Fryer Jacket Potato
Air fryer jacket potato or air fryer baked potato is almost same, many people get confused with the term. But the subtle difference lies in the texture and cooking technique of the recipe. The jacket potato is baked potato with crispy outer skin and fluffy inner, while air fryer baked potato is soft and fluffy both from inside and outside. The crispy skin of the potato makes a difference between air fryer jacket potato and air fryer baked potato.
Today we are making a baked potato recipe that is fluffy inside and crispy outside. Make this easy and comforting food for your friends and family and serve it with your favourite topping. Jacket potato is not only easy to make but you know it pairs really well with variety of toppings.In cosy winter nights or a sunny summer times you can enjoy this easy recipe with your loved ones. It is a perfect dish for your late night cravings.The best part of the recipe is that it is a quick side dish and you can make it with just three ingredients.
What You Will Need
Potato: For making a perfect and crispy jacket potato, the type of potato that I use are russet potato. They turns out more fluffy from inside because of high starch content. You can use any other type of potato avaliable near you that have high starch content. The type size and weight of potato affect the time of cooking. I prefer medium size potato for the recipe to manage the even cooking of potatoes.
Olive Oil: For a crispy skin brushing potato with oil is an important step of the recipe. I am using olive oil but you can use oil according to your preference.
Seasoning: I prefer a mild seasoning for jacket potato, hence salt and black pepper powder is enough for me. However, you can use sumac or paprika to spice up the taste.
Toppings: There are wide range of variety that can be used as topping for air fryer baked potato. You can use sour cream, mixed herb butter, mozzarella cheese, greek yougurt, beans, and jalapenos. For my recipe I like to top it with sour cream and chives.
Step By Step Directions
Step1-Clean and Pierce Potato
- Firstly, take two medium size potatoes and thoroughly clean it under tap water to remove dust.
- Then using a kitchen towel pat them to dry.
- Take a fork and pierce them. It will allow steam to escape and keep them safe from brusting in the air fryer.
Step2- Coating with Oil
- Then generously rub olive oil over potatoes. Make sure the skin is fully coated with oil. The oil coating makes its skin crispy.
Step3-Seasoning
- Now sprinkle salt and black pepper on potatoes according to your taste. Flip the potatoes and again sprinkle the seasoning on other sides of potatoes.
Step4-Air Frying
- Preheat the air fryer for 6 minutes at 200°C.
- Place the potatoes into the air fryer basket , keeping a distance.
- Then air fry them for 40-45 minutes.
- Check the doneness by inserting the fork, if it comes out easily they are done.
Step5-Topping
- Let them cool down, for 5 minutes.
- Finally, top them with sour cream, chives, cheese or any other topping of your choice.
Tips That will Help
- The choice of potato is really important for making air fryer jacket potato. Prefer using a high starch potato like russet to get a soft and fluffy results.
- The large size potato will take longer time to cook as compared to medium or small size potato. Also weight of potato also affect the cooking process.
- The timing of air fryer varies from brand to brand, hence check the manual of your brand before adjusting the time.
- You have to keep the size,and weight of poatoes , and brand of air fryer in mind before adjusting the temperature and time.
- It will be better to use your hands to rub oil, through this way you are able to fully coat potatoes.
- Use a fork or a thermometer to check whether it is done or not.
- Flip them halfway while air frying to get even cooking.
FAQ’s
How long does it take to air fryer jacket potato?
There are number of factors involve that affect cooking timining of jacket potato in an air fryer. A medium size potato can take 40-45 minutes in a air fryer, however, larger size potatoes may take longer time to cook. The small size potatoes can take shorter time in air fryer.
Is it cheaper to cook jacket potato in air fryer or in oven?
Air fryer are more energy efficent as compared to ovens. Air fryer use hot air to cook food in short period of time. However, the energy consumption of air fryer varies from brand to brand and model to model. It is recommended to use air fryer if you are preparing 2-6 jacket potatoes. But for preparing larger batch oven is more suitable.
Why are my potatoes still hard in air fryer?
The right temperature is key to get perfectly crispy potatoes in air fryer. Cooking for a longer period at high temperature or cooking at low temperature for shorter time will make your potatoes hard. You have to adjust the timing and temperature according to the size of potato. The average timing of a medium size potato is 40-45 minutes and the perfect temperature is 200°C.
How to reheat jacket potatoes?
Jacket potatoes can easily reheated in microwave and air fryer. In a microwave reheat them for 2-3 minutes. In air fryer you can reheat the jacket potatoes for 5-8 minutes. They can also be reheated on stove top and in oven but these methods will disturb the crispy texture of jacket potatoes.
Air Fryer Jacket Potato Recipe
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 2 Medium Russest Potato
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 2 Tsp Chopped Chives Optional
- 2 Tbsp Sour Cream Optional
Instructions
- Firstly, take two medium size potatoes and thoroughly clean it under tap water to remove dust.
- Then using a kitchen towel pat them to dry.
- Take a fork and pierce them. It will allow steam to escape and keep them safe from brusting in the air fryer.
- Then generously rub olive oil over potatoes. Make sure the skin is fully coated with oil. The oil coating makes its skin crispy.
- Now sprinkle salt and black pepper on potatoes according to your taste. Flip the potatoes and again sprinkle the seasoning on other sides of potatoes.
- Preheat the air fryer for 6 minutes at 200°C.
- Place the potatoes into the air fryer basket , keeping a distance.
- Then air fry them for 40-45 minutes.
- Check the doneness by inserting the fork, if it comes out easily they are done.
- Let them cool down, for 5 minutes.
- Finally, top them with sour cream, chives, cheese or any other topping of your choice.
