These delicious Crispy Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes are made with onions and peppers and can be yours in just 25 minutes. Simple ingredients, just a touch of oil, and the perfect blend of seasonings, and you'll have crispy breakfast potatoes on your plate.
A Quick Look at the Recipe
👩🏻🍳 Recipe Name: Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes
⏱️ Ready In: 25 minutes
🧑🧑🧒 Serves: 8
🍴Calories: ~158 (estimated)
🥣 Main Ingredients: Potatoes, Onions, Peppers, Seasoning
🎯 Difficulty: Very Easy
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If you've been following me for a while, you know that I LOVE a good breakfast - especially one that includes potatoes. (See this 5-Ingredient Cheesy Chicken Hash Brown Casserole and my Mexican Chorizo and Eggs With Potatoes for more examples!!)
These crispy country potatoes are one of my new favorite breakfast dishes, with soft, creamy centers, crispy on the outside, and served with onions and bell peppers - they're just like how your favorite diner serves them. These easy breakfast potatoes are the perfect side dish for a hearty breakfast, including ultra creamy scrambled eggs, steak egg and cheese bagels, or my delicious quiche florentine. And the air fryer makes it quick and easy to whip up while I'm working on the main meal.
In This Post
- A Quick Look at the Recipe
- Why I Love This Recipe
- Key Ingredients
- Variations and Substitutions
- How To Make Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes
- Expert Tips For The Best Breakfast Potatoes
- Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes Frequently Asked Questions
- Storage And Reheating
- What to serve with country potatoes
- More Easy Breakfast Recipes
- Recipe
- Comments
Why I Love This Recipe
Air fryer recipes are becoming my preference for so many dishes because of the speed at which you can make things and the relatively small amount of oil you need compared to baking or sautéing. Read on to see why this air fryer breakfast potatoes recipe is a favorite for this beloved appliance.
- Perfect texture. Air frying is a game-changer for making the best breakfast potatoes, and, IMHO, the best way to cook them. It allows you to achieve that coveted crispy exterior without drowning your potatoes in oil. The high heat and circulating air in the air fryer ensure even cooking, resulting in the perfect texture that's crispy around the edges and perfectly tender on the inside. The perfect country potatoes!
- Fast. These cook up quickly - the total cook time is just 15 minutes in the air fryer is all you need for perfectly crispy breakfast potatoes.
- Versatile. Sure, breakfast potatoes are great alongside eggs and bacon, but I love that I can use them as a base for a hash, stuff them into breakfast burritos, or even add them to this 5-ingredient chicken breakfast casserole. It's a crowd-pleasing side dish for almost any meal. Yum!
Key Ingredients
Here's all you'll need to make this perfect breakfast side dish.
- Yukon Gold potatoes. You could use any kind of potato you wish, but I love Yukon Gold potatoes because of their creamy texture and buttery flavor.
- Bell peppers and onions. The red and green bell pepper, combined with diced onions, adds a burst of color and a sweet, savory flavor to the potatoes. I used yellow onions for a sweeter flavor, but red onions will work too.
- Neutral oil. Use a neutral oil here (not olive oil) so that your simple ingredients shine through. I used Grapeseed oil, but you could also use avocado oil, canola oil, or vegetable oil for this simple recipe.
- Salt and black pepper. Simple yet essential, these seasonings bring out the natural flavors of the potatoes and peppers and add just a touch more flavor.
Variations and Substitutions
As is, this recipe for air fryer country potatoes is super versatile and could be used in all sorts of recipes. But you can change it up based on what you're serving or how you're using the potatoes.
- Add different seasonings. Add a dash of garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, chili powder, cayanne pepper, or even Cajun seasoning for a different, spicer take.
- Add some fresh herbs. Adding some chopped fresh herbs to these after they've finished cooking can be a great way to add some fresh flavor to the potatoes.
- Cheese. One of my favorite finishers! Adding just ½ cup of Parmesan cheese on top of the potatoes makes for a gooey, savory touch.
- Veggies. Add some more veggies (a cup of sliced mushrooms would be great.)
- Try a sauce. For a spicy kick, drizzle hot sauce over the finished potatoes. Or add a dollop of sour cream to this delicious breakfast side dish.
- Use a different type of potatoes. I prefer Yukon Gold potatoes here, but you can easily substitute those for russet potatoes or even red potatoes with equally great results.
- Make them into home fries! I diced the potatoes for this recipe and made air fryer potato cubes, but you could slice these a bit thicker and longer to make air fryer home fries if you prefer.
How To Make Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes
These are the basic steps, with images, to help you make the best air fryer breakfast potatoes. Skip down to the recipe card below for the full printable recipe.
Step 1: Chop the potatoes and veggies. Dice 3 lbs of Yukon Gold potatoes into small, ½-inch cubes. Dice 1 red pepper, 1 green pepper, and 1 yellow onion.
Step 2: Toss the potatoes and veggies with oil. Add the cubed potatoes, bell peppers, and onions to a large bowl. Toss the diced vegetables in oil, ensuring they're evenly coated. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Step 3: Air fry the breakfast potatoes. Add the diced potatoes, onion, and bell pepper mixture to your air fryer basket in a single layer. (Don't crowd your basket - work in batches if you need to!) Air fry the breakfast potatoes at 400° for 10 minutes. Shake the basket, then return for 5 minutes. Repeat until the potatoes are crispy around the edges and are golden brown.
Step 4: Serve. Plate up these delicious, crispy air fryer breakfast potatoes and enjoy!
Expert Tips For The Best Breakfast Potatoes
- Don't crowd the air fryer basket. Placing too many potatoes in the basket will cause them to steam instead of air-fry, resulting in soggy potatoes. To achieve maximum crispiness, add the potatoes in a single layer. Work in batches if you need to.
- Cooking time may vary. Depending on how big you cut your potatoes, you may need to increase or decrease your cooking time. Just try to cut the potatoes the same size to ensure even cooking.
Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely! Simply toss the seasoned potatoes in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for a crispy alternative.
No! In fact, I prefer to leave the skin on. I love how the skin gets extra crispy. Plus, the skin of a potato is super good for you - there are actually more nutrients in the skin than in the interior of the potato if you can believe it. (Also, it just makes this recipe even easier!)
For some recipes, I do like to soak the potatoes first to help remove some of the excess starch, which helps prevent browning and makes them extra crispy when roasting. However, it's not always necessary, and I found that with this recipe, since the potatoes were cut small, they crisp up well without the soaking. (Win!)
This may have happened for a couple of reasons. First, for best results, you need to make sure you don't try to air fry too many potatoes at once. They need room for the hot air to circulate throughout the air fryer basket. Second, be sure you shake the basket at the 10-minute mark so that the potatoes cook evenly. If you find your breakfast potatoes are still not crispy at 15 minutes, simply shake them again and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Repeat until you reach your desired level of crispiness!
Yes, feel free to swap in sweet potatoes for a tasty twist on this classic recipe. Use my recipe for air fryer sweet potato cubes as a base, and just add in the veggies and seasonings!
Storage And Reheating
Allow the potatoes to cool completely before storing them in an airtight container for about 5 days.
To reheat, roast them in the oven for about 10 minutes at 350°, or reheat them in the air fryer for about 10 minutes at 350° to help them regain their original crispiness.
What to serve with country potatoes
We love serving these in individual bowls with an over-easy egg on top. Here are a few other options:
- With eggs and bacon! Creamy scrambled eggs, oven-cooked bacon and easy air fryer biscuits alongside these simple air fried breakfast potatoes make breakfast a breeze to make.
- As a side to quiche florentine. (One of my favorite breakfasts!)
- Alongside a breakfast sandwich. These, plus my steak egg and cheese bagels, make for a super-hearty breakfast!
- With an avocado toast. Check out my recipe for my favorite avocado toast with an egg on top for a fun twist.
- With a sweet breakfast casserole. We love these as a side to my blueberry french toast casserole.
More Easy Breakfast Recipes
Crispy Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes are a great side dish for any breakfast and are one of the best things to add to your breakfast plate. If you try these air fryer country potatoes, let me know what you think in the comments below. And don't forget to tag me on Instagram @frontrangefed so I can see your masterpiece!
Recipe
Crispy Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes (Country Potatoes)
Ingredients
- 3 lbs yukon gold potatoes diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 1 tablespoon neutral oil (grapeseed, avocado, or vegetable oil all work)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your air fryer to 400 degrees.
- Prepare your potatoes by cutting them into ½ inch cubes. Dice the red and green bell pepper and onion.
- Add the potatoes, peppers, and onions to a large bowl. Add the oil and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Place the potato cubes, peppers and onions in your air fryer basket, being careful not to fill your basket too full (work in batches if you feel you have too many potatoes.) Air fry the breakfast potatoes for 10 minutes. Give them a good shake, then return to the air fryer for an additional 5 minutes. If needed, Shake again, and air fry for 5 more minutes, or until the potatoes are crispy around the edges and golden brown.
Notes
- Don't crowd the air fryer basket - if you add too many diced potatoes there won't be enough room for the hot air to circulate for them to get crispy. Cook in batches if your air fryer is too small.
- Don't forget to shake the potatoes at the 10-minute mark. This will help them all cook more evenly and become crispy.
- Serve with creamy scrambled eggs and oven-cooked bacon, french toast casserole, or any other breakfast dish.
Bill M says
Just prepared it! Fantastic! Couldn't be easier.
Sarah Jenkins says
Thanks Bill!
Vivian says
These were so good and EASY! I hate frying in the stovetop because of all the splatter and this air fryer version of breakfast potatoes is the perfect substitute. Crispy, savory, delicious. Will be making these on repeat.
Sarah Jenkins says
Right? I love these with a fried egg over the top! Delish!