Air Fryer Vegetables Recipes
Vegetables people actually finish — caramelised edges, tender middles, very little oil. Every recipe here puts the time and temperature first, explains how to tell doneness without guesswork, and answers the questions home cooks actually ask about it.
Quick times for this category
| Food | Temperature | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Carrots (1/2 inch pieces) | 380°F / 193°C | 14 min |
| Cauliflower florets | 400°F / 200°C | 14 min |
| Green beans | 375°F / 190°C | 9 min |
| Asparagus spears | 400°F / 200°C | 8 min |
| Baked potato (medium) | 400°F / 200°C | 35–40 min |
| Sweet potato fries | 400°F / 200°C | 17 min |
| Corn on the cob | 400°F / 200°C | 12 min |
| Brussels sprouts (halved) | 375°F / 190°C | 16 min |
| Broccoli florets | 375°F / 190°C | 9 min |
| Potato cubes 3/4 in | 400°F / 200°C | 18–22 min |
| Potato wedges | 400°F / 200°C | 28–30 min (two-stage) |
| Sweet potato, whole med | 390°F / 199°C | 35–45 min |
| Chickpeas, roasted | 390°F / 199°C | 15–17 min |
| Corn ribs | 400°F / 200°C | 10–12 min |
| Eggplant fries | 400°F / 200°C | 12–14 min |
| Blooming onion | 375°F / 190°C | 20–25 min |
| Zucchini fries | 400°F / 200°C | 10–12 min |
| Stuffed mushrooms | 370°F / 190°C | 10–12 min |
| Smashed baby potatoes | 400°F / 200°C | 12–16 min (after pre-cook) |
| Roasted garlic (whole head, foil) | 380°F / 190°C | 22–28 min |
| Sweet potato chips (mandoline-thin) | 340°F / 170°C | 13–18 min |
| Plantains: maduros / tostones | 375°F / 190°C | 10–12 / 6+9 min |
| Okra (whole pods / sliced) | 400°F / 200°C | 12–16 / 10–14 min |
| Artichoke hearts (canned / frozen) | 375°F / 190°C | 6–8 / 8–10 min |
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Air Fryer Carrots (Honey Glaze, Added Late)
Carrots take about 14 minutes at 380°F (193°C) in the air fryer for 1/2-inch pieces — and this recipe exists to teach one thing the short recipes ment…
Air Fryer Cauliflower (Golden, Crisp-Edged)
Cauliflower florets take 12–15 minutes at 400°F (200°C) in the air fryer, shaken once or twice. Cauliflower holds more water than broccoli, which is w…
Air Fryer Green Beans (Two Finishes: Crisp-Tender or Blistered)
Green beans take 7–10 minutes at 375°F (190°C) for the crisp-tender finish most recipes aim at — bright, snappy, lightly bronzed. This recipe also giv…
Air Fryer Asparagus (Lemon & Parmesan)
Asparagus takes 6–11 minutes at 400°F (200°C), and the only honest answer to 'how long' is: how thick are your spears? Thin spears need 5–7 minutes, m…
Air Fryer Baked Potato (Crispy Skin, Fluffy Middle)
A medium russet potato takes 35–40 minutes at 400°F (200°C) in the air fryer; small potatoes 30–35, large ones 45–50. The number the fork-test pages b…
Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries (Actually Crispy)
Sweet potato fries take 15–18 minutes at 400°F (200°C), flipped twice — but the timing is the least important part of this recipe. Sweet potatoes are …
Air Fryer Corn on the Cob (Charred Edges, Sweet Kernels)
Corn on the cob takes 10–14 minutes at 400°F (200°C) in the air fryer, turned once or twice, until the kernels are tender with blistered, lightly char…
Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts (Crisp Leaves, Tender Centres)
Brussels sprouts take 15–18 minutes at 375°F (190°C), halved and shaken twice, until the outer leaves shatter crisp and the centres are tender and swe…
Air Fryer Broccoli (Charred Tips, Tender Stems)
Broccoli florets take 8–10 minutes at 375°F (190°C) for tender-crisp, or 10–12 minutes at 400°F (200°C) for deeply charred tips — the broccoli people …
Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes (Crispy Cubes)
Roasted potato cubes are the air fryer's home turf: small pieces, huge surface area, and a fan that crisps every face — if you shake on schedule. The …
Air Fryer Potato Wedges (Two-Stage Crispy)
Wedges are the hardest potato cut: thick middles that stay raw while thin edges scorch. The field's best answer is the two-stage cook used here — a ge…
Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato (Whole)
A whole sweet potato is where the air fryer quietly beats the oven by twenty minutes: the circulating heat caramelises the skin while the centre bakes…
Air Fryer Chickpeas (Actually Crispy)
Most roasted chickpeas are crunchy for ten minutes and chewy by evening. The fix is sequence, and this page orders it the way the best versions do: ch…
Air Fryer Corn Ribs (Curled & Charred)
Corn ribs are the rare viral recipe that deserves its fame: quarter a cob lengthways and the kernels' exposed faces char and curl in the fryer until y…
Air Fryer Eggplant Fries
Eggplant is a sponge wearing a vegetable costume: unsalted, it steams itself soggy inside any coating you give it. Salted and rested — sweated — its f…
Air Fryer Blooming Onion
Full honesty: this is the hardest recipe on this site, and the one most likely to fail on a first attempt — a whole coated onion fights the fan, the f…
Air Fryer Zucchini Fries
Zucchini is 95% water wearing a fry costume, so this recipe is a moisture-management exercise: salt pulls the water out before breading, and a 20-minu…
Air Fryer Stuffed Mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms have one enemy — their own water. Mushrooms are sponges: soak them and they drink, cook them crowded and they steam in what they rel…
Air Fryer Crispy Potatoes (Smashed Baby Potatoes)
Smashed potatoes beat every other potato format for one structural reason: the smash creates torn, craggy edges with enormous surface area, and surfac…
Air Fryer Roasted Garlic
Roasting garlic is a steam-then-brown problem, and the air fryer solves it in two stages: the head cooks wrapped in foil, where its own moisture softe…
Air Fryer Sweet Potato Chips
Sweet potato is not potato: its natural sugars scorch at temperatures where white potato chips are just browning, so the fierce-heat chip method burns…
Air Fryer Plantains (Maduros & Tostones)
One fruit, two completely different dishes, and ripeness alone decides which: a plantain with mostly black skin is dessert-sweet and cooks once into c…
Air Fryer Okra (Crispy, Not Slimy)
Okra’s slime is not a mystery ingredient — it is mucilage released when pods are cut AND wet. Which produces this recipe’s counter-intuitive headline:…
Air Fryer Artichoke Hearts
Artichoke hearts arrive at the air fryer pre-cooked and soaking wet, which makes this a drying recipe with a short cook attached. Canned hearts crisp …