French Fries, Air Fryer

also called air fryer chips · air fryer fries · basket chips · air fried french fries · chips from a raw potato

Also written for the plain way (3 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 or not, in 3/8-in batons)russet potatoescut 3/8-in batons, rinse and dry hard, toss with oilroast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 20–24 min, one layertoss the basket twice — an edge snaps when lifted out, not bendssalt hot in the same bowl
1 Tbssunflower oil
1 tspkosher salt
1/2 tspflaky salt
2 tspmalt vinegar
No 30-minute soak. Rinsed and dried, they brown and soften at once instead of drying to glass first — that is the loss.
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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.8 things to get out.

Pans and tools

Before anything else

2cut 3/8-in batons, rinse and dry hard, toss with oil

5salt hot in the same bowl

goes in with what step 4 made

Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 22 min3 of 4 steps give no time
Needs you
none given
If you get it wrong
Narrow — they are best in the first five minutes and merely good after fifteen, and a basket chip has no second fry to hide behind
What you'll wash
Two things — the basket, the bowl
Does it keep
Not at all — cold they go leathery, and a second pass dries them out rather than crisping them

  1. cut 3/8-in batons, rinse and dry hard, toss with oil

    not timedfrom the start

  2. roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 20–24 min, one layer

    22 minwalk awayfrom the start

  3. toss the basket twice — an edge snaps when lifted out, not bends

    not timed22 min in

  4. salt hot in the same bowl

    not timed22 min in

You'll need air fryer basket · bowl

See how it is written
>> title: French Fries, Air Fryer
>> category: Fried & Crispy
>> tags: potatoes, chips, fries, air fryer, basket, side
>> counters: The Air Fryer & the Pot
>> dish: french-fries
>> kit: Air Fryer
>> aka: air fryer chips, air fryer fries, basket chips, air fried french fries, chips from a raw potato
>> servings: 4
>> time: 35 min
>> slack: narrow — they are best in the first five minutes and merely good after fifteen, and a basket chip has no second fry to hide behind
>> washing-up: the basket, the bowl
>> capacity: 4 — one 5.7 L air fryer basket, roast, air fry
>> keeps: not at all — cold they go leathery, and a second pass dries them out rather than crisping them

>> 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.
Raw potato, one layer, no soaking bowl and no pan of oil.

>> step: cut 3/8-in batons, rinse and dry hard, toss with oil
Cut @russet potatoes{1 1/4%lb}(570 g; peeled or not, in 3/8-in batons), rinse the starch off, dry them hard in a towel and toss in a #bowl{} with @sunflower oil{1%Tbs}, @kosher salt{1%tsp}.

>> step: roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 20–24 min, one layer
Roast @&(~1)oiled batons{} in a preheated #air fryer basket{} at 200°C (400°F) for ~air fry{22%min}, one layer.

>> step: toss the basket twice — an edge snaps when lifted out, not bends
Toss @&(~1)chips{} by shaking the basket twice.

>> step: salt hot in the same bowl
Toss @&(~1)chips{} with @flaky salt{1/2%tsp}, @malt vinegar{2%tsp}.

>> step: No 30-minute soak. Rinsed and dried, they brown and soften at once instead of drying to glass first — that is the loss.
The soak is what makes the plain file worth an hour and a half.