Super Crispy Air Fryer Potato Skin Chips Recipe

Don’t believe me? Here’s a study to prove it. 

Now that I have your attention, let’s not let those potato peels go to waste and turn them into something tasty–air fryer potato skin chips!

Potato Skin Chips Air Fryer Recipe Ingredients

Apart from the potato peels, you only need vegetable oil and salt to make crispy potato skin chips.

• Potato skins (from 4 potatoes)
• Vegetable oil
• Salt

Flavor & Dip Options

• Parmesan Cheese & Parsley
• New York Style Veggie Fries Dip
• Cajun Seasoning
• Cheddar Seasoning
• Salt & Vinegar Seasoning
• Ketchup

And guess what?

You can experiment with insane amounts of flavors. You can use your cheese popcorn flavoring, make a New York Fries style dip, or if you don’t have that much time, just go with a salted potato skins served with ketchup on the side.

Salsas will also work.

Oh, cheese dip!

Great, now I’m craving for pop as well. 

As a general rule, use whatever you have in your pantry or fridge. 😉

Dirt-Free Potato Peels

Since we’re turning the potato peels into a crispy treat, we want our potatoes to be squeaky clean. It’s highly recommended to scrub your potatoes with a vegetable brush. But if you don’t have one, you can rinse it over and over until the water becomes clear.

Follow this step-by-step guide for a dirt-free potato skins.

1. To loosen the dirt, soak your potatoes in cold water for 15-30 minutes.
2. Under cold running water, scrub the potatoes using vegetable brush.
3. Once there’s no visible dirt, you can now peel your potatoes. 
4. Place the potato skins in a large bowl of cold water. Move them around to agitate any persistent dirt. Rinse 3-4 times or until water becomes clear.
5. Transfer the potato peels into a salad spinner, and spin to dry.
6. Lay them on a baking sheet with a paper towel. Pat the potato skins dry.
7. For an even crispier finish, let the potato skins dry for an hour or two.

You can now season and air fry your potato peels.

Recipe Video

How to make Air Fryer Potato Skin Chips?

Making this potato skin chips air fryer recipe is super easy. You just need 3 ingredients at most, and if you have already washed your potato skins thoroughly, you’re left with just four more steps.

However, if you’re starting from scratch, here’s how to make potato skin snacks from washing your potato to crispy-licious chips.

Step 1: Wash the potato skins thoroughly.

To wash the potato skins, soak them in cold water for 10-15 minutes and move them around to loosen any dirt. Rinse them four to five times until the water becomes clear, then drain them.

Step 2: Dry the potato skins.

After washing the potato skins, dry them using a salad spinner and pat them with a kitchen towel.

For an extra crispy finish, you can let them dry for an hour or two or perhaps leave them overnight.

But if you can’t wait that long, let’s proceed to the next step.

Step 3: Preheat the air fryer to 350ºF (177ºC).

If your air fryer doesn’t have a preheat mode, you can simply set the temperature to 400ºF (204ºC) and then let it cook for 5 minutes. Or you can skip this step by adding 2-5 minutes to your cooking time until you achieve a golden brown finish.

It’s ideal to preheat your air fryer but you can also skip it by adding 2-4 minutes to your cooking time.

Step 4: Coat the potato skins with vegetable oil.

While the air fryer is preheating, transfer your potato skins into a large mixing bowl and drizzle them with vegetable oil. Toss to coat the potato peels until fully covered.

This step is completely optional. However, based on our tests, coating small amounts of oil makes any air fried dish crispier.

Step 5: Air fry the potato skin chips for 13-15 minutes.

Air fry the potato skin chips for 13-15 minutes at 350ºF (177ºC). Shake every 3-4 minutes. Cook until crispy and golden.

If you’re air frying more potato peels than this recipe, say your air fryer basket is half full, adjust the cooking time to 20-25 minutes.

Step 6: Season the air fried potato skin chips.

After air frying your potato peels, transfer them into a large bowl, then season the potato skin chips with salt or any other seasoning you like. Toss the air fryer potato skin chips until fully coated.

Step 7: Serve & enjoy!

Now that’s how you can make air fryer potato chips with seven easy steps.

You can serve it with a side of ketchup or you can try some of these seasonings.

Here are other flavoring options we tried.

Flavorsome Ideas

Parmesan Cheese & Parsley – Simply grate parmesan cheese and top it off with finely chopped parsley.

New York Fries Style Veggie Fries Dip – Scoop one tablespoon of sour cream and Cheez Whiz, then chop up some spring onions. For this recipe we used a nacho salsa dip, since we already have it in our fridge.

5 Guys Style Cajun Seasoning – Just add 2 teaspoons of the premade cajun seasoning. Or you could also make one, it’s a piece of cake.

Salt & Vinegar Seasoning – Add 2 teaspoons of store bought salt & vinegar popcorn seasoning.

Cheddar Seasoning – You need 2 tablespoons of this cheese powder to fully cover the potato skin chips.

My all time favorite is the New York Style fries dip.

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