Air Fryer Shoestring Fries – Leite’s Culinaria

Oh, so easy and so good are these air fryer shoestring fries. This recipe makes the actual process of cutting these little beauties a breeze.

Although I have had my air fryer for quite some time, I hesitated making shoestring fries, as cutting them by hand never seemed to produce even sized potatoes, which made even baking difficult. The 1/4-inch noodle attachment produced a perfectly sized ribbon and the scissors easily cut the ribbons into 4-inch pieces.

I loved leaving the skins on, one less step and healthier. A couple of water rinses of the potatoes seemed to remove all of the starchiness and the 2 tablespoons of oil was just enough to produce a nice color and crunch.

As to the cooking times, because my air fryer was on the older side, the basket was on the smaller side. Hence, I could not get the fries into a single layer. I went with it anyway and made a point of gently turning them every 5 minutes as suggested until they were on the well-done crunchy side. They were absolutely perfect.

I bumped them up a notch by making the tasty coriander and fresh dill variation. My plan was to serve them on top of a grilled salmon burger. I followed the directions for applying both the coriander and dill and it worked well. So well, the fries never made it to the top of my burger as planned. Rather, after adjusting the salt, I proceeded to eat every single last fry myself. No guilt here though, they’re air fried! Definitely putting this recipe on my regular rotation!