You're just 15 minutes away from perfectly crispy air-fried tater tots!
Prep 10 minutesminutes
Cook 15 minutesminutes
Total 25 minutesminutes
Recipe Makes (Approximate): 4servings
Equipment
air fryer
neutral-flavored spray oil must be safe for air fryers
Ingredients
16ouncesfrozen tater tots
salt(to taste, optional)
Instructions
Preheat air fryer to 400° Fahrenheit.
Lightly spray air fryer basket with neutral spray oil, then place 16 ounces frozen tater tots in basket. Lightly spray tops of tater tots with oil. If desired, sprinkle salt over tater tots to taste.
Place basket in preheated air fryer. Air fry tater tots 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, remove basket from air fryer and shake basket to toss tater tots. Return basket to air fryer and air fry tater tots 3 minutes more.
Repeat process, shaking basket every 3 to 5 minutes, until tater tots are as crispy as desired. Note: check tater tots often to prevent burning.
When satisfied with crispiness of tater tots, remove basket from air fryer and transfer tater tots to bowl. Serve as desired.
Recipe Notes
This method works for any number of tater tots. If if your air fryer is small or you're cooking a large amount of tots, you'll want to work in batches.