Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries

These Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries can be ready in only a few minutes and boasting the same texture as the deep-fried variety and that's thanks to the air fryer. With the use of the air fryer, your fries will be easier, healthier, and faster to make, and you can serve them as a sidekick to burgers, chicken tenders, or another favorite grilled protein.

Feel free to use any Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries brand, just follow the instructions as below and you should be fine.

Can you Cook Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries In the Air Fryer?

Yes, you can cook your Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries in the air fryer, actually using this method will guarantee you extra crispiness than using the oven, and less use of oil than deep-frying them.

Also using the air fryer to cook your frozen crinkle-cut fries is way faster than even waiting for your oven to be preheated as it only takes 12 minutes for your fries to be fully cooked and crispy.

Why Air Fryer Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries?

For me, these frozen crinkle-cut fries taste so good when cooked with the use of the air fryer, as it does deliver you the crispiness that you rarely get when cooked with the use of the oven.

Here is why I love cooking my frozen Crinkle Cut Fries in the air fryer, instead of the oven or deep-frying:

• Faster: cooking your frozen Crinkle Cut Fries in the air fryer is actually faster than waiting for your oven to be preheated, it needs 12 to deliver you crispy delicious Crinkle Cut Fries.
• Crunchy: Cooking your frozen Crinkle Cut Fries in the oven won't really give you the crunch that you get from deep-frying them, meanwhile the air fryer will assure that without even the need of any extra oil spray.
• Easy: With the use of the air most of the recipes are super easy to make, working with it doesn't really need any effort, for most recipes you will only either flip the food or shake the basket as will happen in our case.
• Low Calorie: These frozen Crinkle Cut Fries are already precooked, so deep-frying them again will add more calories to them, but if you cook them in the air fryer you won't need to add any extra oil.

How Long Do You Cook Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries in an Air Fryer?

These Crinkle Cut Fries are a bit thicker than regular fries, so it's obvious that they need more time in the air fryer in order to get them nice and crispy.

There are a lot of air fryer brands out there, and they all differ from one another, and that's because their fan that is responsible for circulating the air won't circulate at the same speed, which means your air fryer can cook these Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries either faster or slower than mine.

In order to know the exact cooking time for your Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries in the air fryer here's what you need to do:

1. Start by preheating your air fryer at 360 degrees F.
2. Then go ahead and place your Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries into the air fryer basket, make sure to do not overcrowd the basket.
3. Air fry your fries for about 6 minutes, then shake the basket to make sure the fries cook evenly.
4. Continue cooking your fries for about 4 to 8 minutes, depending on the crispiness you want to achieve.

The instructions say that you need 12 minutes in total for your fries to be cooked, so I recommend if you cooking these Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries for the first time to start checking on them in the last minutes, in order to see if they are done or need more time.

Regular fries

On the other hand, if you working with regular fries, then they will need less cooking timing, as they are not thick as Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries, so the Regular straight cut fries should only take around 10 minutes to be cooked in the air fryer at 360 degrees. You should always keep in mind that cooking time varies depends on the air fryer, also don't forget to shake your air fryer basket halfway through cooking to make sure that your fries will evenly cook.

Waffle fries

Waffle fries are also some people's favorite, the holes cut in them are what make the pieces of potato thin so they cook pretty quickly. They almost have the same timing as regular fries, with 10 minutes of cooking time at 360 degrees F while stopping halfway through to shake the basket to get the waffle fries evenly cooked. If you want your Waffle fries to be less crispy, consider reducing the cooking time to 8 minutes.

Crinkle-Cut Fries Vs Regular Fries

If you would ask me, then I would say I will choose Crinkle-Cut Fries and that's because they taste better and they are more fun like the curly fries.

The crunchiness is almost the same, but the texture of the Crinkle-Cut Fries is what really attracts me to it, plus it tastes good too.

In the 90s people used to have crinkle-cut fries just because they tasted better when they were oven-baked and you didn't need to deep fry them. However, these days are gone, and now air-fried crinkle-cut fries are the best you can do, easier, healthier, and faster.

How Do You Cook Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries in an Air Fryer?

• Preheat – Preheating is the first thing you want to start with it will allow the air fryer basket to be hot also saving you some cooking time, tho this isn't really required but I've found that preheating will give the best results. just preheat your air fryer for about 2 to 3 minutes before you start cooking.

• Add the Fries – Now you want to add your Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries into the air fryer basket, only about 10 ounces as you don't want to overcrowd the basket which will not help the hot air circulates. you can also spray your frozen fries with oil spray if you want to add more crispiness to them. set the timer to 12 minutes and you're good to go.

• Shake the Basket – Halfway through the cooking time remove the basket and shake it in order for the Crinkle Cut Fries on the bottom to come to the top that will help the fries cook evenly. also if you want to add some salt to your fries then this is the perfect time to do it, maybe you want to respray them with some oil spray as it will help the salt to stick to the fries. Now put the air fryer basket back and continue cooking your fries.

And that's it! you just got yourself a quick delicious Crinkle Cut Fries that you can serve as a side or with a dipping sauce.

Do I Need to Defrost Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries Before Frying?

No, There is no need to defrost your frozen crinkle-cut fries before cooking them in the air fryer, in fact by defrosting them you actually running the risk of making your fries get mushy, and you won't end up with that crisp that you looking for.

Not only Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries that you should not defrost but all types of frozen food that you want to cook with the use of the air fryer. always cook your food straight from frozen in the air fryer.

Are Air Fried Crinkle Cut Fries Healthy?

Saying that these Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries are healthy is tricky, I mean fries are precooked by deep-frying them which means they already have many calories, however, deep-frying them again to reheat/cook them will add much more calories.

And here comes the air fryer as it doesn't require any oil to cook your Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries (unless you optionally added some oil spray), so technically cooking your Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries in the air fryer is healthy.

How long do I air Fry cold Crinkle Cut fries leftovers?

If your Crinkle Cut fries got cold, or you just have some leftover you don't want to eat cold, then you can easily use the air fryer to reheat them, and here's how:

• Start by adding your Crinkle Cut leftovers into the air fryer basket.
• Air fryer the Crinkle Cut leftovers at 350 degrees F for about 3 to 6 minutes ( cooking time may slightly vary depends on the air fryer brand).
• Halfway through cooking shake the air fryer basket, then continue cooking your fries for the remaining time.

What to serve with Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries

If you want to pair your Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries for a complete meal then I recommend these dishes that you can choose from:

• Gravy
• Gorton’s Fish Sticks
• Mac and Cheese
• Baked beans
• Torchetti Pasta
• Fried polenta wedges

And for the dipping sauces you can try:

• ketchup
• curry, curry ketchup, curry sauce,
• hot or chili sauce
• mustard
• Yum Yum Sauce
• mayonnaise
• Masago Sauce
• salad cream
• honey mustard
• Alfredo Sauce
• bearnaise sauce
• Tartar Sauce

Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries Ingredients

• 800 g Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries

Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries Instructions

1. Start by preheating your air fryer to 360 degrees F.
2. Next, you want to place your Crinkle-cut frozen fries into the air fryer basket.
3. You can spray them with some oil spray, but I won't as it's not needed.
4. Now, air fry your frozen Crinkle cut fries for 12 minutes at 360 degrees F.
5. Halfway through cooking, you want to shake the air fryer basket in order to flip the fries inside and help them cook evenly.
6. Finally, take off your frozen Crinkle cut fries and serve with your favorite dish or dipping sauce.

Recipe Tips

• Feel free to adjust the cooking time depending on how crispy you want your Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries.
• For softer or thinner fries, you need to decrease the cooking time, while for crispier or thicker fries, you need to increase it.
• If the air fryer you using does not rotate, then you need to toss your fries very well midway through, as that will help the hot air circulate.
• Pay attention to the fries that are sitting on the bottom of the bowl and make sure they are cooped up to the top.
• If you have a rotating air fryer, then make sure to check on them halfway to judge how thoroughly cooked they are.
• If you will spray your fries with oil, don't spray too much as it will lead to mushy fries.
• Not preheating your air fryer will result in a much longer cooking time.
• I recommend trying your fries with different seasonings for a more gourmet snack, maybe garlic or onion powder, seasoned salt, or chipotle powder for fries with a kick.

Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries Nutrition Facts

Amount Per Serving

• Calories 520
• Total Fat 30g 47%
  • Saturated Fat 9g 45%
• Sodium 980mg 41%
• Potassium 860mg 25%
• Total Carbohydrate 60g 20%
  • Dietary Fiber 9g 36%
• Protein 6g 12%
• Vitamin C 13%
• Calcium 18%
• Iron 3%

Air Fryer Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries

Author: Emily Hill Cooking Method:Air Fryer Cuisine:American Courses:Sides

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: minutesCook time: 12 minutesRest time: minutesTotal time: 12 minutesServings:4 servingsCalories:520 kcal Best Season:Available

Ingredients

• 800 g Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries

Instructions

1. Start by preheating your air fryer to 360 degrees F.
   
2. Next, you want to place your Crinkle-cut frozen fries into the air fryer basket.
   
3. You can spray them with some oil spray, but I won't as it's not needed.
   
4. Now, air fry your frozen Crinkle cut fries for 12 minutes at 360 degrees F.
   
5. Halfway through cooking, you want to shake the air fryer basket in order to flip the fries inside and help them cook evenly.
   
6. Finally, take off your frozen Crinkle cut fries and serve with your favorite dish or dipping sauce.

Notes

• Feel free to adjust the cooking time depending on how crispy you want your Air Fried Frozen Crinkle Cut Fries.
• For softer or thinner fries, you need to decrease the cooking time, while for crispier or thicker fries, you need to increase it.
• If the air fryer you using does not rotate, then you need to toss your fries very well midway through, as that will help the hot air circulate.
• Pay attention to the fries that are sitting on the bottom of the bowl and make sure they are cooped up to the top.
• If you have a rotating air fryer, then make sure to check on them halfway to judge how thoroughly cooked they are.
• If you will spray your fries with oil, don't spray too much as it will lead to mushy fries.
• Not preheating your air fryer will result in a much longer cooking time.
• I recommend trying your fries with different seasonings for a more gourmet snack, maybe garlic or onion powder, seasoned salt, or chipotle powder for fries with a kick.