Just got an air fryer as I like to be bang on trend.
So looking for some fellow air fryaristas to share their best recipes here.
A person air frying some artisan rectangular shaped potatoes recently
Extra points awarded if the recipes are vegetarian/vegan as that's us at home, but others here might enjoy seeing some meaty moments. 🍽️
So far I've done Kale chips - (added too much salt)
chips - pretty good.
falafel - not bad but needs work.
Poached eggs- need practise
Using ours a fair bit more than before (had it a while) - need to venture into doing a roast chicken in one, and also baked spuds - seems madness to run an oven for 4 spuds for 60-90 minutes - usually have these once a week if we can't be bothered'.
Great for sausages - just the lack of mess, and ease to clean - no grill/oven/frying pan splatter. Our oven has never been so clean !
I'm really not into frozen chips/fries. I've tried 'real chips' in them and they can be done - just use some olive oil, or spray oil and give a good shake every few minutes. They don't make as good chips as a deep fat fryer - so I bought a small deep fat fryer. It's just used for 'real' chips once or twice a month.
Other usual crap is anything like breaded chicken - I did 'wok' fried home made breaded chicken last week, but wondering if the air fryer would be OK ?
I got a Ninja Air Fryer/Pressure cooker last week.
Very happy with it.
It has various settings but the pressure cooker/air fryer combo is brilliant for roast beef, whole chickens etc.
One tip I would give, when cooking joints and bigger stuff, take it out of the fridge in the morning so its at room temp when you cook it. Otherwise, it can make stuff a bit tough.
You know you're getting old when you start entering the world of air fryers and what you can do with them 😂
We’ve got an old-ish Tefal Actifry which is getting more use nowadays & not just for chips.
Roast spuds are awesome! Par boiled then 15 mins in the Actifry with nice healthy beef dripping or goose fat. 😜
Tandoori/tikka chicken is also a favourite. I’ve got a decent tandoori marinade if you want but there’s loads on line. (Waits for the inevitable about doing tandoori chicken in an actual Tandoor)
Curries in general are really good too, the only problem with ours is that it has no heat control so you can easily overcook stuff, I think the more modern Actifries have multi functions.
Most recipes for cooking with multiple ingredients are really just down to timing & which order you put things in.
Been using ours a lot more too recently.
Did a meat free Sunday roast yesterday. Roast spuds, carrots, parsnips all chucked in with some garlic salt, thyme and rosemary.
Frozen chips, sausages are great and found a dry rub on meat is better than a wet marinade. I find turning the food every 7 or 8 minutes gives good results with crisping the food.
Always make my own burgers and they come out well, and doesn't dry out the meat.
Apparently you can bake in them as well but not tried anything yet.
Got a Ninja 15in1 a few weeks ago. Amazing piece of kit! I did use the oven yesterday for yorkshire puddings but did the rolled rib of beef and the roast potatoes in the Ninja. The air fryer mode seems to be like a much more potent fan oven with no time/energy wasted preheating.
You know you’re getting old when you start entering the world of air fryers and what you can do with them 😂
If by old you mean, pioneering visionary with their finger on the pulse, then yes, I'm getting old 😂
The air fryer mode seems to be like a much more potent fan oven with no time/energy wasted preheating.
According to Neff you shouldn't pre-heat a fan oven (unless the recipe states to do so, in which case you probably wouldn't be using an air fryer anyway).
"According to Neff you shouldn’t pre-heat a fan oven (unless the recipe states to do so, in which case you probably wouldn’t be using an air fryer anyway)."
Good luck doing that with yorkshire puddings!
Good luck doing that with yorkshire puddings!
Good point..... but I'd say that a preheated oven is a pre-requisit for YP!!
Corn on the cob with various toppings depending on taste.
I missed this bit!
"unless the recipe states to do so, in which case you probably wouldn’t be using an air fryer anyway)"
I've found that I don't have to preheat the air fryer regardless, it cooks stuff fine (but it's early days). The Ninja steam roast mode with a temperature probe is super handy for roast dinners.
need to venture into doing a roast chicken in one
Was surprisingly easy and good, times vary as to size of chicken. Brush or spray oil on breast side down 30mins flip over for remaining time 15-20 mins until juices run clear. Remember to let it rest for 20 mins covered with foil.
Do my roasters when the chicken is resting
Oven chips, fish fingers, sausages all work brilliantly.
Not really a recipe though is it? Getting stuff out of packets. 😉
I've just done spicy chickpea snacks which have worked well.
Can of chickpeas
Wash and pat dry
Season well and add spices (I added cayenne and cumin)
Toss in a little oil.
200c or thereabouts for about 20 minutes or so, shaking now and again until nice and toasty.
Enjoy hot or cold 👍
Might work with other, bigger beans perhaps 🤔
Corn on the cob with various toppings depending on taste.
How do you do it? Temp? Time? Prep?
Details man, details 😁
Not really a recipe but, it's dead handy for doing meatballs when you're making pasta. Half a dozen frozen Quorn ball per person, whatever seasoning you care for (Maggi 'liquid seasoning' works well).
person air frying some artisan rectangular shaped potatoes recently
Why are they cooking chips and croissants? Is that a recipe? Sort of like a chip butty but more posh?
Did pizza last night. It was the shizzle.
The downside is the Tetris-like technique of fitting in enough to satisfy yourself and also getting it out of a deep tray without sustaining burns is not so easy but, it works very well.
I suppose you could cook it in batches. Good way of getting it fresh off the press so to speak.
This was an off the shelf pizza to which I added blue cheese, but making your own would be good i think as you could make it the same shape as the tray.
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We have come to the conclusion that they are brilliant for processed foods, less good for cooking from scratch.
From that you can work out how healthy / unhealthy you are when you eat
Not sure about that.
Cooking is cooking and a mini cooker is basically what they are.
I can't see what the difference would be compared to your fan oven?
It generates heat and blows it around but on a smaller, more efficient scale.
Everything I've done so far bar the pizza has been made from ingredients/recipes.
They're brilliant for packet foods for sure but I don't see how they are any different to using a fan oven.
We have come to the conclusion that they are brilliant for processed foods, less good for cooking from scratch.
Not at all.
So far I have done whole chickens, a piece of topside, roast pork and some short rib.
Although mine is a pressure/steamer/air fryer combi thing.
It cooks brilliantly.
I’ve got a decent tandoori marinade if you want
@esselgruntfuttock - yes please! I recently got a ninja foodi and really fancy trying a tandoori style curry, so any recipes/ tips welcomed
Quorn sausage rolls and pasties work really well, seems to make pastry extra delicious.
Sweetcorn is also superb roasted with only a spray of oil.
Piece de resistance is Padron peppers
Another yes please to the tandoori marinade recipe
Anybody watch Forestry Forest on YouTube?
He seems to get good results.
Cauliflower tempura (cauliflower 'wings') tonight was lush.
BBC good food recipe
Break cauliflower into florets.
Make a batter with flour, water, baking soda etc.
Toss florets in batter.
Oil fryer and preheat 200
Cook for around 20 mins until crispy shaking in between.
Two tablespoons of Siracha in a bowl and Toss the florets good.
Delicious.
I made the yogurt dip and guacamole and tortilla chips too 👌
Another yes please to the tandoori marinade recipe
Oops, soz. Wasn’t paying attention!
275ml plain yoghurt
2 green chillis
2 tsp grated ginger
3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
1 tsp red chilli powder ( I use Kashmiri )
1 tsp black cumin (ordinary cumin is ok)
1 1/2 tsp garam masala
2 tsp white vinegar ( I prefer lemon juice, but hey)
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp red food colouring
Blend the yoghurt, chillis, ginger & garlic then add the rest & blitz it again.
Marinade for up to 24 hours. (Or whatever)
