Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Perfectly Baked in an Air Fryer
A sweet winter snack of roasted sweet potatoes baked to perfection, skin and all, in an air fryer.
Translated from Korean by AI and not yet checked by a native speaker. Amounts and numbers are taken directly from the original recipe. Read the Korean original →
This snack is made by arranging sweet potatoes cured in a cool spot in a single layer in an air fryer and baking them in stages. Baking them at 180 °C cooks the inside evenly, and raising the temperature to 200 °C gives them the distinct flavor of street-cart roasted sweet potatoes. Letting them cool briefly after cooking makes the skin separate easily from the flesh for neat eating.
- Servings
- about 4–5 servings
- Cook time
- 60 minprep not included
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Spiciness
- Not spicy
Ingredients
- Sweet potato8, 150 g
- If you cure the sweet potatoes in a cool spot for 1 to 2 weeks before baking, they will be much sweeter and tastier.
- Adjust the baking time depending on the thickness of the sweet potatoes.
Steps
These are 8 medium-sized sweet potatoes.
Neatly trim off both ends of the sweet potatoes.
Place them in the air fryer without overlapping and bake at 180 °C for 20 minutes, then flip them over and bake for another 20 minutes.
Even just this much cooks them completely to the center, but to get that authentic roasted sweet potato flavor, raise the temperature to 200 °C and bake them for 10 minutes per side, flipping as you go.
Adjust the baking time depending on the thickness of the sweet potatoes.
If you let them cool briefly, the sweet potato skin wrinkles up and gaps form.
The skin peels off thinly without sweet potato flesh sticking to it.
Even easily baked in an air fryer, they taste just like the roasted sweet potatoes bought on the street.
When eating sweet potatoes, brisk and refreshing dongchimi (radish water kimchi) is just the thing rather than store-bought drinks.
Ppunwife's tips
- If you let them cool briefly, the sweet potato skin wrinkles up and gaps form, so it peels off thinly without flesh sticking to it.
FAQ
How do I bake them to get the flavor of street-cart roasted sweet potatoes?
Bake them at 180 °C for 20 minutes per side for a total of 40 minutes to cook the inside through, then raise the temperature to 200 °C and bake for an additional 10 minutes per side, flipping them over.
Is there a trick to peeling sweet potato skins easily?
If you let them cool briefly after baking, the skin will wrinkle and create gaps, peeling off thinly without sticking to the flesh.
How do I adjust the baking time based on the size of the sweet potatoes?
You can adjust by increasing or decreasing the baking time according to the thickness or size of the sweet potatoes.
