Air Fryer Hasselback Sweet Potatoes

Vegan Air Fryer Hasselback Sweet Potatoes with a crispy texture is a delicious way to use an ordinary sweet potato. It’s my favorite way of serving them is to top them with scallion pesto. No Oven is needed, it’s an easy simple dish to make for Thanksgiving.

No Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner, or any holiday dinner is complete without sweet potatoes!

If the sweet potatoes are hasselback, they make special occasions feel even more festive!

It’s a fun twist on the traditional Hasselback potatoes. I consider it to be a very delicious side dish that everyone will love.

Baby sweet potatoes

I always see small sweet potatoes in grocery stores like Publix and box stores like Walmart. They are usually in a steam bag, but you should be able to find loose ones too. If you can’t find the small ones, use the medium sweet potatoes and cut them into thick slices.

They cook really fast which is why I love recommending this recipe as a last-minute Thanksgiving side dish. When you don’t have a lot of time, you can easily whip them up in less than 30 minutes. Don’t like sweet potatoes? You can use regular small potatoes in air fryer too.

Plus, it gives your oven a break! It has enough to do during the holiday.

🛀 Handy Tip: Make sure you wash the sweet potatoes. Even if they come in a bag that is labeled “ready to microwave”, you MUST wash them. They never clean it properly and there will always be dirt on them.

Topping ideas for these hasselbacks

• Bell pepper pesto
• Chimichuri
• Lemon balm butter
• Garlic herb butter
• Scallion butter
• Chermoula sauce

👩‍🍳 Substitution tip: Use mini sweet potatoes because they will be easy to cook in the air fryer. For medium sweet potatoes, you will have to adjust the ingredients and cooking time.

Step by step instructions with images

• The mot important thing is that you MUST wash these baby sweet potatoes first. I can’t stress it enough. These sweet potatoes actually had dirt stuck on them when I removed them from the bag! Check out my guide to buying the best sweet potatoes.

• Once you have washed the sweet potatoes, cut a small piece of both sides of the sweet potato

• On a cutting board, place chop sticks (or metal straws) on each side of the potato. Make sure the chopsticks extend to the length of the sweet potato. If you don’t have chopsticks, use a wooden spoon or wooden skewers.

• Using a sharp knife, cut into 0.03″ thin slices or the width of the chop stick. You should be able to make about 12-15 cuts per sweet potato. Don’t worry if they are not the same size. It’s not about perfection!

• Place an air-fryer safe baking sheet at the bottom of the basket. Place potatoes with the flat sides at the bottom (cut side up). You should be able to cook about 6-8 at once, but, I cooked only 4 at a time. Be sure that they are in a single layer.

• Generously brush potatoes with melted butter (use unsalted butter). Give them a delectable butter bath by get in between the cuts of the sweet potato. My air fryer is (Affiliate Link) The COSORI Air Fryer.

• Place the basket in the air fryer and set it to 350°. Set the time to 15 minutes. Do not cook them for a long time.

• After 15 minutes, turn off the air fryer. Check to make sure that it has cooked all the way through. I like to do the knife test at the bottom of the sweet potato. If they need more time, don’t cook for more than 5 minutes. When they are golden brown and have crispy skins, they are ready to serve.

• Here is my easy recipe for the scallion pesto. In a food processor, add: scallions, basil, pine nuts, nutritional yeast, extra-virgin olive oil, garlic cloves, water, 1 teaspoon salt (kosher salt), black pepper, and lemon juice. Optional Ingredients – Cashews and fresh parsley (or any fresh herbs.

• Blend until it is a sauce. Open, add a little more oil, mix well, and transfer to a small bowl! Leftover pesto can be stored in an airtight container.

• Place the sweet potatoes on a plate and top it with the scallion pesto. They are ready to be devoured!!

So, what do you think of this fun way of making savory hasselback sweet potatoes?

⏰ Handy Tip: Since every air fryer is different, your cook time will vary. The optimal temperature is 350°F, with a cook time of 15-20 minutes.

A few more potato recipes to try

Biscuits are so easy to make in the air fryer. Sarah from Front Range Fed has the easiest air fryer biscuit recipe. I also have an extensive collection of easy sweet potato recipes that you won’t be able to resist.

I have a few more air fryer Thanksgiving recipes that are so very easy to make.

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