Simple and Delicious Air Fryer Hash Browns

Air fryer hash browns are packed with flavor, easy to make, and cooked to golden brown, crispy perfection in just a few minutes.

Serves: 6-8 Time: 20 minutes Cookbook: Taste of Home Online

If you thought air frying was only for party food or frozen convenience food, it’s time to get that multi-purpose kitchen tool back out and make some breakfast! We haven’t found a food that the air fryer can’t handle yet, and today we’re going to dive into the deliciousness of hash browns.

Today’s recipe comes from Taste of Home, a network of home cooks that have been providing the world with phenomenal recipes for entertaining and family cooking since 1993. Thanks to their expertise, we’ll take plain, boring, frozen hash browns and transform them into crispy, steaming, golden hash browns that are packed with flavor and texture.

These hash browns are a far cry from pre-formed, bland frozen patties that you might be used to. The hash browns that we’ll make today are more reminiscent of the type you can order at a country restaurant. Serve them up with crispy air fried bacon and sheet pan pancakes, and you’ve got yourself a meal! Let’s get cooking!

Jump Ahead:

• ❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
• 🍳 Ingredients Needed to Make Hash Browns in Air Fryer
• 🍴 Equipment You’ll Need in the Kitchen
• 🥄 How to Make Air Fryer Hash Browns
• ♾️ Variations on Air Fryer Hash Browns
• ❓ Hash Browns in Air Fryer: Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Simple: This recipe is perfect for a quick breakfast! It combines a few simple ingredients and the convenience of frozen foods with simple steps. Just one mixing bowl, a bit of aluminum foil, and a few minutes, and you’ll have golden brown, crispy hash browns in no time.

Easy: Air frying is such an easy way to make hash browns! If you’re looking for easy breakfast recipes this is a perfect addition to your repertoire.

Yummy: Get ready for some absolutely delicious hash browns that are easily on par with the type of homemade hash browns momma used to make! We love the bell pepper, onion, garlic, and spices that get mixed into this recipe!

Ingredients Needed to Make Hash Browns in Air Fryer

• Shredded Hash Browns: You want shredded potatoes for this recipe. Grocery stores carry a wide variety of brands, so choose your favorite shredded russet potatoes in the frozen foods section.
• Olive Oil: You’ll want a little bit of olive oil to crease your foil pouch. Olive oil pairs well flavor-wise, but you can also use canola oil, avocado oil, and other vegetable oil options.
• Onion: You’ll want one yellow onion for this recipe. If all you have is onion powder, that will work in a pinch.
• Garlic Cloves: Garlic cloves add a phenomenal flavor to this dish and fresh garlic is idea. Garlic powder will work in a pinch if that’s all you have on hand.
• Bell Pepper: You’ll want two bell peppers of any color. Green is a bit more on the bitter side, while red, yellow, and orange are sweet. Choose your favorite based on taste.
• Black Pepper: Freshly ground black pepper is the spice that finishes off this dish.
• Salt: Kosher salt will add just the right amount of saltiness to these hash browns.
• Cayenne Powder: This is completely optional, but if you want to add a bit of spice to your hash browns, you don’t want to leave this out!

Equipment Needed In the Kitchen

Air Fryer

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Tongs

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• Air Fryer: Every air fryer will be different and this recipe was made with the Ninja Foodi. It’s a powerhouse of a kitchen tool that can air fry, roast, bake, grill, and dehydrate. We love it.
• Tongs: Tongs are helpful for lifting the aluminum foil pouch out of the air fryer basket.
• Large Bowl: You’ll need one large bowl to mix all of the ingredients in before it goes into the air fryer.

How to Make Air Fryer Hash Browns

Get ready for golden brown hash browns in minutes with no-fuss cleanup thanks to the air fryer.

Preheat the air fryer and prep

First up, preheat the air fryer to 375 degrees F and set the cooking time to run for a total of 20 minutes.

While the air fryer preheats, chop the onion and bell peppers, then mince the garlic. Add the hash browns, pepper, garlic, and spices into a bowl with the frozen hash browns and mix until completely combined.

Make a foil pouch

In order to prevent the hash browns from sinking from one basket into the bottom basket and burning, you might want to make a foil pouch. To do this, take a rectangle piece of foil about 1.5x the length of the inside basket and fold the sides up to make little walls. The pouch should fit into the basket while leaving excess room on the sides for hot air to circulate.

Then, oil the bottom of the foil, and you’re ready for the next step.

Air fry the hash browns

Place the hash browns in a single layer in your foil pouch. Pat it all down into an even layer no more than 3/4-inch thick, so the potatoes will heat evenly during the cooking process.

Depending on how much you want to make, you might need to do this in batches.

Let the air fryer cook for 10-12 minutes before taking a peek under the hood. During this cook time, they’ll start to transition from uncooked potatoes to cooked hash browns. Another 3-5 minutes and you’ll have fully cooked, crispy hash browns ready for the breakfast table.

Note: The total cook time may vary depending on your individual unit. Keep an eye on the hash browns and pull them out when they begin to brown around the edges.

Variations on Air Fryer Hash Browns

Love the base recipe but want to mix it up a bit? Here are our favorite variations on this recipe.

Hot and Spicy Hash Browns: Add a pinch of cayenne to the uncooked mix, then add a splash or two of your favorite hot sauce to the cooked hash browns for an extra zing of spice.

Loaded Hash Browns: Add a quarter cup of bacon bits to the hash brown mixture, then cook until you have crispy air fryer hash browns. Top with your favorite shredded cheese and cook for 30 seconds to melt the cheese prior to serving. For a savory kick, shredded sharp cheddar or swiss cheese are great options. For a spicy kick, use shredded pepper jack.

Sweet Potato Hash Browns: Sweet potatoes are healthy, nutrient-packed potatoes that can cook up into hash browns just as easily as regular potatoes. Shred your own for this, then follow the recipe as written.

Hash Browns in Air Fryer: Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

Air Fryer Breakfast Recipes

Here are a few more air fryer recipes for breakfast! These are all easy recipes that require little to no prep at all.

• Air Fryer Biscuits: Hot, fluffy, golden brown biscuits deserve to be on the plate beside your crispy strips of…
• Air Fryer Bacon: Bacon! Perfectly cooked, delicious, crispy bacon in minutes.
• Air Fryer Sausage: Want a little something heartier? Air fry up a sausage or two to complete your breakfast.

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