Air Fryer Onions

These easy Air Fryer Onions are a quick and easy way to boost the flavor of nearly every savory dish. Pile fried onions on burgers, hot dogs, or steak, add them to grain bowls or salads, or fold them into scrambled eggs, omelets, pasta recipes, and so much more.

Meggan’s notes

Cooking onions is a way to tap into the magic of chemistry. Cooked onions are mellow and slightly sweet, and definitely won’t make your eyes water in the same way as their raw peers. Instead, you can coax out the deeply sweet, rich flavor hiding in their natural sugars.

An air fryer is a hands-off option for cooking onions, and the Air Fryer Onion recipe ahead is one of my new favorite hacks for punching up their flavor in 10 minutes or less.

Recipe ingredients

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Ingredient notes

• Onion: This recipe works for brown, red, white onions, or yellow onions. Cut into equal-sized slices to ensure even cooking.
• Olive oil: I keep light olive oil on hand as my default cooking oil. Avocado oil, peanut oil, or even a generous spritz of cooking spray works here, too.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, add onion, olive oil, and salt and pepper (I like at least ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper). Toss to combine.

2. Transfer the onions to the air fryer basket and arrange in a single layer (work in batches if necessary).

3. Air fry at 400 degrees until the onions are softened with golden brown, caramelized edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Recipe tips and variations

• Yield: This Air Fryer Onions recipe makes about 1 cup, enough for four 1/4-cup servings.
• Storage: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
• Spice things up: In addition to salt and pepper, feel free to add more dried herbs and spices to the oil-dressed onions before cooking. Chili powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, Italian Seasoning, and Taco Seasoning are among my personal favorite flavor-boosters.

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Air Fryer Onions

By Meggan Hill

These easy Air Fryer Onions are a quick and easy way to boost the flavor of nearly every savory dish.

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Servings 4 servings (¼ cup each)

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Calories 46

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Equipment

• Air Fryer

Ingredients 

US CustomaryMetric

• ▢ 1 large onion peeled, halved and sliced into 1/4-inch pieces
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions 

• Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, add onion, olive oil, and salt and pepper (I like at least ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper). Toss to combine. Transfer the onion to the basket of an air fryer and arrange in a single layer (work in batches if necessary).
• Air fry at 400 degrees until the onions are softened with caramelized edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Notes

1. Onion: This recipe works for brown, red, yellow, or white onions. Cut into evenly-sized pieces to ensure even cooking
2. Yield: This Air Fryer Onions recipe makes about 1 c., enough for four 1/4-c. servings.
3. Storage: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.25 cupCalories: 46kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 0.4gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 0.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 55mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 0.1mg

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