Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Air Fryer

also called air fryer sweet potatoes · sweet potato cubes · basket sweet potato · air fried kumara

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; scrubbed, skin on)sweet potatoescut in 3/4-in cubes, toss in the bowlroast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 15–18 min, one layertoss the basket at nine minutes — corners dark, a skewer goes throughtoss hot in the same bowl
1 Tbs(15 mL)olive oil
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tspkosher salt
1/2 tspblack pepper
1/2(juiced)lime
2 Tbs(chopped)cilantro
1/2 tspflaky salt
The sugar that catches and burns on a sheet tray behaves better in moving air, which is the real gain and not the clock.
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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.11 things to get out.

Pans and tools

Before anything else

2cut in 3/4-in cubes, toss in the bowl

5toss 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 17 min3 of 4 steps give no time
Needs you
none given
If you get it wrong
Forgiving — the sugar catches at the corners rather than the whole face, so a couple of dark cubes are seasoning and not a ruined tray
What you'll wash
Two things — the basket, the bowl
Does it keep
2 days — they go soft and sweeter, which is good in a bowl and is no longer a crisp cube

  1. cut in 3/4-in cubes, toss in the bowl

    not timedfrom the start

  2. roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 15–18 min, one layer

    17 minwalk awayfrom the start

  3. toss the basket at nine minutes — corners dark, a skewer goes through

    not timed17 min in

  4. toss hot in the same bowl

    not timed17 min in

You'll need air fryer basket · bowl

See how it is written
>> title: Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Air Fryer
>> category: Vegetables & Sides
>> tags: sweet potato, air fryer, basket, side, smoked paprika
>> counters: The Air Fryer & the Pot
>> dish: roasted-sweet-potatoes
>> kit: Air Fryer
>> aka: air fryer sweet potatoes, sweet potato cubes, basket sweet potato, air fried kumara
>> servings: 4
>> time: 30 min
>> slack: forgiving — the sugar catches at the corners rather than the whole face, so a couple of dark cubes are seasoning and not a ruined tray
>> washing-up: the basket, the bowl
>> capacity: 4 — one 5.7 L air fryer basket, roast, air fry
>> keeps: 2 days — they go soft and sweeter, which is good in a bowl and is no longer a crisp cube

>> 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.
Cubes, not the oven's wedges. A wedge stands up in a short basket.

>> step: cut in 3/4-in cubes, toss in the bowl
Cut @sweet potatoes{1 1/4%lb}(570 g; scrubbed, skin on) into 3/4-in cubes and toss in a #bowl{} with @olive oil{1%Tbs}(15 mL), @smoked paprika{1%tsp}, @kosher salt{1%tsp}, @black pepper{1/2%tsp}.

>> step: roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 15–18 min, one layer
Roast @&(~1)cubed sweet potato{} in a preheated #air fryer basket{} at 200°C (400°F) for ~air fry{17%min}, one layer.

>> step: toss the basket at nine minutes — corners dark, a skewer goes through
Toss @&(~1)sweet potato{} by shaking the basket once.

>> step: toss hot in the same bowl
Toss @&(~1)roasted sweet potato{} with @lime{1/2}(juiced), @cilantro{2%Tbs}(chopped), @flaky salt{1/2%tsp}.

>> step: The sugar that catches and burns on a sheet tray behaves better in moving air, which is the real gain and not the clock.
Moving air, not a shorter cook. That is what the basket changes here.