Batata Harra, Air Fryer

also called air fryer batata harra · spicy potatoes in the air fryer · basket batata harra · Lebanese spicy potatoes

Also written for the plain way (5 to wash).

The table

Written for a preheated 5.7 L basket. From cold, add three minutes. A 3.5 L basket is two batches, not more minutes.
1 1/4 lb(570 g; peeled, in 3/4-in cubes)russet potatoescut in cubes, dry hard, toss with oil in the bowlroast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 16–20 min, one layertoss the basket at ten minutes — a corner cracks, it does not denttoss hot in the same bowl, off the heat
1 1/2 Tbsolive oil
1 tspkosher salt
4 cloves(grated)garlic
1/2 cup(chopped)cilantro
1 tspred chile flakes
1/2(juiced)lemon
The plain file is a pan of frying oil plus two bowls. This is the basket and the bowl the potatoes came out of.
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.10 things to get out.

Pans and tools

Before anything else

2cut in cubes, dry hard, toss with oil in the bowl

5toss hot in the same bowl, off the heat

goes in with what step 4 made

Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 18 min3 of 4 steps give no time
Needs you
none given
If you get it wrong
Forgiving — a cube that is pale goes back for three minutes, and the garlic and cilantro go on off the heat where nothing can burn
What you'll wash
Two things — the basket, the bowl
Does it keep
Not at all — the cubes slump and their crust turns back to skin; it is a ten-minute dish to make again

  1. cut in cubes, dry hard, toss with oil in the bowl

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  2. roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 16–20 min, one layer

    18 minwalk awayfrom the start

  3. toss the basket at ten minutes — a corner cracks, it does not dent

    not timed18 min in

  4. toss hot in the same bowl, off the heat

    not timed18 min in

You'll need air fryer basket · bowl

See how it is written
>> title: Batata Harra, Air Fryer
>> category: Fried & Crispy
>> tags: potato, lebanese, air fryer, basket, cilantro, chiles
>> counters: The Air Fryer & the Pot
>> dish: batata-harra
>> kit: Air Fryer
>> aka: air fryer batata harra, spicy potatoes in the air fryer, basket batata harra, Lebanese spicy potatoes
>> servings: 4
>> time: 35 min
>> slack: forgiving — a cube that is pale goes back for three minutes, and the garlic and cilantro go on off the heat where nothing can burn
>> washing-up: the basket, the bowl
>> capacity: 4 — one 5.7 L air fryer basket, roast, air fry
>> keeps: not at all — the cubes slump and their crust turns back to skin; it is a ten-minute dish to make again

>> step: Written for a preheated 5.7 L basket. From cold, add three minutes. A 3.5 L basket is two batches, not more minutes.
No parboil and no pan of oil. The cubes go in raw and come back to the bowl.

>> step: cut in cubes, dry hard, toss with oil in the bowl
Cut @russet potatoes{1 1/4%lb}(570 g; peeled, in 3/4-in cubes), dry them hard in a towel and toss in a #bowl{} with @olive oil{1 1/2%Tbs}, @kosher salt{1%tsp}.

>> step: roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 16–20 min, one layer
Roast @&(~1)oiled cubes{} in a preheated #air fryer basket{} at 200°C (400°F) for ~air fry{18%min}, one layer.

>> step: toss the basket at ten minutes — a corner cracks, it does not dent
Toss @&(~1)potatoes{} by shaking the basket once.

>> step: toss hot in the same bowl, off the heat
Toss @&(~1)crisp cubes{} with @garlic{4%cloves}(grated), @cilantro{1/2%cup}(chopped), @red chile flakes{1%tsp}, @lemon{1/2}(juiced).

>> step: The plain file is a pan of frying oil plus two bowls. This is the basket and the bowl the potatoes came out of.
Five things down to two, and the toss is the same toss.