How to cook frozen French fries using an air fryer
Air fried frozen French fries
One of the first dishes people turn to with an air fryer is the humble French fry. There's a reason for that of course. The air fryer will cook any frozen french fryer to perfection, here's how:
Ingredients
- Frozen French fries of choice
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 400F
- Cook fries at 400F for best results
- Cook for 8-10 minutes (see below)
- Serve immediately
Notes
Tips and tricks for cooking frozen French fries
Most French fries should cook within 8 minutes or so, provided you preheated your fryer. Thicker fries might need closer to ten minutes. See below for specific brand examples.
Don't overcrowd your fryer. If you want the very crispiest, best frozen fries, you need to ensure there's plenty of room in your air fryer. If you start piling french fry on top of fry - your results will degrade.
Sweet potato fries and regular fries are both fine - and both cook roughly the same.
We used the COSORI to air fry this (affiliate link, we get a fee), always check your food with a good kitchen thermometer.
Cooking specific french fry brands and products
- Alexia Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries
- Alexia Crispy Rosemary Fries
- Alexia Crispy Truffle Fries
- Alexia Sweet Potato Fries
- Alexia Waffle Cut Sweet Potato Fries
- Alexia Yukon Select Fries
- Alexia House Cut Fries with Sea Salt
- Arby’s Seasoned Curly Fries
- Food Club Steak Cut French Fried Potatoes
- Great Value Regular Cut French Fried Potatoes
- Kroger Shoestring Fries
- Lamb Weston’s Super Crispy Crinkle Cut Fries
- Mr Dee’s Crinkle Cut French Fries
- Ore-Ida Crinkle Cut Fries
- Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Fast Food Fries
- Ore-Ida Golden Waffle Fries
- Ore-Ida Golden Tater Tots
- Red Robin Seasoned Steak Fries
- Simple Truth Crinkle Cut Fries
Reheating fast food fries
If you find yourself with fast food leftovers, throw them in the fridge ASAP. The fryer will reheat your fries perfectly with the minimum of effort. Here are some guides for popular fast food chains:
- Arby’s Sweet Potato Waffle fries
- Burger King fries
- Del Taco Crinkle Cut fries
- KFC Secret Recipe fries
- McDonald’s fries
- Shake Shack Crinkle Cut fries
- Smashburger Smashfries
- Wendy’s
Homemade fries
And of course, the best air fryer French fries are the ones you make yourself from scracth! Check out our recipe here for the very best air fryer fries you will ever taste.
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