Enjoy some delicious Air Fryer Carrot Fries with this simple recipe! The carrots are quickly cut into fries, coated with paprika, salt, garlic powder, and olive oil, and placed in the Air Fryer. Sprinkled with some salt and parsley and served with slightly spicy sriracha mayonnaise, it is the ultimate side dish for the Fall or the perfect finger food for game day.
You know how much I love my Instant Pot and Air Fryer, there are great tools to put together your food and forget about it while doing something else! My lemon pepper chicken wings recipe is a great example. Also, if you just love fries that are not potatoes, check my Portobello Mushroom fries, you will not regret it.
Jump to:
🔪 Ingredients Needed
The steps to make this recipe are really easy. First of all, let's list the tools you will need:
- A chopping board
- A vegetable peeler
- A sharpened knife
- A bowl
- Your air fryer
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
As for the ingredients, you will need carrots, naturally, salt, garlic powder, paprika, and olive oil.
Tip: Try to choose carrots of all the same size so when the cooking time needed is the same for the whole batch.
🔪 How To Prepare It
- First things first, wash and peel your carrots. Cut them into sticks.
- Then, you will need to toss everything in a large bowl.
- Place a layer of carrot fries (half this batch) in your air fryer basket and close your lid or drawer depending on what you have.
- Select Air Fry and select 15 minutes of cook time at 395 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Remove the air-fried carrots from the basket and place them on a plate with some aluminum foil loosely covering it otherwise the steam will remove the crunch from your vegetable.
- Repeat with the other half of the batch.
📖 Substitutions And Variations
CARROTS: One of the most obvious substitutions is carrots for baby carrots. Absolutely, take that shortcut. However, keep in mind that the thickness of the carrot will determine if you need to air fry it a little longer.
SPICES:
- for something spicier: add or substitute the paprika for chili or chipotle powder.
- for something sweeter: add some brown sugar when tossing the carrots with the spices. Another option if you want, add a tablespoon of maple syrup to the raw veggies. Once air fried, it will have a little caramelized taste.
DIP: This chipotle mayonnaise is the perfect dip as it balances with the sweetness of the carrots. But, this is just a suggestion, if you are into double-dipping in ketchup or garlicky aioli, go for it! The sky is the limit, my friend.
🎥 Video Of The Recipe
💭 FAQ For The Recipe
Ah! Two things you need to do to make sure to get a little crunch (it will not be like regular potato fries):
Pat dry your carrots prior to adding the spices. It is optional as it is not as high in water content as a zucchini would be.
Make 2 batches: ideally, you don't want to have too many carrots on top of each other. It promotes moisture when piled on each other.
Absolutely, you can make roasted carrots instead of air fryer carrots if you do not own the equipment but like the recipe! I would say, follow my roasted potato and carrot recipe for the cooking time.
You don't need to add oil to the air fryer itself but if you want a little crisp, you should toss your carrots in oil.
This side dish is more delicious if cooked and enjoyed on the day of. However, If you have some leftovers, you can store them in a container and reheat them in the oven for a few minutes.
🥕 More Carrot Recipes
More Air Fryer Recipes You'll Love
Crispy Air Fryer Lemon Pepper Wings: You have to try them. Period.
Don't throw away your potato skins: Air fryer potato skin
Give another chance to Brussel sprouts by cooking them in the air fryer
HOT TIP: Keep your carrot peels, freeze them and use them later to make broth with all your vegetable scraps!
📖 Air Fryer Carrot Fries
Equipment
- A chopping board
- A vegetable peeler
- A sharpened knife
- Bowl
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 5 carrots medium size
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon garlic crushed or powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon sisracha powder
- 2 tablespoon mayonnaise
Instructions
- Wash and using a vegetable peeler, peel your carrots.
- Grad your cutting board, cut the carrots into sticks (of about 2 inches long): cut the carrot in half, lenghth wise, and cut each half in thirds.
- In a large bowl, toss everything.
- In your air fryer basket, place a layer of carrot fries (half this batch) and close your lid or drawer depending on what you have.
- Select Air Fry and select 15 minutes of cook time at 395 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Depending on your Air Fryer, it will beep half-way so you can toss your carrots.
- Once fully cooked, your air fryer beeps. Remove the air-fried carrots from the basket and place them on a plate with some aluminum foil loosely covering it otherwise the steam will remove the crunch from your vegetable.
- Repeat with the other half of the batch.
- In the meantime, in a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and siracha. Set aside.
- All your carrots fries are ready, serve immediately with your dip.
Video
Notes
- Pat dry your carrots prior to adding the spices.
- Ideally make 2 batches so your Air Fryer is not crowed.
- The fries will get a little crisp but remember there are not like regular potato fries.
Claudia Lamascolo says
We just love this recipe and air fryer is the way to go what a delicious idea this was will make often!
Mélanie says
Thank you Claudia!
Cynthia | What A Girl Eats says
The air-fryer is amazing! Everything gets so crispy. These carrot fries are genius.
Mélanie says
Thank you Cynthia!
Amanda Dixon says
Loved these air fryer carrots! The air fryer made it really quick and easy, and they had such a nice texture.
Mélanie says
Glad you enjoyed it Amanda!
Gail Montero says
I love vegetable fries and can eat a lot of these! Love this carrot version with loads of garlicky goodness!
Mélanie says
Such a great version of fries!
Swathi says
This Air fryer carrots looks delicious I would love to make it.
Mélanie says
You would love it Sawthi!
Natalie says
I love air-fried veggies. They always turn delicious. I will give your recipe a try, for sure. Looks perfectly flavored and yummy!
Mélanie says
Thank you!