These Air Fryer Potato Skins use cooked potatoes and take less than 10 minutes to make! Serve these on game-day or as a delicious appetizer!
Making Potato Skins in the air fryer is so easy and majorly delicious. Use cooked potatoes (I like to make the baked potatoes in my air fryer as well - recipe here), then load them up with cheese, bacon, sour cream, and green onions! These will be a hit at game-day or as a party appetizer!
Serve them with a side of Creamy Jalapeno Ranch or Big Mac Sauce for the perfect combo!
These days I love using the Air fryer, to make everything! My Crispy Parmesan Brussels Sprouts and Asparagus Fries have been a huge favorite with reader. Recently I shared how to make Air Fryer Baked Potatoes, which is how I like to make the potatoes for this recipe. I also typically just Microwave Bacon (recipe here) for the topping because it saves a lot of time and mess.
How to Make Air Fryer Potato Skins:
**scroll down for full ingredients list and printable directions**
- First, you need cooked russet potatoes for these potato skins. Use this method to make Baked Potatoes in the Air Fryer, or just cook them your favorite way.
- Cut the potatoes in half, lengthwise (so the halves are longer), then scoop out a bit of the potato flesh and set it aside. *Don't scoop too much out as we want to eat the potato too!
- Drizzle a bit of olive oil over the flesh/inside of the potatoes, then brush around to coat everywhere (a little goes a long way).
- Add the potatoes skin side down to the air fryer basket. Cook for 5 minutes at 400 degrees (if you need to preheat your air fryer, preheat first).
- After the 5 minutes, add cheese and bacon crumbles to the inside of the potato (where the flesh is scooped out). Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the potato skins carefully from the air fryer and then top with sour cream and green onions. Additional toppings could include jalapeños, ranch dressing, buffalo sauce, awesome sauce, blue cheese crumbles, or whatever you like!
How to Reheat Potato Skins:
- Add potato skins to air fryer and cook at 350 degrees for 3-4 minutes. Add toppings as desired.
How to Freeze Potato Skins:
You can make a large batch of potato skins and then freeze some to be reheated for later!
- Make the potato skins according to directions. Do not add sour cream or green onions to the top. Allow to cool completely.
- Place potato skins into a freezer safe ziplock bag, and remove the air from the bag. Place into the freezer.
- The potato skins will keep in the freezer for 6 months.
- To reheat frozen potato skins in the air fryer: Add frozen potato skins to the air fryer basket. Set the temperature to 370 degrees, and 5 minutes. If your potatoes are larger, you may need to add 1-3 additional minutes to cook through.
Serving potato skins as a meal is easy when you add some toppings. Here are some easy suggestions to load them up:
- Load the potato skins with Shredded Buffalo Chicken and top with green onions, blue cheese crumbles, and sour cream or ranch dressing.
- Make a healthy Southwestern vegetable mix and scoop into the pocket of the potato skin.
- Add a cheesy sauce and tender broccoli over the potato skin for a delicious hearty meal
If you need more appetizer suggestions, check out the delicious recipes:
- Stuffed Jalapeno Popper Bread
- Air Fryer Bagel Bites
- Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls
- Instant Pot Spinach Artichoke Dip
- Air Fryer Zucchini Fries
- Air Fryer Toasted Ravioli
- Bang Bang Shrimp Eggrolls
What type of Air Fryer should I use for this recipe?
There are many Air Fryers to choose from, but I love my PowerXL Vortex Air fryer! Here are some other great options:
- Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven, 6 Quart: 6-in-1, Broil, Roast, Dehydrate, Bake, Non-stick and Dishwasher-Safe Basket, Stainless Steel
- COSORI Air Fryer 5.8QT - Large Hot Electric Oven Oilless Cooker with 8 Quick Setting Recommendation
These Air Fryer Potato Skins use cooked potatoes and take less than 10 minutes to make! Serve these on game-day or as a delicious appetizer!
- 4 large cooked russet potatoes, cut in half (see notes for air fryer directions on how to cook)
- 1 TBS olive oil
- dash of salt
- dash of pepper
- dash ranch dressing seasoning, optional but recommended
- ½ cup freshly grated Colby jack or cheddar cheese
- 2 slices cooked bacon, chopped
- sour cream for topping, optional
- green onions for topping, chopped- optional
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Using the halved cooked potatoes, scoop out a bit of the potato flesh to make a pocket and set it aside. *Don’t scoop too much out as we want to eat the potato too. Repeat for all potatoes.
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Drizzle olive oil over the top/flesh of the potatoes, then brush to coat completely. Sprinkle salt and pepper over potato skins. Sprinkle ranch dressing seasoning over the potato if desired (optional, but I recommend).
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Add the potato skins to the air fryer basket and set to 400 degrees and 5 minutes. Remove basket.
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Add shredded cheese and bacon crumbles to the pocket of the potato skins. Close the air fryer basket and reduce the temperature to 350 degrees. Set the timer for 2 minutes (cook additional minute if needed). Carefully remove potato skins.
Recipe Video
- Directions to make Air Fryer Baked Potatoes can be found here.
- To make potatoes in the microwave: poke holes in the potato with a fork. Place whole potatoes on a microwave safe dish and cook for 5 minutes. Flip potatoes over and cook for 7-8 more minutes or until fork tender.
- To make potatoes in the oven: poke holes in the potato with a fork. Rub the potatoes with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place whole potatoes on a baking sheet. Cook at 450 degrees for 45-55 minutes depending on size of potato.
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How to Freeze Potato Skins:
- Make the potato skins according to directions. Do not add sour cream or green onions to the top. Allow to cool completely.
- Place potato skins into a freezer safe ziplock bag, and remove the air from the bag. Place into the freezer.
- The potato skins will keep in the freezer for 6 months.
- To reheat frozen potato skins in the air fryer: Add frozen potato skins to the air fryer basket. Set the temperature to 370 degrees, and 5 minutes. If your potatoes are larger, you may need to add 1-3 additional minutes to cook through.
Jen says
These makes such a great alternative to serving fries at dinner. My kids will absolutely love them!
Allyson says
Yes! It is the best appetizer too! Get ready for a fun game day!
Kathryn says
This is one of my favorite apps and I can't wait to try them in the Air Fryer!
katerina @ diethood.com says
My family would love these! And I love that I can make them in the air fryer!!
April says
These are great - one of my favorite appetizers! Love how easy they are in the air fryer.
MaryKay Wood says
Looks amazing!! These are one of my faves and this makes them so much healthier!
Allyson says
They are soooo good!!!!
Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert says
These Air Fryer Potato Skins sound delicious! Dangerously good...
Amanda Livesay says
This makes game day so much better! They turned out perfect.
Ally says
This is the ONLY way I will make potato skins from now on! I followed your recipe for making baked potatoes in the air fryer, then made these potato skins. Everyone LOVED them!
Beti | easyweeknightrecipes says
I can't wait to try these! They sound incredibly delicious!
Toni says
Such an amazing appetizer! Everyone at my house said it is so good!
Sandra says
This was so good!! Everyone at my house loved it! So good!
Ryan says
These are awesome and super easy, my family loves them. Thank you for posting this.
Allyson says
So glad you loved them as much as us! So yummy!
Donatello says
Looks fantastic and it might be tonight’s dinner. Thanks you for the recipe. Just want to let you know when I was reading the post I got a bit confused by this:
“After the 5 minutes, add cheese and bacon crumbles to the inside of the potato (where the flesh is scooped out). Reduce the temperature to 35 degrees and cook for 2-3 minutes.“
I do believe you mean 350 degrees, right? I’m sure it was a whoops, but wanted to make you aware of it. Thank you again so much for this recipe.
Allyson says
Thank you so much, you are correct! I just fixed that typo! I hope you love the potato skins as much as we do!
tammy says
this is going to be perfect for the super bowl this weekend! thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Jennifer says
These turned out amazing!! I can't wait to make them this weekend for the super bowl. Every one is going to LOVE them!!
Courtney says
We made these for a basketball watch party and they received RAVE reviews!! So easy too!
Beth says
I did a test run of these last night. They're all gone now, so needless to say, they'll be served at the big game this weekend.
Amanda says
I cannot wait to make these for the super bowl party this weekend. They look so tasty!
Cathy says
We'll definitely be making these for game days!
Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert says
These are on my must-make list!
Krystle says
Super crispy. I make this recipe often.
Krystle says
Super crispy. I make this recipe often.
Sandra says
This quickly became a favorite ay my house!! Yum!
Catalina says
Oh my goodness! These are so perfect for tonight. Healthy and delicious!
KathiCooks says
Great Recipe but I feel the Time should include baking the potatoes. To say 15 minutes is misleading. Otherwise I liked the recipe thank you.
Ed says
While the potatoes were in the microwave I air fried some bacon in a silicon pot to capture the bacon fat, then I brushed that on the potatoes instead of the olive oil. Good recipe 😁
Allyson says
Sounds bacon-y delicious!!
Linda says
What do you do with the potato that you have scooped out of the skin? You said to set it aside. These are on my to-make list.
Allyson says
You can eat it, save it for later, or toss it. You don't re-use it in this recipe. Something like Air Fryer Twice Baked Potatoes would re-use it. Enjoy!