43 easy air fryer recipes that you need in your life! Air fryer snacks, sides, mains, and vegan recipes! Crispy and delicious with a fraction of the oil.
Once you've mastered our 5 air fryer secrets you will be more than ready to get cooking with these 43 must-try air fryer recipes!
While the most popular food to cook in the air fryer is probably french fries (they are definitely delicious) there are also so many other sides, mains, and vegan recipes that you can cook up in the air fryer!
We've rounded up some of our favorite air fryer recipes for you to try, including a few dishes you may not have known were possible to cook in the air fryer. Air fryer pizza, burgers, chicken fajitas, and falafel are so tasty, and fun to try out in the air fryer!
Reasons you'll love these recipes
- these recipes make eating healthy so delicious, and easy
- there's something for everyone here - from vegan falafels to air fryer pizza, and more
- everything that comes out of the air fryer is perfectly crispy on the outside and tender on the inside - with hardly any oil needed!
Recipe Video
Watch the video below to see four of our favorite proteins to cook in the air fryer. You can find more of my recipe videos on my YouTube channel, or on Facebook.
What is an Air fryer
It's a counter-top appliance that is basically a small convection oven. It replaces a deep fryer and is a much healthier option, but in our experience, it has other benefits as well!
Which air fryer do you recommend?
For basket-style air fryers, we recommend the Cosori XL air fryer. For oven-style, we love the Instant Pot Vortex air fryer. If you are wondering about basket versus air fryer models, check out which air fryer is best for you here!
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43 Easy Air Fryer Recipes
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Tonia says
I just bought an air fryer and was looking for recipes. This was super helpful to get me started. Pinned a bunch of recipes to try. Thanks!
sakthi says
fantastic love you.
Jasmine @ Sweet Peas & Saffron says
Hi Sakthi, we hope you enjoy! Be sure to come back and leave a review if you try any of these recipes!
B J’Netta Gaulding says
I like all the recipes.
Charissa Marie Gregg says
Do these times very for different types of air fryers?
Denise Bustard says
Hi Charissa! Yes, cook times will vary by model, but they are surprisingly pretty close. I routinely test in two different air fryer models and usually the recipes are quite close, within 1-2 minutes of each other 🙂
Charissa Marie Gregg says
Definitely trying out the hard boiled eggs in my fryer i just got it for Christmas! Total jackpot! My son loves eggs so I cant wait to try!!
Denise Bustard says
Awesome! I hope you enjoy!
Demi says
So many great ideas! Can't wait to try!
Robert Bellairs says
just got my fryer, 5qt vortex, i would like to know if its possible to do baked potatoes, if so how?
Brandi says
I just found a recipe by googling it, they look crispy fluffy and amazing, and I don't even own one yet lol getting it tomorrow. I just sold hubby on it by showing him the mess our traditional fryer makes lol the baked potatoes and wings recipes sold him on it 🙂
Denise says
Hi Robert! Sorry for my late reply. I unfortunately have not had great luck making baked potatoes in the air fryer, they took forever for me (45 minutes!!!). I wonder if it would be good to start them by boiling or baking, then finishing off in the air fryer for that crispy skin? Anyway, here's a recipe I found while googling: https://www.apinchofhealthy.com/air-fryer-baked-potatoes/
Tahlee says
I think it must depend on the fryer mine does them in 20 mins and they are so delicious 💕 I even did a small roast lamb yesterday and they t was amazing
dorothy says
what's your brand of air fryer?
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Nicole says
I tried a few of these recipes and I'm amazed how easy and tasty it was. I can't wait to try them all. Thank you for the awesome ideas.
Denise says
So happy you found some winners!