Enjoy a healthy and colourful side dish with root vegetables, perfectly cooked in an air fryer. This recipe gives the root vegetables a lovely crispy surface and a sweet, caramelised flavour without using much oil.
Peel and cut the root vegetables into sticks or cubes of about 1–2 cm.Preheat the air fryer to 200 °C (use the preheat programme, or let it run for a couple of minutes before you start).
Put the cut root vegetables in a large bowl:2 pcs carrot, 2 pcs parsnip, 1 sweet potato, 1 pcs beetrootToss them with 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp sea salt, ½ tsp black pepper and 1 tsp dried rosemary until they are evenly coated.
Spread the root vegetables out in the air fryer basket. Make sure they don't lie on top of each other to get the best result.
Air fry at 200 °C for about 20–25 minutes, or until the root vegetables are golden and crisp.Shake the basket or turn the root vegetables halfway through cooking so they brown evenly.Start the online kitchen timer here
Serve hot as a side dish to your favourite meal.
Notes
Different air fryers can have different cooking times, so keep an eye on your root vegetables to prevent them from burning.