Air Fryer Potato Pancakes

If you’re craving a potato dish that is easy to whip together, these air fryer potato pancakes are the way to go!

Made with just a few ingredients like raw potatoes, egg, and flour, they are soft on the inside, crispy on the outside, and can be enjoyed both savory or sweet with dips and sauces!

Ingredients

If you want to make these crispy potato pancakes, here are the ingredients that you will need. There are not too many, so you can whip them up pretty quickly if you want!

• Potatoes – shredded; any type of potato will work, but try using russet potatoes, Yukon Gold potatoes, white potatoes, or Idaho potatoes if you have them on hand.
• Egg – Used as a binder to hold the potato pancakes together.
• Onion – One yellow onion, grated; to add flavor.
• All-purpose flour – To bind the ingredients together.
• Salt – To enhance the flavor of the pancakes.
• Pepper – To add a bit of spice and depth of flavor.
• Oil – To grease the air fryer basket.

Step by Step Instructions

If you’re interested in seeing exactly how to make air-fried potato pancakes, then you can have a look at the recipe process photos in this section. This way you can follow along as you cook!

Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Meanwhile, combine the grated potatoes, grated onion, and egg in a bowl.

Add the flour, salt, and pepper. Skip the pepper, if you want to serve the potato pancakes sweet.

Mix everything thoroughly and try to squeeze out the liquid. This is important, otherwise, the potato pancakes may not air fry well.

Coat the air fryer grate with oil. Using a spoon, drop some of the potato mixture into the air fryer and form small potato pancakes, about 3 inches in diameter.

Don’t overcrowd the air fryer, cook in batches if needed.

Air fry the potato pancakes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes (or until crispy and browned), then flip the pancakes to the other side and cook for another 10 minutes or until fully cooked on both sides.

The exact cooking time can vary depending on your air fryer and the thickness of the potato pancakes.

Serve the potato pancakes with sour cream and fresh herbs, applesauce or sauces of your choice.

Air Fryer Potato Pancakes

Print Recipe

Air Fryer Potato Pancakes are crispy and delicious! Made with shredded potatoes and just a few other simple ingredients, these pancakes can be enjoyed both savory or sweet.

• Author: Julia
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 40 minutes
• Total Time: 45 minutes
• Yield: 3 1x
• Category: Breakfast, Dinner

Ingredients

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• 3 medium-sized potatoes, grated
• 1 egg
• 1 yellow onion, grated
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, for savory pancakes
• 1 tablespoon oil

Instructions

1. Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a bowl, combine the grated potatoes, grated onion and egg.
   3 medium-sized potatoes, 1 egg, 1 yellow onion
3. Add the flour, salt and pepper (for savory pancakes). Mix everything thoroughly and try to squeeze out the liquid. This is important, otherwise the potato pancakes may not air fry well.
   1/4 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
4. Grease the air fryer grate with oil. Using a spoon, drop some of the potato mixture into the air fryer and form small potato pancakes about 3 inches in diameter. Don’t overcrowd the air fryer – cook in batches if needed.
   1 tablespoon oil
5. Air fry the potato pancakes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes (or until crispy and browned), then flip the pancakes to the other side and cook for another 10 minutes until fully cooked on both sides. The exact cooking time can vary depending on your air fryer and the thickness of the potato pancakes.
6. Serve potato pancakes with sour cream and fresh herbs, applesauce or sauces of your choice.

Notes

• Instead of grating the potatoes with a grater, you can use a food processor to shred the potatoes. Just don’t shred them too fine.
• If you want to enjoy the potato pancakes sweet (e.g. with applesauce), don’t add black pepper.
• Don’t grate the potatoes ahead of time, as they may change color due to oxidation.
• Squeeze out as much liquid as possible, otherwise, the potato pancakes may not air fry well.
• Don’t overcrowd the air fryer basket or the potato pancakes may not cook and crisp evenly.
• If you have trouble with the potato pancake mix running through the cracks in the air fryer basket, place down a bit of parchment paper. The cooking time will likely be longer in that case.