What Makes This Recipe So Good
If you like seasoned fries, you’ll LOVE these seasoned air fryer potato wedges! The blend of paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper coat the thick wedges perfectly, for just the right amount of flavor in every bite.Y’all know I love my air fryer because it gives you that delicious deep-fried feeling without the work and the calories of actually deep-frying food. The outsides of the potato wedges crisp up beautifully while the insides stay moist and tender. They don’t come out burnt or undercooked!You’re totally in control of the types and amounts of seasoning you use for your potato wedges! Cut back on the paprika, dial up the salt, or make up a different blend completely. This method will work no matter how you season your wedges.
Key Ingredients for Air Fryer Potato Wedges
Russet Potatoes – So I’m recommending russet potatoes specifically because they just become that classic, perfect, quintessential potato wedge. They’re starchier than other potatoes, which means they crisp up perfectly, but they also give you that incredible tender filling. Red potatoes and Yukon Gold potatoes have a smoother, waxier texture inside. They’re good, and they’ll work if you want to use them, but they won’t have that potato wedges feeling.
Serving Suggestions
The seasoning on these wedges is so great, you may not even want a condiment or dipping sauce with yours. If you’re one of those people who just can’t have fries or potato wedges without something to dip them in (guilty!) then you can use any store-bought condiments, or you can make your own! I recommend…
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Chef’s Tips
Cut the potatoes into even, equal-sized wedges. If you don’t, they’ll cook unevenly, with the smaller wedges ending up overdone and the larger wedges underdone.What’s the easiest way to cut whole russet potatoes into wedges? Glad you asked! The easiest way is to take a whole potato and cut it in half lengthwise. That gives you one potato cut into 2 long halves. Place the potato halves cut-side down, so you’re looking at the potato skin, then cut them in half lengthwise again. Now you should have one potato cut into 4 long quarters. Flip the 4 quarters of the potato cut-side up, then cut them in half lengthwise, down the center. Now you have 8 wedges from one potato! Make sure to use a large, sharp knife and a cutting board that won’t slip around.Always, always remember to place your air fryer potato wedges in the air fryer basket in one even layer with space between each wedge. Overcrowding or overlapping means the wedges won’t cook evenly because the air can’t circulate like it needs to. If you have a smaller air fryer, you’ll probably need to cook your wedges in batches.
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