Recipe: Tasty Air Frier Tater Tots

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Air Frier Tater Tots. The air fryer produces totally crispy tater tots that taste deep fried! We'll never, ever make tater tots any other way ever again. Tater tots are hands-down my favorite frozen item to make in the air fryer.

Air Frier Tater Tots Tater Tots(R) are perfectly cooked using this quick and easy recipe and an air fryer--you can cook them without ever heating up your oven! You can cook without ever heating up your oven and the result is perfectly crispy tots. Temperature and time are the same regardless of servings. You can cook Air Frier Tater Tots using 3 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Air Frier Tater Tots

  1. Prepare 1/2-1 bag of frozen tater tots.
  2. It's 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
  3. You need 1 tsp of salt.

Air fryer tater tots are the bomb! Add cheese to the top and they're a crunchy snack or side dish your family will ask for over and over again. How to Air Fry Tater Tots. Air Fryer Tater Tots, one of the easiest air fryer recipes I can think of.

Air Frier Tater Tots step by step

  1. Preheat air frier to 400 degrees (about 5 minutes).
  2. Place tots in mixing bowl.
  3. Add 1 tbsp oil and toss to cover tots..
  4. Add 1 tsp (or to taste) salt and toss again..
  5. Once air frier is up to temp, poor in the tater tots..
  6. Fry the tots, turning every 4-5 minutes, until they are golden and crispy. (About 12-15 minutes).
  7. Remove from air frier, allow to cool and enjoy!.

I love a deep fried crispy tater tot, but I don't really need all the excess fat of deep Tater tots in air fryer satisfy my craving as well as using a fraction of oil. Tater tots have such a good childhood memory of eating them with hot dogs. The air fryer works some kind of magic on these tater tots. It gets them extra crispy and the homemade, shaggy look makes them better than any Working in batches, place tater tots in basket of air fryer. Air Fryer Tater Tots are a healthier homemade version of the fast food favorite.