Cooking with an Air Fryer

[mgaretz]

8 hours ago, palo said:

Like McDonald's

 

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These are the same size.

[lindag]

Cooked a 3/4" pork chop in the Ninja for about ten minutes on the second highest setting.  Excellent!  Tender and juicy.  Baked potato and fresh corn sauteed in butter.

[Anna N]

9 hours ago, mgaretz said:

 

What is you idea of them?  Even smaller/thinner?

Yes. Almost like Hickory sticks. 

[chromedome]

Think of the French "allumette," or "matchstick" cut. About 1/8" square.

[mgaretz]

Panko chicken tenders and more fries.  Both were cooked together for 14 minutes at 350F using Air Crisp and came out great.  Juicy chicken and the fries were crispy but not over-cooked.

 

 

[Anna N]

10 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

Panko chicken tenders and more fries.  Both were cooked together for 14 minutes at 350F using Air Crisp and came out great.  Juicy chicken and the fries were crispy but not over-cooked.

Thank you. This is extremely helpful. Were the chicken tenders frozen?

[MaryIsobel]

8 hours ago, lindag said:

Cooked a 3/4" pork chop in the Ninja for about ten minutes on the second highest setting.  Excellent!  Tender and juicy.  Baked potato and fresh corn sauteed in butter.

this is what I am going to attempt tonight. Happy to hear that they turned out tender and juicy. I was looking for thicker chops, but the only ones I could find were about 3/4".

[MaryIsobel]

Having just bought a small (cooking for two) air fryer, I am beginning to experiment. Before the following fish, I had only cooked some store-bought jalapeno poppers and eggrolls when we had an impromptu gathering for which I had little time to prepare. Despite the fact that my daughter's boyfriend blistered his lip badly from digging in too soon, both appies turned out very well. (Not blaming the burned lip on the air fryer!)

Since we have a plethora of cod, I decided to try fish sticks just for fun. they turned out really well. Just the normal flour, egg, seasoned panko treatment. 8 minutes on each side at 400 degrees.

[mgaretz]

8 hours ago, Anna N said:

Thank you. This is extremely helpful. Were the chicken tenders frozen?

No.  They were bare tenders and then I coated them, shake n bake style. Panko, paprika, granulated garlic and onion, salt, pepper and some sugar. Sprayed with olive oil just before going in.  I didn’t flip them. 

Edited August 19, 2021 by mgaretz (log)

[Anna N]

 Yesterday.  Another pork chop with some frozen whole leaf spinach which was cooked in the microwave. I had intended to be a little more experimental but I must’ve been extremely hungry. 
 

Today was frozen chicken nuggets. This is the first time I have tried them. I was not impressed and neither was my four-legged roomie. He who lives for a bite of chicken turned his nose up at them. Don’t think this had anything to do with the method of prep. Will try another brand next time. 400°F for 10 minutes. 

[Anna N]

Although I am aware that there are posts about hard boiled eggs in the air fryer the very idea struck me as foolishness. No one even mentioned perhaps poking a hole in the egg before attempting this.  But since I had committed to pushing the limits I decided in for a penny in for a pound. I did not poke a hole in it!  The thought of an exploded egg in there made me extremely anxious but damn it worked just fine! 

 

250°F for 16 minutes (straight from the refrigerator) large size supermarket egg, peeled under cold water.  Easy peasy. 

[lindag]

Tonight’s dinner will be Hot Italian sausage with pepper and onions and tomatoes.  
I’ll roast a few of my Hatch peppers on the Ninja grill and toss them in as a test.

 

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, lindag said:

Tonight’s dinner will be Hot Italian sausage with pepper and onions and tomatoes.  
I’ll roast a few of my Hatch peppers on the Ninja grill and toss them in as a test.

 

I’m not quite sure what you are saying. Will the sausages, pepper and onions be done using  the air fryer function and then the hatch peppers using the grill function?

[lindag]

7 minutes ago, Anna N said:

I’m not quite sure what you are saying. Will the sausages, pepper and onions be done using  the air fryer function and then the hatch peppers using the grill function?

No.  I’ll be adding the Hatch peppers roasted in the Ninja into the Italian sausages.

[chileheadmike]

Fried chicken in the Ninja Foodi.

[gfweb]

1 hour ago, chileheadmike said:

Fried chicken in the Ninja Foodi.

Whats your method/recipe?

[chileheadmike]

Pretty basic. Seasoned flour (paprika, Lawry's, a lot of cayenne, white pepper, black pepper thyme. Egg wash. Flour, egg, flour. Then in the preheated Foodi set to air crisp for 23 minutes.  Turned once at the 8:00 minute left mark. 

[mgaretz]

2 hours ago, chileheadmike said:

Pretty basic. Seasoned flour (paprika, Lawry's, a lot of cayenne, white pepper, black pepper thyme. Egg wash. Flour, egg, flour. Then in the preheated Foodi set to air crisp for 23 minutes.  Turned once at the 8:00 minute left mark. 

 

Try spraying with some oil before putting it in.  Really crisps it up nice.

[chileheadmike]

6 hours ago, mgaretz said:

 

Try spraying with some oil before putting it in.  Really crisps it up nice.

 

Oops, I left that out. I did spray with a little PAM. 

[Anna N]

9 hours ago, chileheadmike said:

Foodi set to air crisp

Is there only one setting? If so do you know the temperature of that setting? Thanks. 

[chileheadmike]

55 minutes ago, Anna N said:

Is there only one setting? If so do you know the temperature of that setting? Thanks. 

There is an Air Crisp button. By default it is 390F, which is what I used. The temp can be set up or down from there. 

[mgaretz]

Did some fries made from scratch in the Ninja Foodi Grill (Air Crisp mode).  Russet potato, skin on, soaked in water for 30 minutes with a few water changes, dried then tossed with some peanut oil.  Book called for 20 minutes at 390F and these were pulled at 18 minutes.  They were yummy, mostly crisp on the outside with a creamy interior.  None overcooked or burnt.

 

[Anna N]

 These are sold as shoestring frozen fries.  They would’ve benefitted from a little longer in the air fryer (or a higher temperature).  But sprinkled with a little of TJ‘s umami flavouring they were quite good. 360°F for 10 minutes. No added oil. 

[Toliver]

Wait a second...I am counting more than six French fries in your servings there.

Does @Shelby know about this?

Thank you all for your ongoing cooking trials with your respective Air Fryers. It is immensely helpful to see what is working and what needs more adjustments.

[Anna N]

Second attempt on the shoestring fries.  This time 10 minutes at 400°F. Definitely better. Might still add a couple of minutes next time.