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cooked air fryer beets with apples, walnuts, blue cheese and honey in a bowl

Air Fryer Beets

Air Fryer Beets with apples, blue cheese, walnuts, and honey is so delicious and easy to make. You've come to the right plate, (ahem), place!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 3 cups cooked

Equipment

  • chef's knife
  • cutting board
  • measuring spoons
  • measuring cups
  • vegetable peeler
  • air fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large beets (3 1/2 cups when cubed)
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil (2 for beets, 2 for apples)
  • 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 large sweet apple (2 cups when cubed), Fuji, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Jazz, etc.
  • 1/2 cup walnut halves and pieces
  • 2 ounces blue cheese
  • 1 Tablespoon or more honey to drizzle on top

Instructions
 

  • Prep. Prepare the air fryer basket by lining it with foil. Remove the foil before starting the air fryer preheat. This will prevent the foil from being moved while the pre-heat is in process.
  • Beets. Using a vegetable peeler, peel the beets. Cut each in half and cut off the top and ends, discard. Cut the beets into 3/4" x 3/4" cubed pieces. Drizzle with 2 teaspoons olive oil. Toss to coat and sprinkle with sea salt.
    2 large beets (3 1/2 cups when cubed), 2 teaspoons olive oil (2 for beets, 2 for apples), 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
  • Apples. Cut apples into 3/4" x 3/4" cubed pieces. Add apples to a bowl. Drizzle with remaining 2 teaspoon olive oil and toss to coat. Add the walnuts to the bowl, don't coat. Set aside.
    1 large sweet apple (2 cups when cubed), Fuji, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Jazz, etc.
  • Air Fry. (Beets) Start the air fryer, 400 degrees for 25 minutes. After the preheat is complete, remove the basket (stop the timer if needed). Carefully place the foil liner back in the air fryer basket and add the beets.
  • More Cooking. Return the air fryer basket to the fryer and resume cooking.
  • Apples & Walnuts. Where there are 10 minutes remaining in the cooking, remove the air fryer basket (pause the timer if needed). Add in the apples and walnuts. Be sure to spread everything out into one layer in the basket.
    1/2 cup walnut halves and pieces
  • More Cooking. Return the air fryer basket to the fryer and resume cooking.
  • Cheese. When there are 5 minutes remaining in the cooking, remove the air fryer basket (pause the timer if needed). Check the beets for doneness. They should be fork tender. If not, allow them to cook for a few minutes more. Then, add the blue cheese.
    2 ounces blue cheese
  • More Cooking. Return the air fryer basket to the fryer and complete the cooking time.
  • Honey. At the end of the cooking time, remove the basket from the fryer. Carefully remove the foil liner from the basket and transfer the beets and apples to a serving bowl or plates. Top with additional crumbled blue cheese and drizzle with honey.
    1 Tablespoon or more honey to drizzle on top
  • Enjoy! Serve immediately.
Keyword apples, beets, blue cheese, honey, salad, walnuts