Air Fryer Beet Chips

Learn how to make beet chips in the air fryer! Crispy air-fried beet chips are a healthier choice than chips, but the same crave-worthy crunch. This is an easy recipe that uses fresh beets that are thinly sliced and tossed in your air fryer basket and cooked to crispy perfection. Skip the potato chips and reach for this healthy snack. These homemade beet chips are a must make.

We will teach you how to make air fryer beet chips in no time! Try our air fryer zucchini chips as well. This makes a wonderful side dish or snack option. This air fryer beet chips recipe is one you can throw together in no time.

This Beet Chips Recipe Is…

• Made with red beets – can use golden beets
• Sweet taste with a twist of savory
• Easy side dish or easy snack
• Easy air fryer recipe
• Crunchy texture

Ingredients You Will Need

Beets – Fresh red beets, cleaned and thinly sliced.

Oil – Vegetable or canola work.

Seasoning – Creole bbq spice, salt, pepper, etc.

Tools That Are Helpful

Mandoline Slicer – This is going to allow you to evenly and thinly slice your beets into slices in minutes. Minimal effort needed.

Air Fryer – You can use an air fryer with a basket or an air fryer oven. Either works great for this recipe.

Tongs – This is going to be helpful when you are tossing the chips and such.

Oil Mister – we add oil into this mister and then use to spritz when using an air fryer. The cans of cooking sprays can eat the enamel off your tray.

How To Make Beet Chips

Full steps and directions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a visual walk through on how it is made.

Step 1: Wash and Prep Beets

Wash and prep your beets. You will want to thinly slice the beets to around 1/16th” thick.

Step 2: Let Beets Rest to Release Liquid

Line a pan or tray with paper towels and lay the beets out in a single layer. Then let them sit for 10 minutes to soak up the excess moisture.

Step 3: Season and add Oil

Season your beets with spices and spritz with oil, then place in a single layer in your air fryer.

Step 4: Air Fry Beets

Air fry the beets for 20 minutes, make sure to flip the chips half way through. Then after 20 minutes bump up the heat as recommended and cook another 5 minutes or until the beet chips are ready.

Oven Baked Beet Chips

You can make an oven-baked beet chip! We will share instructions so you can do an air fryer or oven method.

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Make sure your rack is in the center of the oven.
2. Season and mix as directed in the recipe card below.
3. Lay beets on a lined baking sheet making sure they don’t touch.
4. Bake 15-20 minutes with turning over once during the baking. Then cook until the chips are crunchy and all the way cooked through.

Different Seasonings for Beet Chips

• Creole or Cajun
• Salt and Pepper
• Garlic salt
• Lightly salted
• And more

You can flavor your beet chips with almost any seasoning or spice blends. The possibilities are endless.

Looking for more air fryer recipes

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• Air Fryer Roasted Red Potatoes
• Air Fryer Salmon
• Best Air Fryer Chicken Breasts
• Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Chicken Nuggets

Print Recipe Card

Ingredients

Makes 4 beets

• 4 medium beets
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Seasoning, Creole, BBQ spice, smoked paprika, salt and pepper, etc

Equipment

• Oil Sprayer
• Food Prep Bag Holders
• FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer
• Air Fryer Oven

Method

1. Wash and clean your beets. Then with a Mandoline, you will want to thinly slice your beets. We did around 1/16th.
2. Line a pan or tray with a paper towels and layout your beets in a single layer to help them dry up. Let them sit for around 10 minutes. This will help get your chips crispy.
3. Season beets with whatever seasoning you want, and then use a spray bottle to spritz the air fryer basket with oil.
4. Place beets in a single layer in your air fryer basket. Cook at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Flip or stir beets at the 10 minute mark. Then after 20 minutes adjust the heat to 400 degrees for 5 minutes.
5. Once cooled down you have homemade beet chips to serve up.

Kitchen notes

Season

– You can add any of your favorite seasonings. Or do plain with salt and pepper. Thickness of Vegetable Chips – Depending on the thickness of your beets the cooking time will change. Make sure to allow beets to fully cool before transferring to an airtight container. Otherwise, it can cause condensation. That will sog up your chips. Oven Method:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Make sure your rack is in the center of the oven.
2. Season and mix as directed in the recipe card below.
3. Lay beets on a lined baking sheet making sure they don’t touch.
4. Bake 15-20 minutes with turning over once during the baking. Then cook until the chips are crunchy and all the way cooked through.