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.
The full recipe with ingredients/instructions is available on the recipe card at the bottom of the post. Important tips/tricks are also included in the blog post.
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.
Vinnie says
Fogot to mention, Love KFC Wedges, anytime when on the road always searched for KFC just to get the little Tub with some Chicken and Taters for a quick snack !
Vinnie says
I've been cutting my "Bakers" into wedges for years trying to emulate "JO JO" Potatos that we used to get out on Cape C0d at a Restaurant that was called the "YUM YUM TREE" Similar but not quite the same as KFC, But i'm anxious to make your Recipe , Just Looking at the pictures makes me drool ! Thank You Sooooo, Much for sharing !
Keepin the Pan Warm, Vinnie
Jenny Fiecke says
I don't have parchment paper. Can I cook the fried chicken anyways??
Tanya says
Hi Jenny, you sure can. Just spray the basket and make sure to preheat to lessen the chances of sticking. The parchment paper just helps with the sticking, especially on wire grates.
Keelin says
So delicious! I drizzle olive oil on them half way through. Would def make again!
Maddi says
So good! I made these for lunch today. They taste just like gas station/KFC potato wedges. Really easy to make and really tasty!
Taylor says
I forgot to mention in my review (vegan review by taylor) I also cut up and soaked my potatoes overnight as well as added a fistful of corn chex that I had put in a baggy and crushed a little with a rolling pin and put this in my flour mixture just to add a layer of crispiness.
Tanya says
Thanks so much Taylor! This is good info on making these vegan.
Taylor says
The last few times I've been to kfc they've told me they stopped serving wedges and I had a bunch of potatoes getting almost too old in my pantry. I found your recipe and got to work. I'm vegan so I switched out the egg with bob's red mill egg replacer and milk for cashew milk (with a tbs or so of apple cider vinegar because a lot of vegan recipes ask to do so to create a buttermilk). These wedges are extraordinarily delicious. I can't stop eating them. Thank you!!
Tanya says
Hi Taylor, Thank you 🙂 I've heard they stopped making them. I was shocked. I'll just keep making these then lol
Kate Nicholson says
I needed something tonight, with potatoes and frying, and....just something...and this fit the bill to a T. Do I have to share with my husband?
Tanya says
lol, nope 🙂
BatSoup says
Were they supposed to be really powdery? We followed instructions to a T, and seven cut down on seasoning a little, they ended up tasting very good, but very dry and powdery, maybe I need to give it another shot, I don't know, but for now, it didn't work out. ?
Tanya says
No, they shouldn't be powdery. They'll need to be sprayed really well to avoid being powdery. That's my guess as to why they didn't work out for you.
Lisa says
@Tanya, Mine turned out awful and powdery too. I most likely did not douse them with enough oil as suggested, but if you have to do that then what's the point of using an air fryer?
Tanya says
Hi Lisa, yep, sounds like you need to spray a bit more oil. The kind of spray bottle matters too. An oil mister that can spray an even mist over the wedges is better than one that streams it.
Tiffany says
This recipe is delicious! Thank you! The coating is so flavorful. I did not taste any flour as stated in the negative reviews. I did add a bit of the seasoning and cayenne pepper to the egg/milk mixture because.. why not. lol I am saving this to Pinterest under Favorite Recipes. 🙂
Tanya says
Hi Tiffany, so glad you liked the recipe. You can never go wrong with more cayenne lol
Tim says
Y'all is the correct way to abbreviate You All.
Tanya says
You're right. Fixed it.
Jay Dee says
This air fryer wedges were good and better than kfc and gas station also cheaper thanks for recipe
Tanya says
Thank you 🙂 So glad you liked them.
StaceyN says
I just got an air fryer and wanted to try these out. It wasn't that great imo and nothing like KFC. The taste was lacking and it wasn't super crispy. I ended up having to tweak it with a recipe I tried in the past( that was deep fried but I did it in the air fryer this time) and it turned out much better. I hate leaving bad reviews and rarely do but I also appreciate the lower reviews when I'm looking at recipes. 🙂 I'm sure others may like it but my family and I didn't.
Tanya says
Understood. We loved it and make it often. Thank you for the feedback 🙂
Gerri says
Thank you wonderful
CW says
I made these tonight and the family loved them. Since my wife is Vegan, I did not use the milk and egg however, I coated the wedges in the flour while they were still wet and let them sit for about 10 minutes, then followed the rest of your instructions. Mine were crispy with no flour taste at all. A new staple item in my cooking plans. Thank you very much for posting.