Carrot Fries Air Fryer Recipe
Looking for a healthier way to enjoy delicious fries? Our Air Fryer Carrot Fries seasoned with a delicious peri peri coating are just SO GOOD! The perfect snack or side dish.
We just love carrot fries! They're a really tasty alternative to regular fries and packed with nutrients too! Plus they're cooked in just one tablespoon of olive oil, so they're a delicious healthy swap for regular French fries.
And the peri peri seasoning we use is just so flavourful! These carrot fries really are so very moreish! Great served with your favourite easy meals, like our bean burgers, air fryer Nando's chicken or even just as a snack with some great homemade beetroot hummus.
Cooking Our Air Fryer Carrot Fries For Dinner Is A Good Thing, Here’s Why!
Healthy Alternative To French Fries – carrots are naturally bursting with vitamins and minerals and have loads of great health benefits. Plus these vegetable fries are made with only one tablespoon of olive oil and air fried not deep fried. Plus they count towards you 5-a-day!
Really Easy To Make - carrot fries are super easy to make, you can have them prepped and ready to air fry in around 5 minutes.
Totally Delicious - carrots are naturally sweet, so these fries are super tasty, and perfect for dunking in your favourite dip or sauce. Plus, you can swap the peri peri seasoning for any other you fancy!
Low Cost - carrots are low cost, this recipe only uses five ingredients and air frying costs less than using the traditional deep fat fryer, so this is a cheap and easy recipe.
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
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Ingredients For Carrot Fries
This tasty vegetable side dish just needs five ingredients!
- 4 large carrots - scrubbed and cut into batons
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon cornflour
- 2 teaspoon peri peri seasoning - we use homemade, but a shop bough peri peri seasoning blend is fine to use in this recipe instead.
- Pinch salt - optional
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How To Make Carrot Fries In The Air Fryer
This is a super easy air fryer recipe!
Step One - season the carrot batons
- Toss the carrot batons into a bowl, pour over the olive oil and then tip on the peri peri seasoning and cornflour. Add a pinch of salt too, if using.
- Toss the carrot batons using your hands so that they're all coated, keep tossing them until the white cornflour colour disappears and they start to all look a dirty orange colour.
Step Two - air fry the carrot fries
- Tip the seasoned carrot batons into the air fryer basket. Try to keep it to a single layer (you may need to cook in two batches). Don't worry too much about a little overlapping, as you'll be shaking the air fryer basket a few times as they cook.
- Cook the carrot fries on the air fry setting at 160C for 10 minutes. Then turn the air fryer up to 200C and continue to cook for a further 8-10 minutes or until the carrots are crisping up and golden.
Cooks Note - if you've cut your carrots chunkier then they'll probably need a longer cooking time.
Step Three - serve the carrot fries
- Once the air fryer vegetable fries are cooked to your liking, tip them onto a serving platter or bowl and add your favourite dips on the side.
We like to serve these with a spicy mayonnaise dip, made by just adding a squirt of Nando's hot sauce to some mayonnaise and stirring.
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Carrot Fries Air Fryer Recipe
A delicious healthy alternative to French Fries
Ingredients
- 4 large carrots - scrubbed and cut into batons
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon peri peri seasoning
- 2 teaspoon cornflour
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Toss the carrot batons into a bowl, pour over the olive oil and then tip on the peri peri seasoning and cornflour. Add a pinch of salt too, if using.
- Toss the carrot batons using your hands so that they’re all coated, keep tossing them until the white cornflour colour disappears and they start to all look a dirty orange colour.
- Tip the seasoned carrot batons into the air fryer basket. Try to keep it to a single layer (you may need to cook in two batches). Don’t worry too much about a little overlapping, as you’ll be shaking the air fryer basket a few times as they cook.
- Cook the carrot fries on the air fry setting at 160C for 10 minutes. Then turn the air fryer up to 200C and continue to cook for a further 8-10 minutes or until the carrots are crisping up and golden. Give the air fryer basket a shake every few minutes, to ensure they cook evenly.
- Once the vegetable fries are cooked to your liking, tip them onto a serving platter or bowl and add your favourite dips on the side.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 46Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 155mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 0g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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Wendy is the creator of Daisies & Pie, a UK food blog sharing easy meals and home lifestyle tips since 2012
