This Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables recipe is a quick, easy, and delicious way to cook veggies. Made in just 20 minutes, this easy side dish is the perfect way to get beautifully roasted, caramelized veggies, without the fuss of turning on the oven.
Serve this with Air Fryer Salmon and Air Fryer Baby Roasted Potatoes for an easy weeknight meal.
Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables recipe
This Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables recipe could not be easier and tastier. If you are looking to cook more veggies this year, this is a perfect way to do it. Normally, roasted vegetables are cooked in the oven over high heat, but this version of the recipe quickly cooks them in the air fryer. In fact, this recipe can be ready in half the time! You don't even need to take the time to preheat the oven. They turn out tender inside, with a caramelized, crunchy outside that is just perfect.
These Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables are so healthy, flavorful, and delicious. I made this version with a rainbow combination of broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, purple onion, red pepper, and mushrooms, but you can use and adapt this to the vegetables you have on hand. I used garlic powder and onion powder, but you can also mix up the spices. I've included suggestions below.
The kids even loved the variety of veggies in this and ate their portion easily! Now that's a win.
If you like to make veggies in the Air Fryer, also try my Air Fryer Broccolini, Air Fryer Potatoes, and Air Fryer Summer Squash.
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Why You'll Love this Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables recipe...
- These Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables come out crispy, but tender on the inside.
- It takes about half the time to cook in the air fryer, as in the oven.
- There is very little prep-work! Just chopping up a few veggies.
- It's great fresh or put away for meal prep to get your veggies during the week.
- This Air Fryer Vegetables recipe is gluten-free, low-carb, keto, and dairy-free.
- Tastes great with so many main courses.
Ingredients:
Here's an overview of what you'll need to make this Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables recipe, but keep scrolling for the full recipe amounts.
- Broccoli: I like to use broccoli to bring green to this mix of Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables.
- Cauliflower: Cauliflower is another delicious and approachable vegetable that kids and adults love.
- Carrots: Carrots are easy to find and delicious. I use whole carrots and slice them thin.
- Red Onion: I love adding red onion or purple onion for its color and flavor.
- Red Bell Pepper: Red bell pepper adds flavor and color.
- Mushrooms: Our family loves mushrooms, so we add these. You'll need to use larger ones so they don't cook too much in the air fryer.
- Olive Oil Spray: I'm a big fan of using an olive oil spray when air frying and roasting. It evenly distributes the olive oil in the thick coat, keeping the amount of oil you need at a minimum. You can use something like this or an olive oil sprayer. You could also use avocado oil.
- Garlic Powder & Onion Powder: I like using both of these flavors to bring out the flavors in the broccolini. You can also use garlic salt.
- Salt & Black Pepper
Tip on Cutting the Veggies: You'll want to take into account how long it takes to cook the vegetables when cutting them. Carrots, onions, and bell peppers take longer to cook and have a longer cook time than broccoli and carrots, so I cut them smaller. The mushrooms are tender veggies and also cook quickly, so I leave them in big pieces. So, harder veggies or firm veggies that take longer to cook should be in small pieces.
Instructions:
This is an overview of the instructions to make this Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables recipe, but the full, detailed, printable recipe is below in the recipe card.
- Preheat the fryer to 350 degrees.
- Rise the veggies, pat them dry. Cut the veggies into pieces as shown below.
- Put the roasted vegetables in a single layer in the air fryer basket. I like to keep mine from overlapping to make sure they get nice and crispy and don't steam. You might need to cook it in batches if you have a lot, depending on the size of your air fryer..
- Spray the veggies with olive oil spray and sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- Air fry the vegetables for 11-14 minutes until fork-tender, shaking once halfway through. Cooking time can vary due to the thickness of your vegetables and the actual air fryer.
- Serve immediately and garnish with fresh parsley.
Variations
I love this Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables recipe as written, but here are some fun variations.
- Add Different Spices: These Air Fryer Roasted Veggies are great as written, but depending on what you are making, you could add your favorite seasonings, including Italian Seasoning, Everything Bagel Seasoning, Cajun Spice Mix, Ranch Seasoning Mix, Taco Spice Mix, and Blackening Seasoning.
- Mix up the Veggies: You can customize this with different veggies that you have, including zucchini, asparagus, beets, brussels sprouts, yellow squash, or green beans. I would cook any type of super hard or firm vegetables, like potatoes, parsnips, root vegetables, winter squash, or sweet potatoes, separately.
- Make it Asian: Toss it in sesame oil and soy sauce instead of olive oil and top it with sesame seeds.
- Add a Pesto: Finish the dish by adding one of my 10 Homemade Pesto Recipes.
- Balsamic Glazed: Finish with a drizzle of balsamic glaze or balsamic vinegar.
- Add Parmesan Cheese: Add Parmesan cheese for even more flavor.
- Serve with Ranch Dip: Serve with my Greek Yogurt Ranch Dip.
FAQ Recipe
Storage & Leftovers
Store any leftovers of air fryer vegetables in an airtight container in the fridge for up to five days. Reheat them in the air fryer at 300 until warm.
Freezing
You can freeze the cooked roasted vegetables in a freezer-safe container for up to three months.
How long to air fry vegetables and potatoes?
Vegetables' air frying time will vary due to how hard the vegetable is, and how big or small it is cut. If following this recipe for air fryer vegetables, with small bite-sized veggies, it should take 11-14 minutes at 350 degrees. If you want to cook potatoes in the Air Fryer, follow my recipe for Air Fryer Baby Potatoes.
Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables recipe
These Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables are such a great ingredient side dish that can be served in so many ways. It pairs well with any protein and starch, including fish, seafood, chicken, pork, and steak. You can even make this ahead for meal prep and serve it on salads or pasta throughout the week.
Here are a few ideas from Running in a Skirt to serve it with to make a delicious dinner.
Serve it with:
- Blackened Shrimp
- Blackened Cod
- Lemon Butter Grouper
- Broiled Bay Scallops
- Blackened Swordfish
- Pesto Salmon
- Crab Stuffed Shrimp
- Everything Bagel Salmon
- Three Cheese Portobello Mushroom
More Air Fryer Recipes to Try:
- Parmsan Garlic Air Fryer Summer Squash
- Air Fryer Baby Roasted Potatoes
- Air Fryer Broccolini
- Air Fryer Frozen Salmon
- Air Fryer Mahi Mahi
- Air Fryer Tilapia
- Air Fryer Bang Bang Salmon Bites
- Air Fryer Shrimp
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Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables
Ingredients
- 2 cups brocoli florets
- 2 cups califlower florets
- 1 cup carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 small red onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 cup baby portobello mushrooms
- olive oil spray
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the fryer to 350 degrees.
- Rise the veggies, pat them dry. Cut the veggies into pieces as shown below.
- Put the roasted vegetables in a single layer in the air fryer basket. I like to keep mine from overlapping to make sure they get nice and crispy and don't steam. You might need to cook it in batches if you have a lot, depending on the size of your air fryer.
- Spray the veggies with olive oil spray and sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- Air fry the vegetables for 11-14 minutes until fork-tender, shaking once halfway through. Cooking time can vary due to the thickness of your vegetables and the actual air fryer. Serve immediately!
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