When you’re so busy and don’t have enough time, air-frying vegetables are the ideal side dish for supper because they cook up quickly and easily. You can quickly and easily get excellent, crispy, tender vegetables without turning on your oven! Because they are not resting in the oil, the veggies absorb less oil than when traditionally roasted, making this a healthier method of roasting vegetables. Also, you can adapt this air fryer recipe for vegetables to any family member’s preferences or the main dish you are preparing by using any variety of vegetables.

Ingredients for air frying vegetables:

• Carrots (2 cups)
• Broccoli (1 cup)
• Cauliflower (1 cup)
• Italian seasoning: 1 teaspoon
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Black pepper: ½ teaspoon
• Sea salt: ½ teaspoon

Equipment:

• Air fryer

Additional kitchen hardware tools:

• Knife

How to roast vegetables in air fryer?

This recipe is so simple. Only a few steps and you will get a healthy side dish:

Step 1: Turn the air fryer on and preheat it to 375 degrees. If necessary, prepare the basket with an olive oil-based nonstick cooking spray. Toss the vegetables with olive oil, salt, Italian seasoning, and pepper in a small bowl and mix well.

Step 2: The vegetables should be cooked for 5 minutes at 375°F. Flip the vegetables over after removing the basket. Next, fry the veggies in the air for 4-6 minutes. If you need more time, add it in one-minute increments after the final two minutes to ensure they are completed to your liking.

Step 3: Serve the veggies immediately after carefully removing them from the air fryer’s basket.

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Can you use frozen vegetables for this recipe?

When they are in season, I prefer using fresh vegetables, but they aren’t always available, so that you can use frozen mixed vegetables. You can also gather smaller packs of frozen vegetables and blend your ingredients. Pick your favorite frozen bag of wonderful vegetables for a simple and delicious side dish. Also, you can buy a vegetable medley of mixed vegetables in the freezer area of your preferred grocery store if you don’t have any fresh vegetables on hand. That makes this air fryer recipe vegetables my favorite technique to roast vegetables when making something quick and straightforward.

How long to air fry veggies?

The cooking time will vary depending on whether the vegetables are mushy or firm. Tender vegetables are fantastic when you need to get a veggie on the table throughout the week quickly! They contain vegetables like:

• Thin Veggies: like asparagus
• Crucifers: like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts
• Squishy Veggies: like bell pepper, tomato

Warm up the air fryer to 375 degrees F to cook tender vegetables. Chop your vegetables to the desired size, then drizzle with oil. Add the ingredients to your air fryer in a layer that is as flat as you can, and cook for 10 to 15 minutes while shaking the air fryer pan a couple of times to ensure equal cooking.

For firm vegetables, they require a little more time to prepare, and they consist of the following:

• Seasonal Squash: acorn, pumpkin
• Root vegetables: like carrots, beets, potato

To make firm veggies, warm up your air fryer to 375 degrees F before cooking hard veggies. Cut your vegetables into the desired size before preparing them (keep in mind that smaller pieces cook more quickly!). Add to your air fryer in a flat layer and, if desired, sprinkle with oil. Air fry for 20 to 30 minutes, shaking it a couple of times to ensure equal cooking.

Serving suggestions for air-fried veg:

You can use these roasted vegetables in air fryer as a side dish with these main dishes!

• Any meat, such as air fryer chicken legs, salmon, or lemon-herb roast chicken.
• All types of burgers, turkey burgers, or veggie burgers.
• Pork chops with grilled garlic are delicious.
• Baked potatoes stuffed.

Air frying vegetables

You can quickly and easily get excellent, crispy, tender vegetables without turning on your oven! Because they are not resting in the oil, the veggies absorb less oil than when traditionally roasted, making this a healthier method of roasting vegetables.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Calories 105 kcal

Equipment

• Air fryer
• Knife

Ingredients

  

• (2 cups) Carrots
• (1 cup) Broccoli
• (1 cup) Cauliflower
• Italian seasoning: 1 teaspoon
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Black pepper: ½ teaspoon
• Sea salt: ½ teaspoon

Instructions

 

• Turn the air fryer on and preheat it to 375 degrees. If necessary, prepare the basket with an olive oil-based nonstick cooking spray. Toss the vegetables with olive oil, salt, Italian seasoning, and pepper in a small bowl and mix well.
• The vegetables should be cooked for 5 minutes at 375°F. Flip the vegetables over after removing the basket. Next, fry the veggies in the air for 4-6 minutes. If you need more time, add it in one-minute increments after the final two minutes to ensure they are completed to your liking.
• Serve the veggies immediately after carefully removing them from the air fryer's basket.

Notes

The cooking time will vary depending on whether the vegetables are mushy or firm.