Cooking with an Air Fryer

[lindag]

They certainly LOOK tasty, though.

21 hours ago, Anna N said:

McCain straight cut frozen fries. 15 mins at 200C.  They tasted ..... Healthy......virtuous BUT NOT DELICIOUS.  I wanted to dip them in some seasoned duck fat. Like drinking non-alcoholic wine or eating kale. Raher have real fries once a month than have these once a week!   Fat = Flavour. 

 

Edited to say:.  Will give them another try tossed with a tablespoon of oil or fat.

 

 

[Anna N]

@lindag

 

 I started thinking about it this morning.  There is crispy as in oven-baked/air fryer baked fries and then there is crispy as in fries cooked in oil. They are not the same!  There is likely a chemical/physics explanation. The crispiness produced by dry heat (hard, powdery) is quite different than that which you get from deep-frying (I can't find the right words) but it is the latter that make deep fried potatoes irresistable and baked fries so meh. 

[Anna N]

 

Sweet potato puree with smoked paprika. Potato baked 200C x 45 mins (about the same as in the smart oven).  Mashed with butter, cream and a very generous amount of sweet smoked paprika. Shake N Bake chicken thigh 200C x 25 mins.  The potato was quickly re-heated in microwave. Even if you don't have an air fryer that potato is a worthy side. 

[Anna N]

"Grilled"? Roasted? corn. Rubbed with olive oil and cooked 200C x 14 minutes. Not as good as sous vide corn but perfectly respectable. Easy-peasy. No muss. No fuss. 

Edited to add that I used the grill pan. 

 

Edited September 4, 2016 by Anna N (log)

[rotuts]

well    ....

 

how did you fit an ear of corn in the PAF ?

[Anna N]

39 minutes ago, rotuts said:

well    ....

 

how did you fit an ear of corn in the PAF ?

Room to spare!  I will show you shortly when I have a minute. 

[rotuts]

@Anna N

 

on the Island , have you done corn in the CSB ?

 

i just nuke mine with a hard plastic cover I routinely use in the Micro.

 

 

 

[Anna N]

5 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Anna N

 

on the Island , have you done corn in the CSB ?

 

i just nuke mine with a hard plastic cover I routinely use in the Micro.

 

 

 

Nope. We used the easy peasy way in the mictowave. Still in its husks. 

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, rotuts said:

well    ....

 

how did you fit an ear of corn in the PAF ?

[Anna N]

 

Lamb chops again....soooooo good. About 9 mins at 200C. Side of leek gratin was equally good but was cooked in conventional manner. 

 

 

Peach summer torte.  I mixed up one half of the batter recipe and perhaps next time would go with a little more. Almost an hour at 160 C.  At least I remembered the foil sling.  I think the fruit to batter ratio was a bit off. 

[Anna N]

 

Lunch. Tater tots tossed with a modicum of oil and an abundance of "Dutch Potato Spice mix". I got distracted and made up a batch of date-tamarind mayo for dipping which didn't really work with the already spiced tater tots.  Didn't stop me from dipping them and eating them though.   

[Anna N]

 

 Not as healthy but much tastier. Frozen french fries tossed with just a modicum of oil before being cooked in the air fryer for 20 minutes at 200°C.   Sausage rolls and brown sauce on the side.  

[mgaretz]

On 9/2/2016 at 6:20 AM, StuartGrows said:

Sure. I'll send him a message and ask him how he did it . It was like magic.

 

Did you ever hear back?  (This was baked potato in the AirFryer)

Edited September 15, 2016 by mgaretz (log)

[Mmmpomps]

Damn you all! LOL I"ve had my eye on one and this thread made me finally do it. Picked one up tonight half price....jumped in and made hamburger and fries and warmed buns...I'm impressed. The fries are good. Not deep fried in duck fat type of fries. But GOOD crispy , browned fries....burger was pretty acceptable too  
 

[Anna N]

@Mmmpomps

 

Now we're REALLY COOKING,. Given what you have done with your Instant Pot I'm betting you'll have the Air Fryer doing pirouettes around us all. 

[StuartGrows]

 

15 hours ago, mgaretz said:

 

Did you ever hear back?  (This was baked potato in the AirFryer)

 

I just poked him again and he said all he did was lightly coat it in oil and tossed some salt onto it. Peanut oil.

[Anna N]

8 minutes ago, StuartGrows said:

 

I just poked him again and he said all he did was lightly coat it in oil and tossed some salt onto it. Peanut oil.

I think what we wanted to know was how did he  do it faster than in a normal oven?  

[StuartGrows]

4 minutes ago, Anna N said:

I think what we wanted to know was how did he  do it faster than in a normal oven?  

Yeah..I thought in my original post I mentioned it was only like 30 minutes

[mgaretz]

I tried a baked potato for lunch at 390F for 30 minutes.  It was a medium-small size and it was pretty close to done (close enough that I ate it all), but I think another 10-15 minutes would have been better.  I did not oil it.

[MelissaH]

Those of you with air fryers: have any of you tried it on zucchini "noodles"? Can it cook them without making them into watery mush?

[Anna N]

13 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

I tried a baked potato for lunch at 390F for 30 minutes.  It was a medium-small size and it was pretty close to done (close enough that I ate it all), but I think another 10-15 minutes would have been better.  I did not oil it.

 I, too, have tried a baked potato in the Airfryer and it took just as long as it would've taken in the oven.  It still makes sense to me to use the Airfryer when the small oven is in use or I don't want to fire up the big oven.  

[mgaretz]

2 hours ago, Anna N said:

 I, too, have tried a baked potato in the Airfryer and it took just as long as it would've taken in the oven.  It still makes sense to me to use the Airfryer when the small oven is in use or I don't want to fire up the big oven.  

 

My sense is that it may be a bit faster, but doesn't offer much advantage beyond that.

[Mmmpomps]

Ok second experiment a success. Tonight is going to just be small plates, leisurely eaten with a few glasses of Apothic. Goat cheese stuffed mushrooms with hot salt. 15 minutes at 425 degress. A few fell to the bottom as these were small button shrooms but even the fallers were the cooks treat! Excellent brown! Fries are in now...a riff on Scotch eggs next.... 
 

[Okanagancook]

Mmmmmpops

great work.

you are fearless.

i don not have said appliance and will not be buying one.  Oh, my I have heard this before.

i should stop looking at this thread.

[Mmmpomps]

9 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

Mmmmmpops

great work.

you are fearless.

i don not have said appliance and will not be buying one.  Oh, my I have heard this before.

i should stop looking at this thread.

LOL I thought I wasn't going to buy one of these either!!!!! You may be right on the fearless bit...I just made Scotch eggs, which I have never made before...and will need to rename them Irish eggs as I discovered I didn't have any Panko crumbs! These are breadless Scotch eggs...eggs made in the Instant pot