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Air Fryer Cooking
- Thread starter Unforgiven
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I will admit that our air fryer sees little use. It's mostly a fancy toaster. It is no fault of the appliance, we just haven't utilized it like I thought we might. The oven and the smoker are the go to means we use to cook most always out of habit and working knowledge.
Every once in awhile I break out the Air Fryer for Two cookbook and pick out something for us. Some dinners turn out better than others; some will never be made again; and some a absolute winners. While our 9-in-1 Foodi does everything, we should definitely use it more often than we do.
My new (well recently new) oven does air frying as well. So I find myself doing combination cooks. Cooking something on bake of convection, then flipping to air fry to crisp up a breading or brown a crust. I no longer have a countertop air fryer.
I would likely use the appliance more if using it didn't make such a mess. It's not that difficult to clean but if I use the grill or Blackstone my mess and cooking odors are outside.
I'm actually going to use the air fryer for something beyond toasting some bread tonight. The nice unit that we have saw heavy use at first and then it fell out of the cooker rotation. I read through this thread and see some cooks that I need to revisit. Fried chicken and fish sounds super good. Tonight I'm frying some fresh cut fries to go with some stove top fried cheeseburgers.
The fries were pretty good. I didn't see any mention of air frying sweet potato fries in this thread. Sweet potato fries are a favorite of the wife who shies away from eating any Idaho potatoes. I like them as well so we should give them a try in the air fryer. The frozen sweet potato fries are just fair. Fresh should do well. Soak them in ice water like I was frying them in a skillet, dry them, and spritz with oil and seasoning.
I air fried some Kroger frozen breaded okra tonight. The net suggested spritzing and frying 15 minutes at 400° with a couple of tosses/stirs. The okra turned out just great and wasn't greasy which is difficult to avoid in stop top frying. 15 minutes wasn't nearly enough time, however. I didn't time it beyond the initial setting but I'm guessing 30 minutes total cook time would be far closer to getting a somewhat crispy breading on the okra without it burning. I'll use the air fryer for okra in the future. It was tasty and much healthier. And there wasn't the skillet of oil to dispose of following the cook.
I saw a more expensive breaded okra in the freezer case that was specifically made to air fry. It might well take less time to cook. The product I used is half the cost as the other but only has instructions to stove top fry.
I saw a more expensive breaded okra in the freezer case that was specifically made to air fry. It might well take less time to cook. The product I used is half the cost as the other but only has instructions to stove top fry.
I fried some french fries last night in the air fryer. I discovered there is a setting just for frying fresh cut fries and tried it. I've been frying them with a custom setting of 400° for 20 minutes. The factory setting of my air fryer had the temp at 450° for 20 minutes. I pulled the fries before the timer went off but I think they would have been fine if left for the full time. At least I didn't have to add time like before. Live and learn.... and trust the machine. 