Air Fryer Sweet Potato Cubes

Air fryer sweet potato cubes are the perfect quick (less than 15 minutes!) and healthy snack or side dish! Plus, making air fried sweet potato cubes couldn’t be easier. Select from a number of delicious spice recommendations and season to your tastes.

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Jump to:

• Why this recipe works
• Ingredients
• How to air fryer sweet potato cubes
• Air Fryer Sweet Potato Cubes with Cinnamon
• Seasoning Ideas:
• How to cut a sweet potato into cubes
• Best dipping sauces
• Ninja Foodi sweet potato cubes
• FAQ and expert tips
• Dinner options to pair with sweet potatoes?
• Air Fryer Sweet Potato Cubes

If you love a delicious, perfectly cooked sweet potato, you are in the right place! These air fryer sweet potato cubes are great as a snack, a side, mixed with rice, tossed in your breakfast skillet, sprinkled on a salad – the sky is the limit!

Speaking of easy air fryer potato recipes, be sure to check out these Air Fryer Hash Browns, Frozen Sweet Potato Fries in Air Fryer, Air Fryer Diced Potatoes and Air Fryer Frozen French Fries.

The air fryer allows you to cook your sweet potatoes to crispy perfection on the outside while keeping them super soft on the inside. The best part, these air fryer sweet potato cubes are super healthy! Great to pair with this Swordfish in the air fryer, smoked chicken legs or with this easy salmon (How to Cook Salmon in the Oven) for a well rounded and hearty meal.

This recipe will give you a bunch of fun seasoning ideas for your sweet potato chunks. I will also suggest a number of amazing dipping sauces.

Why this recipe works

• Air fried sweet potato cubes are a quick and easy side dish or snack that is both healthy and delicious. You can even cut out the oil in the recipe and they will still turn out great!
• You can modify your sweet potato seasonings to please any palate. From onion powder to garlic powder to Italian seasoning, there are so many delicious options. You can even make air fryer sweet potato cubes with cinnamon and sugar!
• Cooking in your air fryer is the best way to avoid a mess in the kitchen. Plus, if you make Ninja Foodi sweet potato cubes, you can time your dinner so both your side dish and main dish are ready at the same time!

Ingredients

Sweet Potato: A raw sweet potato is found in the produce section of the grocery store. Some grocery stores also have pre-chopped sweet potatoes. Frozen sweet potato cubes will also work for this recipe.

Oil: You can use any oil of choice. I recommend extra virgin olive oil for a rich flavor.

Seasonings of Choice: This recipe is very flexible so you can use any seasonings you enjoy.

Salt: Kosher or regular salt.

Air Fryer Safe Cooking Spray: Optional

How to air fryer sweet potato cubes

• Lightly spray air fryer basket with cooking spray.
• Preheat air fryer to 400°F.
• Cut raw sweet potato into small cubes (approx. ½ inch).
• In small bowl, mix sweet potato cubes with olive oil and seasonings of choice until thoroughly coated.
• Place sweet potato cubes in fryer basket and spread evenly. Do not overfill basket. Sweet potato cubes should not overlap.
• Cook for approximately 8-10 minutes on 400°F (shake basket halfway).
• Depending on your air fryer, the size of your fryer basket and amount of sweet potato cubes in the basket, you can cook for an additional 1 minutes until you reach your desired level of crispness.

Types of Air Fryers: This recipe works with many different types of air fryers such as the Ninja Foodi air fryer, Gourmia air fryer, Cosori air fryer, Power XL air fryer, Instant Vortex air fryer, Nuwave air fryer and Phillips air fryer.

Air Fryer Sweet Potato Cubes with Cinnamon

• Prior to cooking sweet potatoes in Air Fryer, coat sweet potato cubes with oil, cinnamon and sugar.

Seasoning Ideas:

• Salt and pepper
• Onion powder
• Garlic powder
• Italian seasoning
• Lemon pepper seasoning
• Blackened seasoning
• Steak seasoning
• Mesquite seasoning
• Paprika and smoked paprika
• Garlic or onion powder
• Cayenne or crushed red pepper

How to cut a sweet potato into cubes

The easiest way to cut a sweet potato into cubes is to first peel your sweet potato. Cut of the ends of the sweet potato. Cut off one side of the sweet potato so you have a flat surface (cut this piece ½ inch thick).

Turn the sweet potato so that it is sitting with the flat side facing down which will give you a sturdy cutting surface. Cut ½ inch pieces length wise. Then place each piece flat and cut into ½ inch by ½ inch cubes.

Best dipping sauces

Air fryer sweet potato chunks are delicious even without dipping sauce, but seriously, who doesn’t love a good sauce!

Some standard favorites are ketchup, honey mustard, ranch or blue cheese. However, if you want to get a little more exciting, definitely check out this sweet and spicy Wing Sauce (which is really great for dipping everything from chicken wings, to pizza, to tater tots!).

You will also love Bang Bang Sauce: a sweet and spicy mayonnaise based dipping sauce.

Looking for something spicy? Check out this Chili Crisp: a delicious Asian sauce packed with spicy umami flavor; and Spicy Chimichurri: An herbaceous and spicy dipping sauce.

Ninja Foodi sweet potato cubes

To make Ninja Foodi sweet potato cubes, preheat your Ninja Foodi to 400°F. Place your prepared (seasoned and oiled) sweet potato cubes into the Ninja Foodi air fryer basket.

Cook on 400°F. for 8-10 minutes, shaking the basket half-way. Check doneness of sweet potatoes and cook an additional 1-2 minutes if necessary.

FAQ and expert tips

Dinner options to pair with sweet potatoes?

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