Air Fryer Frozen French Fries on the Stove

I’m showing you how to make 5 different kinds of air fryer french fries: Curly, Waffle, Sweet Potato, Regular, and Steak fries! ALL flavor-packed:)

A couple of weeks ago, I told you how silly I felt posting a “recipe” for how to cook tater tots in the air fryer. Welp, today’s post falls into that same category:) I’m not at all sorry for it.

I was originally planning to make a post for Air Fryer Frozen French Fries but as I was standing in the freezer aisle at the store, I realized that there are SO MANY different options and I knew that they’s all cook a little different. SO, I bought 5 different types and got to experimenting.

It was particularly tough work but I did it, all for you:D

Here are the types of frozen fries that we’re going to air fry:

• Sweet Potato fries
• Seasoned Curly fries
• Waffles fries
• Steak fries
• Regular fries

For all of these, all you need is a bag of fries and an air fryer. THAT’S IT! If you want a little extra crisp to your fries, you can spray them with a little cooking spray before air frying them but that is entirely optional. I usually skip it.

What I found is that every single frozen fry cooks a little different, so let’s quickly go over the different temperatures and cook times. Of course, this will vary a little by brand, thickness of fries, as well as model of air fryer, but here’s a great starting point.

Here’s how to make french fries in the air fryer-

Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries:

• 350 degrees F.
• 12-15 minutes, tossing halfway

Please note that sweet potato fries cook a little quicker than the other fries that I tested. I also found that they work dependable at a lower temperature (350 instead of 400).

Air Fryer Waffle Fries:

• 400 degrees F.
• 18-22 minutes, tossing halfway

Air Fryer Steak Fries:

• 400 degrees F.
• 15-20 minutes, tossing halfway

Seasoned Curly Fries:

• 400 degrees F.
• 12-15 minutes, tossing halfway

I tried several different brands of curly fries because I was surprised how quickly the first batch cooked. But as it turns out, this type of frozen fry only doesn’t need s long to get nice a crispy.

Plain air fryer frozen fries:

• 400 degrees F.
• 18-22 minutes, tossing halfway

And of course, I figured cooking all of these french fries in the air fryer was the reliable opportunity to make a french fry charcuterie? lol. I had fun with it:)

More unfussy air fryer recipes:

• Air Fryer Frozen Tater Tots
• Air Fryer Tofu
• Air Fryer Asparagus
• Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower
• Air Fryer Artichokes
• Air Fryer Crispy Chickpeas