Air fryers

Guest2 · 15 May 2022 at 17:16

I searched and couldnt see a specific thread for Air Fryers. Mods, please move to 'la-cuisine' I didnt see that sub

We bought a Tower T17023 Air Fryer (2.2l) the other day, primarily for its compact size but have since returned it and bought a Ninja Foodi Mini Oven [SP101UK] 8-in-1 Flip Mini Oven, Air Fryer, Bake, Grill, Silver.
When we looked at some of the Tefal and Ninja specific air fryers they were quite bulky and the Foodi mini over also folds up when not in use.

Any recommendations on good things to air fry and who has one?

Pics below

Tower

Tower could fit 14 eggs

Ninja

Begbie · 15 May 2022 at 17:29

Air Fried eggs are pretty awful.

Chicken Wings are delicious though. As are chips. Even frozen chips! But home made chips in the air fryer, isn't far away from being deep fried.

Guest2 · 15 May 2022 at 17:51

Begbie said:
Air Fried eggs are pretty awful.

Chicken Wings are delicious though. As are chips. Even frozen chips! But home made chips in the air fryer, isn't far away from being deep fried.

Already done air fried (boiled) eggs, they were great, took 8 mins in total and easier to peel. How were you doing them? All I did was preheat for 1 min at 200 then put 2 uncooked eggs in on 135c for 7 mins. Eggs were just to show size example by the way, not cook 20 eggs

A whole banana was great air fried, just made it like a banana fritter but without all the unhealthyness

Begbie · 15 May 2022 at 19:52

Done it the same. The outside of the egg white had a strange texture to it, like it had been burnt.

BUDFORCE · 15 May 2022 at 22:40

Is the dehydrate any good?

I'm thinking jerky etc

But a lot of fruits and vegetables are really nice as well.

Guest2 · 16 May 2022 at 10:15

BUDFORCE said:
Is the dehydrate any good?

I'm thinking jerky etc

But a lot of fruits and vegetables are really nice as well.

I've not tried it yet but imagine it is. How cost effective it is over buying dehydrated fruit and jerky though is another thing.
In the booklet it has herbs at 4-6 hours at 60c, fruits at 6-8 hours at 60c. meat, poultry and fish and at 70c for 5-7 hours with turkey jerky at 5-8 hours.

Raymond Lin · 16 May 2022 at 10:29

Why would you air fry an egg? The whites and yolk cooks at about 65-70c. If you blast it at 200c by the time that heat travels into the center into the yolk the white would be way too cooked. A bit like cooking a steak on a really hot pan you end up searing the outside, except you are doing it to the whites, but you are not frying it on the pan so without that maillard reaction with a bit of oil, the egg shell becomes the heat plate.

I’ve done things like Cookies, Bread, Chicken Wings, pork belly.

Guest2 · 16 May 2022 at 12:07

Raymond Lin said:
Why would you air fry an egg? The whites and yolk cooks at about 65-70c. If you blast it at 200c by the time that heat travels into the center into the yolk the white would be way too cooked. A bit like cooking a steak on a really hot pan you end up searing the outside, except you are doing it to the whites, but you are not frying it on the pan so without that maillard reaction with a bit of oil, the egg shell becomes the heat plate.

I’ve done things like Cookies, Bread, Chicken Wings, pork belly.

You dont blast it at 200c.

"All I did was preheat for 1 min at 200 then put 2 uncooked eggs in on 135c for 7 mins" The two eggs turned out perfect (runny, not horrible hard boiled) and easier to peel.

Raymond Lin · 16 May 2022 at 12:14

The trick to peel the egg shell is do it under water.

koolpc · 16 May 2022 at 12:33

Raymond Lin said:
The trick to peel the egg shell is do it under water.

In the swimming baths?

Deleted member 77746 · 16 May 2022 at 12:35

You don't air fry eggs lol

Guest2 · 16 May 2022 at 14:06

Bouton Aide said:
You don't air fry eggs lol

Really? - https://cookathomemom.com/air-fryer-eggs/

Just a note that this Ninja mini oven is powerful! The Tower Air fryer cooked a couple of small bits of bread in 15 minutes on 200c perfectly (inc pre heat)
I stuck 7 small pieces of bread on 200c for 10 minutes (inc pre heat) in the Ninja and it came out like charcoal

Guess 3-5 mins is enough or a lower Air fry heat (or use grill/toast setting)

Should have known really as the Tower air fryer was 1000w, the Ninja is 2400w

lemonbox · 25 May 2022 at 17:14

A small roast chicken, believe it or not. Chips are generally nicer. It just comes down to experementing

hyperseven · 25 May 2022 at 19:57

Cheese Toasties are epic in an AF.

robfosters · 25 May 2022 at 20:11

hyperseven said:
Cheese Toasties are epic in an AF.

Breville must surely still be better though? Breville toasties are unbeatable imo

hyperseven · 25 May 2022 at 20:13

robfosters said:
Breville must surely still be better though? Breville toasties are unbeatable imo

nah fella, total Air Fryer convert

Although the edges are not sealed the fried bread takes it to another level :eek:

Worthy · 25 May 2022 at 20:34

@~Divine~Wind~ @EVH @montymint

Now this is a thread!

As mentioned, wings are absolutely amazing, complete next level and actually rival the BBQ in terms of awesome. They make frozen chips god-like. Breaded fish is crispy on the outside and super flaky inside, and they defy all physics when cooking baked spuds in there. I really want to try a full chicken at some point. Basically anything you’d normally put in the oven will be amazeballs in there.

I think a couple of the tagged weirdos also do things like cheese on toast in there.

robfosters · 25 May 2022 at 20:39

Sausages are great too but they make a right mess of the fryer

Deleted member 651465 · 25 May 2022 at 20:47

robfosters said:
Sausages are great too but they make a right mess of the fryer

Air fried sausages are too dry for me. Much prefer a proper fried sausage.

A nice dish to try however is chicken thighs with the skin on (bone removed) covered in Worcester sauce, soy and spices. The skin goes lovely and crispy whilst the meat is cooked to perfection.

Or… air fry some chopped potatoes (in the shape of wedges) for 20 mins at a high heat, leave them cool then hit them again at 15 mins on a low heat. Double cooked chips with some dunking sauce ftw.

I basically only use my oven now if it’s physically too large to fit in the air fryer. In fact, due to a balls up Amazon sent me two fryers

~Divine~Wind~ · 25 May 2022 at 20:55

Worthy said:
@~Divine~Wind~ @EVH @montymint

Now this is a thread!

As mentioned, wings are absolutely amazing, complete next level and actually rival the BBQ in terms of awesome. They make frozen chips god-like. Breaded fish is crispy on the outside and super flaky inside, and they defy all physics when cooking baked spuds in there. I really want to try a full chicken at some point. Basically anything you’d normally put in the oven will be amazeballs in there.

I think a couple of the tagged weirdos also do things like cheese on toast in there.

Hahahah

Yep absolutely anything that will fit gets chucked in! Take your normal cooking time and half it seems to work for most things.
With the recent price changes on gas n leccy the small outlay on an air fryer will likely save you money.

As above, Cheese on toast in the Air fryer is absolutely immense, jacket tatties too - I wasn't expecting them to be that good lol

Any frozen foods really do cook vastly better than in the normal oven tbh, even simple things like nuggets - no soggy side lol
No carefully flipping stuff over or owt, pull the basket halfway thru cooking n give it a quick jiggle.
We did battered fish goujons in ours and being completely honest I'd be more than happy with those over a chippy tea.

We originally had a little phillips one, great at the time but was pretty small inside, and a proper ballache to clean.

We got this one (well the 5.5L version)

Gourmia 6.7L Digital Air Fryer | Costco UK

Recipe Book Manual The Gourmia 6.7L Digital Air Fryer allows you to eat great food that is both delicious and nutritious. The easy to use Air Fryer features guided cooking options with optimal preheat and reminders of when to turn your food. Its FryForce 360° Technology fries with air for up to...

www.costco.co.uk

It has enough room to cook for all 4 of us and is a doddle to clean.

Just be wary of those air fryers with the rotating paddles.

The manual for mine had all sorts of oddities in it like muffins and cakes Ive not down owt like that yet tho

EDIT: Ooh aye fakeaway chicken shwarma goes really well and I made some utterly fantastic chicken Tikka (Used lazziza premade marinade) better than some takeaways Ive had

Like @EVH ours has pretty much taken the oven out of action unless its physically too big (and if its not BBQ able)

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