These ROASTED SWEET POTATO CUBES are bites sized chunks of tender, spiced sweet potato. They are ready to eat in 20 minutes!
Sweet potatoes are an underappreciated side dish. Too often they are associated only with large meals, or holidays. If you prefer the full health benefits that also come with sweet potatoes, you will like our baked sweet potatoes also.
Fried or roasted sweet potatoes can be cooked and served in different ways and seasoned in different ways. Like regular potatoes, it is hard to cook them wrong. However, there are methods of making them go from good to great! It starts with seasoning, and then goes to how you cook them.
We have fallen in love with using our air fryer to perfectly cook all sorts of other sweet potatoes including fresh sweet potato fries and sweet potato wedges!
Ingredient Notes:
Potatoes– We used 3 large sweet potatoes. You will peel and cut these later.
Seasoning– Make sure you have olive oil, salt, smoked paprika, pepper, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, and onion powder on hand.
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5-steps to making air fryer sweet potato cubes:
- Peel and cut your sweet potatoes into 1-inch cubes
- Preheat your air fryer to 390 degrees
- Add all of your ingredients (listed below) to a large bowl and mix well to combine
- Place the potatoes in the air fryer basket and cook for 15 minutes, they should be fork-tender when they are done cooking.
- Garnish with parsley and serve!
More sweet potato cube information:
For the best results we recommend you remove the skin of the potato before cutting into cubes. However, you can try leaving the skin on the potato. If you do this you will likely find better results if you do not preheat the air fryer and instead, put them in first, then start heating up the air fryer.
Yes, with care, but they are best served fresh. If you do freeze them, the main thing here is to flash freeze them. After you finish cooking them, quickly get them spread out on a baking sheet and get them in the freezer. Leave them there for two hours, then remove them and place in a freezer bag for continued storage.
You can heat them in the air fryer at 375 degrees for 4-5 minutes or until warmed through.
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Air Fryer Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 large sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¾ teaspoon cracked pepper
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- Fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 390 degrees for 5 minutes.
- Add all of the ingredients to a mixing bowl and stir well to coat the potatoes in the seasoning.
- Add the sweet potatoes to the air fryer basket and cook for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are tender, shaking the basket every 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle with fresh parsley before serving.
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Comments & Reviews
Sandra Young says
Mmmmm yummy made enough to have left overs but at the rate I’m going I might eat them all in one sitting
Karly Campbell says
Haha, I have been there myself! So glad you liked the recipe. 🙂
Laura says
I only left mine in for 10 minutes and they puffed up and were so delicious. Even my boyfriend who claims he hated sweet potatoes, enjoyed them. I think I’m gonna make this again tonight! I paired them with turkey tenderloin in the instant pot and some green beans and turkey gravy. So delicious!
Karly says
Sounds like a delicious dinner!
Thank you for the review and rating! 🙂
Anne Winkelmamm says
Why would you not preheat the air fryer if not peeling the potato?
Curious because I did baking potatoes in the air fryer and did preheat and they were really tough.
Karly says
The skin can be a bit chewy, but we prefer it to be more crisp. So, we skip preheating so that the skin can start cooking a bit more slowly and then start crisping up more at the higher heat. It doesn’t make much of a difference either way, so you can do what you like – that’s just our method.
Sarah says
So, can you use frozen potato cubes? If so, what would you use for time length?
Karly says
Hi Sarah! We’ve never tried cooking frozen diced potatoes in the air fryer. I’m not sure how long it would take.
Howard T Culver says
I made this recipe today as a side for our dinner meal and WOW!! Sweet Potatoes cooked with this recipe give sweet potatoes a whole new dimension of taste and texture. The herbs and spices in this recipe are spot on and provide a taste and flavor to the sweet potatoes that is unbelievable!!
Karly says
Wow, Howard, love to hear that! So glad you enjoyed these!
Julie says
I made these sweet potatoes last night and was mortified because they looked nothing like the picture. But i decided to trust the process and just go with it and am so happy I did. They were amazing!!! I will be making these over and over. Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
Karly says
Hi Julie! So glad they turned out, but I’m so curious about what they looked like! haha
Lisa Sabatino says
can u still cook them the same way on the recipe if u don’t have an air fryer with the baskets?
Karly says
We’ve only tested this recipe in a basket style air fryer, but this should work just the same in any style of air fryer. Just use a fork to test for doneness (they’ll be soft and easily poked through) and adjust cook time if needed.
Patricia Vest says
Just brought an air fryer ,first time using it! I made these sweet potatoes with a chicken breast and green beans! All made in the air fryer. Sweet potatoes were awesome as everything else! Will definitely use this recipe again!
Chad Campbell says
We are so happy to hear this Patricia! Cooking an entire meal in an air fryer is so good and so easy. Thank you for sharing!
Denise says
I prepared the potatoes as instructed but cooked them for an additional 5 minutes. These were the best I’ve had!
Luther says
This recipe is a keeper. No adjustments or substitutions needed.
Barry Wiseman says
Are serving size 1 cup? 1/2 cup? Thank you
Karly says
I didn’t measure by volume. We just eyeballed 6 servings. 🙂
Frances Boyce says
Your recipes are amazing keep them coming! I have a Cosori 5.8 and a Breville smart oven air but I must confess, I prefer my Cosori! Love your profile photo too!
Karly says
Thanks, Frances! We have the Breville smart oven and like it for a lot of things – just not so much for air frying. So glad you’re enjoying the recipes! 🙂