Name: Ninja Foodi Baked Potatoes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2 3 potatoes
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2-3 large raw Russet potatoes (sometimes called baking potatoes); olive oil; sea salt

Ninja Foodi Baked Potatoes

Ninja Foodi Baked Potatoes are better than oven, better than microwave and done perfect every time with the Air Fryer Air Crisp lid. Perfect crispy skins and melty soft inside baked potatoes. The best thing about air fried potatoes is you can set them up and forget them, waiting for the sound of the air fryer to go off! This guide to air fry baked potatoes in the ninja foodi will get you on your way to soft tender baked potatoes and ultimate mashed potatoes with freshly made spuds. Super soft baked potatoes is all you will find here just waiting to be loaded up with cheese, sour cream, bacon and chives!

Prep

5 min

Cook

40 min

Total

45 min

Serves

2 3 potatoes

Calories

318

If you are looking for an easy baked potato recipe that requires zero babysitting of the potato, super crispy skin but soft melty insides, look no further and Air Fryer Ninja Foodi Baked Potatoes.

Ninja Foodi Air Fried Baked Potatoes

✔ Ninja Foodi 6.5 quart ✔ Air Crisp Lid ✔ Basic Recipe

The Ninja Foodi Air Fryer (yes, I said Air Fryer, not Pressure cooker) makes perfect baked potatoes with no fuss.

Simple smother raw Russet potatoes with a bit of oil, season, and place in the NF Air Fryer basket and voila – lunch, dinner, snack, and perfect EVERY time.

Once you master how to make these baked potatoes in the Air Fryer, you will see no need to make them with any other cooking method. Simple, delicious, and what I like most of all – no requirement to “babysit” the food.

Ingredients for Recipe

2-3 large raw medium sized Russet baking potatoes
olive oil
sea salt

Baked Potatoes in Ninja Foodi

These baked potatoes are REALLY easy. First, stab baked potatoes with a fork all over the potato. This helps for the steam to release.

Add olive oil to the skin, making sure there is oil on all of the potato skin. You can do this by placing potatoes in a bowl and pouring oil over them, basting with a basting brush, or simply using your hands.

Baked Potatoes in Ninja Foodi are easy - for crispy skins add olive oil

Place potatoes in an air fryer basket and place them into a silver ceramic inner pot of Ninja Foodi.

Season well with sea salt.

add potatoes into air fryer air crisp basket - Ninja Foodi baked potatoes are so easy to make and way better than in the oven.

Close Air Crisp lid.

Set Air Fryer on Air Crisp for 400 degrees for 40 minutes.

Note that depending on the size of your potato, you may only need 35 minutes.

The great thing about the Air Crisp lid is you can simply check at the 35 min mark and close back up.

Potatoes are done with a knife slide through easily and skins are crispy.

done air fryer baked potatoes in the NF AC ready to go

easy sliced and creamy baked potatoes from the air fryer

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Steps

Baked Potatoes in Ninja Foodi

Stab baked potatoes with fork all over potato.

Add olive oil to skin, making sure there is oil on all of the potato skin. The easiest way to do this is simply with your hand or with a natural basting brush.

Add Air Crisp black basket to inner ceramic pot.

Place prepped baking potatoes inside air crisp basket.

Season potatoes well with sea salt.

Close Air Crisp lid.

Set Air Fryer on 400 degrees on Air Crisp for 40 minutes.

Note that depending on the size of your potato, you may only need 35 minutes. The great thing about the Air Crisp lid is you an simply check at the 35 min mark and close back up.

Potatoes are done with a knife slides through easily and skins are crispy.