These air fryer twice baked potatoes are so cheesy and flavoursome, you’ll need to make extras because everyone will be going back for seconds.
Baked or 'jacket' potatoes are incredibly popular as a main meal here in the UK. We could have them served with butter and cheese, or beans, or tuna mayonnaise, or chilli...and in some cases a combination of the above, although I'm less sold on some of those!
But we are joined in harmony across the Atlantic when it comes to stuffed, twice baked potatoes. These incredibly cheesy indulgent takes on the jacket potato are a winner in the UK and the US alike.
To make these twice baked cheesy jacket potatoes in the air fryer, you'll start by pricking, oiling, and seasoning your potatoes before chucking them in the air fryer.
Once tender, you'll halve them, scoop out the flesh, and combine it with cheese, mayo, and chives before piling it back into the potato skins and baking to ooey, gooey, stretchy, cheesy perfection.
I use a combination of mozzarella and mature (sharp) cheddar in this recipe to achieve the perfect balance of mozzarella's creaminess but with extra flavour from the cheddar.
The chives add a fresh, onion-like edge, and the mayonnaise helps to slightly loosen the texture and add acid notes to cut through everything and marry the flavours together.
You can, of course, tweak this recipe is myriad ways. When I was a kid, my mum would add fried onions rather than chives.
And the bacon-obsessed members of our household would definitely not say no to some crisp bacon bits being added to the mix.
I also love that you can make so many of these delicious twice baked potatoes in a single air fryer basket.
My COSORI Air Fryer 4.7L does admittedly have a slightly bigger basket than some, but as the pictures show below, I can easily bake 8 potato halves in it at once.
If yours is smaller, you may have to do the second bake in two stages, but that's ok. It only takes 15 minutes, so your second helpings can be cooking while you're eating the first!
I like to serve these twice baked potatoes with a simple salad of rocket and tomatoes. But if you're hungrier, you could serve with steamed green veg and the protein of your choice, such as a baked chicken bread or a couple of slices of ham.
Read on for the full recipe with detailed instructions and a helpful photograph for every step. And if you have any questions, just leave me a comment. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 pinch salt and black pepper
- 100 g (3.5 oz) shredded mozzarella
- 100 g (3.5 oz) mature cheddar shredded
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- (0.2 oz) Small bunch chives finely chopped
Equipment
- Measuring spoon
- Mixing bowl
Instructions
Bake the potatoes
Push a skewer all the way through each potato a few times to help steam escape and ensure even cooking.
Rub all over with the olive oil, then place in the air fryer basket and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Set the air fryer to 160C/320F and bake for 50 minutes until soft and fluffy all the way to the centre.
Make the filling
Cut each of the potatoes in half lengthways.
Use a spoon to gently scoop the flesh out of the skin.
Collect the flesh in a bowl.
Add the mozzarella, cheddar, mayonnaise and all but a tablespoon of chopped chives.
Mix together.
Spoon the mixture back into the potato skins.
Arrange the filled potatoes in the air fryer basket.
Set the air fryer to 160C/320F and bake for 15 minutes until the cheese is bubbling.
Sprinkle with the reserved chives and serve.
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Cheesy Air Fryer Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 pinch salt and black pepper
- 100 g (3.5 oz) shredded mozzarella
- 100 g (3.5 oz) mature cheddar shredded
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- (0.2 oz) Small bunch chives finely chopped
Equipment
- Measuring spoon
- Mixing bowl
Instructions
Bake the potatoes
- Push a skewer all the way through each potato a few times to help steam escape and ensure even cooking.
- Rub all over with the olive oil, then place in the air fryer basket and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Set the air fryer to 160C/320F and bake for 50 minutes until soft and fluffy all the way to the centre.
Make the filling
- Cut each of the potatoes in half lengthways.
- Use a spoon to gently scoop the flesh out of the skin and into a bowl.
- Add the mozzarella, cheddar, mayonnaise and all but a tablespoon of chopped chives. Mix together.
- Spoon the mixture back into the potato skins.
- Arrange the filled potatoes in the air fryer basket.
- Set the air fryer to 160C/320F and bake for 15 minutes until the cheese is bubbling.
- Sprinkle with the reserved chives and serve.
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