Air Fryer Potato Wedges - Spicy Italian Flavour

Spice up your snack game with our Air Fryer Potato Wedges! These delicious wedges are super easy to make and packed with Italian-style flavours a kick of spice and fresh herbs.

If you like your cooking to be faff free, really easy and taste great, then our air fryer recipes are definitely for you!

Our air fryer potato wedges just take a few minutes to prepare and taste absolutely AMAZING!

They are perfectly cooked, perfectly seasoned and taste delicious alongside your favourite easy air fryer meals like air fryer burgers, air fryer whole chicken and air fryer salmon.

Cooking Our Air Fryer Potato Wedges Is A Good Thing, Here’s Why!

• Using the air fryer to cook potato wedges is such a time and energy saver, using less energy than a traditional oven and doesn’t need pre-heating.

• We only use 1 tablespoon of oil for the entire dish, so it‘s a healthy side dish.

• Air fryer potato wedges are really easy to make – so you can enjoy any night of the week.

• No need to par-boil, just wash, dry, slice and cook. Easy!

You’ll just love how crisp, golden and delicious these potato wedges turn out and just how yummy they are to eat!

And the secret to them being so tasty, is definitely the lower cooking temperature we air fry at first.

Equipment Needed

• Air Fryer – we use a Ninja Foodi Max Dual Zone Air Fryer - the 9.5 litre two drawer cooking space is BRILLIANT when you're cooking for a family. And it makes cooking meat, chicken or fish and potatoes at the same time super easy!

• Chopping board

• Vegetable knife

• Mixing bowl

• Tablespoon

• Teaspoon

• Kitchen scissors

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Ingredients For Air Fryer Potato Wedges

You'll only need a handful of ingredients to make these delicious red wedges

• 4 Red Skinned Potatoes - we use Desiree potatoes, they make delicious wedges!

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 2 teaspoon spicy Italian seasoning - you can usually pick this up in supermarkets - it's a blend of Italian herbs - usually flavours like oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, garlic powder and chilli flakes.

• pinch of salt

• 2 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese

• Bunch chives

How To Make Potato Wedges In The Air Fryer

You'll simply LOVE how easy these potato wedges are to make, they'll fast become your new fave!

Step One - slice the potato into wedges

• Slice the potatoes into halves lengthways, then slice each half into wedges, you should get around 6 wedges from each half a potato.

• Put the wedges into a mixing bowl.

Step Two - season the potato wedges

• Pour the olive oil over the potato wedges and scatter over the spicy Italian seasoning and salt.

• use your hands to toss the potatoes in the olive oil and seasoning so that they're all coated with Italian flavours.

Step Three - cook the potato wedges in the Ninja air fryer

• Tip the wedges into the air fryer basket.

• Then firstly, cook at 160C on the air fryer setting. This just ensures that the middles of the wedges are cooked through and softened, before we crisp up the outer skins. Give the basket a shake every 6-7 minutes or so, this will help them cook more evenly.

• After 20 minutes of cooking, shake the wedges again, then return to the Ninja air fryer and cook at 200C on the air fryer setting for around 15-20 minutes or until they're golden, crisping on the outside and smelling delicious!

Step Four - serve the air fryer potato wedges

• Tip the air fryer potato wedges onto a serving platter. We usually add a dip on the platter too - blue cheese, garlic mayonnaise or ketchup are all great with these Italian wedges.

• Then whilst the wedges are still warm from the air fryer, scatter over the grated Parmesan cheese and use kitchen scissors to snip the fresh herbs and scatter those over too. These make a delicious air fryer snack recipe!

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Air Fryer Potato Wedges - Cooking Tips!

How long should wedges be in the air fryer?

Freshly made wedges need to be cooked for around 35 minutes in the air fryer. The first 20 minutes at a low temperature to cook the middles, then a high temperature for the last 15 minutes to crisp up the outsides.

Frozen potato wedges usually take around 20 minutes to cook through - but do check the packet for full cooking instructions.

Why are my air fryer wedges not crispy?

If your air fryer wedges are not crispy its usually because you over-crowded the basket or you didn't cook them at a high enough temperature.

Should I soak potato wedges in water before air frying?

We don't soak the wedges in water first, it's not really necessary with this recipe.

Do potato wedges need par boiling first?

Not with this recipe, the initial cook time at a low temperature makes sure the middles are cooked so no par-boiling is necessary.

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