These Air Fryer Potato Wedges are air-fried for a healthier version of the breaded KFC wedges. No worry about deep frying with the Air Fryer around.
You’ll find the full recipe with ingredient amounts and instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post. Be sure to check out the blog post itself for extra tips and tricks!
These potato wedges aren’t your normal everyday potato wedges. They’re crispy, very well seasoned, and fluffy on the inside.
If you've been following my blog journey from week to week, you'll notice that I'm obsessed with my Air Fryer. I bought it when I was pregnant because I was craving French fries. My first air fryer recipe shared here was this Air Fryer General Tso Chicken Recipe.
These wedges take a little more effort than traditional potato wedges, but it’s so worth it in the end! They are quick and easy to cook in the air fryer, and way less messy than traditional deep frying. They come out perfectly crispy, and the seasoning is just too good!
Serve them up as an appetizer or side for one delicious bite. You’ll be so pleased you skipped KFC and made these at home instead!
Be sure to try my Air Fryer Baked Potatoes and Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes too!
A Quick Glance at the Ingredients
- Russet Potatoes - These starchy potatoes give you that fluffy, tender inside and crispy outside, just like the KFC classic. Yukon Golds can work too, just avoid waxy potatoes like red fingerlings, which won't get as fluffy.
- Wet Ingredients - egg and milk create the binding layer for the seasoned breading to stick.
- Dry Ingredients - all-purpose flour, seasoned salt, paprika, garlic powder, and ground black pepper.
- Oil for spraying the wedges - use a high smoke-point oil (like avocado, canola, vegetable, or peanut oil).
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How to make these Breaded Air Fryer Potato Wedges
First, grab two equally sized Russet potatoes. Then, you'll cut them into equal-sized wedges. Here's a helpful graph on cutting potato wedges. Make sure the wedges are of a similar size so they cook evenly.
Then whisk your egg and milk in a medium-sized bowl. Place your potato wedges in the bowl and coat them with the mixture. Set aside.
Next, in another medium bowl, combine your flour, seasoning salt, garlic powder, paprika, and black pepper in a bowl and stir until combined.
Next, take your potato wedges and coat them in the flour mixture, making sure all sides are covered. Shake off any excess flour.
Once your wedges are coated, it's time to place them in the Air Fryer basket. Spray the bottom of the Air Fryer basket with oil so your wedges won't stick. Then lay them in a single layer on the air fryer basket.
Then spray your air fryer wedges to cover any flour spots.
Close the air Fryer and set the temperature to 360 degrees Fahrenheit for 22 minutes. After 11 minutes, open your Air Fryer. If you see any spots of flour on these side of the wedges, spray them with oil. Then, flip your wedges and spray this side with oil. Close the air fryer and cook for the remaining 11 minutes.
And done 🙂 Once this batch of wedges is done, repeat until all your potato wedges are cooked.
Can you make these without oil?
Using some oil is best; it helps the wedges cook more evenly and become crispy and brown. If you don’t spray them with oil, the flour coating can remain quite dry. You’ll need a lot less than traditional deep frying for sure though!
Can you make them ahead and reheat them?
These seasoned potato wedges are great right out of the air fryer, but if you have leftovers don’t throw them out! One of the reasons I love the air fryer so much is because it reheats so well!
Cooked wedges can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. To reheat them, preheat the air fryer to 380°F and cook them for 3 to 5 minutes, shaking halfway through. They’ll come out perfectly crispy and taste as they’ve just been cooked!
What do you serve them with?
These crispy air fryer wedges are great to serve as an appetizer with dips like ketchup, spicy mayo, or Vinegar BBQ Sauce, they are an excellent addition to game day! they are also great served as a side with a main, try them with some of these favorites:
- Air Fryer Fried Chicken - Crispy, golden, and juicy fried chicken made with less oil but all the flavor.
- Air Fryer Frozen Hamburgers - Juicy, perfectly cooked burgers straight from the freezer to your air fryer in minutes.
- Seasoned Air Fryer Turkey Wings - Tender, flavorful turkey wings with perfectly crisped skin right from the air fryer.
- Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings - Lemon peppery wings with a crispy bight and bright citrus flavor.
Tanya's Recipe Notes and Tips
- I recommend that you cook these wedges in batches. You can add all the wedges in at the same time, but it would require you to turn the wedges in every five minutes or so with silicone tongs. For best results, laying the wedges in a single layer is suggested.
- It’s best not to cut the potatoes too far ahead of time as they can start to brown. If you’d like to prep them ahead, cut the wedges and keep them covered in a bowl of water till ready to cook.
- Grease your air fryer basket with a little oil before cooking, this will stop the wedges from sticking and will make them easier to flip.
And there you have it. Delicious golden breaded potato wedges just like KFC.
If you're looking for Air Fryer tips and tricks, check out my Air Fryer Tips and Tricks.
KFC Copycat Potato Wedges (Air Fryer Method)
Ingredients
Instructions
- Wash and dry Russet potatoes. Cut into wedges, set aside.
- Whisk egg and milk in a large bowl. Toss russet potatoes in egg mixture until potatoes are fully covered. Set aside.
- Combine flour, seasoned salt, paprika, garlic powder, and black pepper in a medium sized bowl.
- Take a russet potato wedge out of the egg mixture and place it in the flour mixture, coating all sides. Shake off any excess flour. Place wedge on the bottom of a greased Air Fryer basket.
- Repeat with the remaining wedges, making sure the wedges are in a single layer on the bottom of the basket.
- Spray the wedges with oil, covering any flour spots.
- Close the Air Fryer basket and cook the wedges on 360 degrees Fahrenheit for 11 minutes. Open basket, spray any flour spots that you see on the wedges, then flip the wedges. Spray this side of the wedges. Close the Air Fryer basket and cook for 11 more minutes.
- Serve wedges with ketchup and enjoy 🙂
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Notes
Notes on Air Fryer Potato Wedges
- I recommend that you cook these wedges in batches. You can add all the wedges at once, but you'll need to turn them every five minutes or so with silicone tongs. For best results, laying the wedges in a single layer is suggested.
- I suggest you serve these wedges with ketchup.
- It's best not to cut the potatoes too far ahead of time as they can start to brown. If you'd like to prep them ahead, cut the wedges and keep them covered in a bowl of water til ready to cook.
- Grease your air fryer basket with a bit of oil before cooking. This will stop the wedges from sticking and will make them easier to flip
Tried this recipe?
Let us know how it was!This recipe was originally published in February 2019 and updated with new tips and additional information.
Dana Baxter says
Made these tonight for the first time. Super easy to make and cooked perfect but were bland tasting. Just need to add some salt and extra seasoning to the flour mixture next time. Will make them again.
Lancie says
I've prepared the recipe as directed, but can advise that this recipe does not work very well in the Instant Vortex's rotisserie/air fryer basket. The basket knocked off all of the seasoning and left it in a crumby mess in the bottom of the fryer.
Do you happen to have any tips or tricks that could help me remedy this problem?
Tanya says
Hi Lancie, are you referring to a rotating basket? If so, I don't like putting breaded items in those. I would lay the wedges on the air fryer trays instead, rotating and turning halfway through cooking. That would fix the issue you are having.
Lancie says
Thank you for responding! Yes, the Instant Vortex has a rotating basket. I may have also had the wedges too thick, since they also did not cook all the way through - and that's even after increasing the cooking time to 15 minutes from the beginning. :/
I'll give it another shot on the wedges, but for now, I think I'll try air frying a bag of seasoned potatoes in the basket.
Charles says
Hello lad, I'm really into the writings on your website. They are organized cleanly, easy to digest and understand, despite English being my third language. All the best.
Gloria says
Not impressed.
Followed recipe exactly
Not crispy
Tasted like eating flour
Will not make again
Tanya says
Hi Gloria, not sure what went wrong then. I've made and tested these fries multiple times. I only found that they had a floury taste if they were cooked for too short a period of time or if the basket was over crowded.
Erica Boothe says
I'm new to your website and a newbie to the air fryer world. I am CRAVING gas station (Royal Farms) or a carry out chicken box (chicken wings and wedges). I'm originally from Baltimore, MD now living in Phoenix, AZ. You just can't get that kind of food here. *Sigh* Tomorrow for dinner I'm trying my air fryer for the first time, along with your recipe. Thank you 🙂
Kathleen Allenbach says
Exactly the recipe I was looking for my grandkids.
They loved these!!
Thank you!!
Mary says
They look delicious, but the amount of sodium is too much for me.
Tanya says
Hi Mary, that's beacause of the seasoning salt. That can be adjusted with either getting rid of the seasoning salt and using regular salt or finding a low sodium seasoning salt to use.
Stephanie K says
Finally, a recipe that actually tastes like the ones you get when eating out! Perfect! So happy I stumbled across this! Has anyone experimented with air frying batches of them and freezing them for later! I would love to make some ahead and take them to my daughter, who is a college senior. she lives on an apartment on campus, & while they would love to have an air fryer, they dont have space for one. Wondering if I could fry them, freeze them, and she could bake them in her oven? Does anyone know if that works?
Tom Mckeegan says
This is exactly the idea I wanted for potato wedges with my new air fryer. I like the name of your website! Thanks! Signed, The hungry bachelor.
Angela Sciurca says
I just purchased a combo Convection Toaster oven with Air Fryer, and am starting to collect recipes for the air fryer part. Can I use these recipes in this oven or do I have to invent my own? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Tanya says
Hi Angela, You can use these recipes in your oven on the Air Fryer function. The only change may be time as different air fryers have different wattage. Some cook faster or slower than others.
Karin says
TIP: If you cook these fries in your confection oven, place them on a wire rack w/space between them and the tray. This allows the air to flow all over the fries so they won't be soggy underneath.
Sonia says
This is just perfect! My kids are big fan of KFC fries and I am so happy I found a recipe which is not friend!! Trying this soon 🙂
Mary Bostow says
Perfect texture. I will probably experiment w/ the spices next time but was very good as is.
Heidy L. McCallum says
I will have to try this copycat out. Looks amazing! So crisp looking.
Sherri says
OK, you convinced me that I really need an air fryer! My kids would go nuts over these! I LOVE how much healthier they are too! 🙂
Marisa says
These sure do look like the KFC wedges. And I want them! I don't have an air fryer but will try your recipe in my convection one. YUM!
Liz says
#8 Serve wedges with French fries and enjoy? Am I missing something?
Tanya says
My mistake...that should say ketchup. Clearly I’m obsessed with fries and potato wedges and always have them on my brain, lol