I am embracing learning my new air fryer. Figure that is the best way to ensure it doesn’t become something taking up space in the kitchen.
Today I did bacon. Turned out great. Did go ahead and order some parchment liners for ease of clean up. When I make bacon I always sprinkle with a tad of brown sugar on top before baking - did the same in the air fryer and it was delicious. 12 mins, 350 degrees.
Last night I made the Bare (?) chicken from Costco that my kids rave about.
We tried ours out this morning. Made home fries (with potatoes and shishito peppers we harvested from our garden, if I might make this a crossover episode with the gardening thread ). They came out great.
I followed the tip above to put some water in the basket right after emptying and let the tray soak in the cooling appliance while we ate. Cleaned up beautifully.
Returning to this thread to report that if I do nothing else with the air fryer but make baked potatoes, it would still be a worthwhile purchase.
They came out amazing, in half the time.
I poked fork holes in them then sprayed them with a spritz of avocado oil and salted the outside. Preheated at 400 for 5 minutes, then baked for 15, turned them over and baked for another 20. Great crispy outside and fluffy inside.
I did similar this weekend. Loved how the skins were nicely crisp. I hear that sweet potatoes are also great in the air fryer. I’ve only had the thing a week and I’m thinking of taking it on vacation with us!
Just had to replace our electric range and purchased an induction stove with convection oven. It came with a basket for air frying. Does anyone use their convection oven this way? Not sure it is as good as a free-standing one and am curious about it.
That sounds great!
But for anyone without an airfryer…MW for 8-10 min (depending on how many you’ve got) until soft. Rub with a bit of oil (and kosher salt if desired) and then pop in oven for 15-30 min. Crispy skin and much less time.
We just did one of our favorite easy dinners in the air fryer. Brats and peppers. Cut up 2-3 bell peppers, we like several colors and an onion. Lightly spray with oil and season as you prefer. Salt and pepper or a seasoning salt. Those go on the bottom and the brats go on top. Don’t pierce them. 10 min on your air fry setting ( ours is 390). The turn the brats over and do 10 more minutes. Can go on a roll or over rice or with whatever. So easy and good.
). They came out great.