If you are looking for an easy baked potato recipe that requires zero babysitting of the potato, super crispy skin but soft melty insides, look no further and Air Fryer Ninja Foodi Baked Potatoes.
Ninja Foodi Air Fried Baked Potatoes
✔ Ninja Foodi 6.5 quart ✔ Air Crisp Lid ✔ Basic Recipe
The Ninja Foodi Air Fryer (yes, I said Air Fryer, not Pressure cooker) makes perfect baked potatoes with no fuss.
Simple smother with a bit of oil, season, and place in the NF Air Fryer basket and voila – lunch, dinner, snack, and perfect EVERY time.
Once you master how to make these baked potatoes in the Air Fryer, you will see no need to make them with any other cooking method.
Simple, delicious, and what I like most of all – no requirement to “babysit” the food.
These potatoes cook right every time.
- 2-3 large baked potatoes
- olive oil
- sea salt
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Baked Potatoes in Ninja Foodi
These baked potatoes are REALLY easy.
First, stab baked potatoes with a fork all over the potato. This helps for the steam to release.
Add olive oil to the skin, making sure there is oil on all of the potato skin. You can do this by placing potatoes in a bowl and pouring oil over them, basting with a basting brush, or simply using your hands.
Place potatoes in an air fryer basket and place them into a silver ceramic inner pot of Ninja Foodi.
Season well with sea salt.
Close Air Crisp lid.
Set Air Fryer on Air Crisp for 400 degrees for 40 minutes.
Note that depending on the size of your potato, you may only need 35 minutes.
The great thing about the Air Crisp lid is you can simply check at the 35 min mark and close back up.
Potatoes are done with a knife slide through easily and skins are crispy.
Ninja Foodi Recipes
Are you new to Ninja Foodi and need a few more recipes to gain some great cooking knowledge and feel more comfortable cooking?
First, if you are looking online, you may want to try my Ninja Foodi Abbreviations Cheat Sheet. This will help out as you are surfing online Facebook groups and Pinterest pins to understand the type of recipe and have a free PDF download to keep in the kitchen.
Second, here are some well tested recipes that work perfectly for the all-in-one!
Ninja Foodi Chicken Wings – Did you know that you can make perfect chicken wings right in the Ninja Foodi Air Fryer? If you own an air fryer and haven’t experienced making marinated or seasoned wings in it yet – you are most definitely missing out.
Ninja Foodi Turkey Breast – The pressure cooker makes a fall off the bone delicious turkey breast that takes the timing incredibly down AND leave the oven open for all the side dishes, an incredible win for families everywhere
Ninja Foodi Boneless Ham – Ninja Foodi Ham in a pressure cooker and air crisped glaze, is a super easy and delicious way to cook holiday ham this year.
Ninja Foodi Corn Casserole – Nothing says Thanksgiving like corn casserole, or as some say, corn pudding. Made with Jiffy corn meal, corn casserole is a staple around nearly every holiday table.
Ninja Foodi Jalapeno Stuffed Chicken – This bacon wrapped cream cheese stuffed chicken is an easy Air Fryer recipe! This particular recipe is cooked in my Ninja Foodi 6.5 quart and should be a no fail recipe for even a novice.
NINJA FOODI LINE OF PRODUCTS
Personally, I love having a Ninja Foodi because it’s a whole line of kitchen products in one! You can also check other Ninja Foodi items to meet your kitchen needs – I have slowly been collecting them all myself!
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Ninja Foodi Blender – Meet the Ninja Foodi blender with heat-iq. Combines high-speed crushing with a precision-heat cooking blender to go beyond smoothies and frozen drinks to unlock natural flavors with heat. With the push of a button, heat fruit, melt chocolate, and toast spices to create perfectly customized craft drinks.
Ninja Foodi 6.5 Quart 9 in 1 Cooker – The Ninja Foodi—The pressure cooker that crisps. Pressure cooker, air fryer, tender crisper
Ninja Foodi Indoor Grill – The Smart XL grill that sears, sizzles, and crisps. Indoor countertop Grill and Air Fryer
Ninja Foodi Toaster Oven – The ultimate meal-making machine with 8 in 1 functionality: Air fry, air roast, air broil, bake, bagel, toast, dehydrate, and keep warm all in one powerful 1800 watt appliance.
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Ninja Foodi Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2-3 large baked potatoes
- olive oil
- sea salt
Instructions
- Baked Potatoes in Ninja Foodi
- Stab baked potatoes with fork all over potato.
- Add olive oil to skin, making sure there is oil on all of the potato skin. The easiest way to do this is simply with your hand or with a natural basting brush.
- Add Air Crisp black basket to inner ceramic pot.
- Place prepped baking potatoes inside air crisp basket.
- Season potatoes well with sea salt.
- Close Air Crisp lid.
- Set Air Fryer on 400 degrees on Air Crisp for 40 minutes.
- Note that depending on the size of your potato, you may only need 35 minutes. The great thing about the Air Crisp lid is you an simply check at the 35 min mark and close back up.
- Potatoes are done with a knife slides through easily and skins are crispy.
Richard Gibb says
Skin perfect , inside was solid . Trying to sofren in microwave.
Waste of 40 mins
Trisha says
Richard, it def should not have been solid at all after 40 minutes. In fact, it should have worked the same as an oven on 400. I would love to troubleshoot your issues – how big was the potato? Perhaps it needed more time? Or maybe there were not enough vent holes (fork holes or knife holes allowing steam to escape and heat to get inside). Potatoes are not all the same so my guess is that your potato might have been much larger than the ones I have shown. I am not sure how it would be completely solid.
Maria Barnes says
Same experience as Richard. I forked each potato about 4 times. I would say the potatoes were medium – certainly not the big honking ones that you get for a meal at a restaurant.
I just got my Ninja Foodi, and wondering if it is not heating properly, or if it needs adjustment for altitude (I am in Denver suburbs). I will try again, at a longer time, or perhaps microwave first. I did like the crispiness of the skin, and am not going to give up!
James says
Exactly the same result here! But THIS could be the missing ingredient – NOWHERE do you mention which setting on the Air Fryer, I used “bake” given it is a baked potato, but maybe it is on air crisp, but you FAILED to tell us?????
Trisha Haas says
Hi James,
First, I am sorry you seem upset (over a baked potato). But you are incorrect – I not only say Air Crisp in the article AND use the Air Crisp lid, but there is a full video that shows the settings of the Air Crisp highlighted (not bake) actually on.
I am not sure I can get more clear than actually showing someone in a video that also includes text.
Additionally, this article has had many, many positive reviews from people that had no issues, so it has never been a problem finding the information in the past.
However, to be even more clear, I’ll look for more places to highlight it again. I understand that some people may accidentally skip over the information or read to fast, so I will do my best to make sure its a lot more obvious with the feedback.
Trisha
Stephen says
Trisha, do you have an air fryer recipe for a Snickers so James can calm down? I think the recipe is on point. Thanks for your help.
Trisha Haas says
I cant tell you how much I cackled when I read this.
Trisha