BimboBob
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Where's the love for cooking? The chopping, the smells, the taste as you go...all swapped out for chucking it all in a drawer.
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Air fryer tips
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Trevor Morley's Tache
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An air fryer is just a small convection oven and isn't any healthier overall.
That said they are great for nachos and small batches of roast spuds, chips and other stuff you might roast in a conventional oven.
That said they are great for nachos and small batches of roast spuds, chips and other stuff you might roast in a conventional oven.
mscenterh750
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Have a go of air frying gnocchi and then putting some pesto and parmigiana cheese in. It’s delicious.
Barcon
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It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.Where's the love for cooking? The chopping, the smells, the taste as you go...all swapped out for chucking it all in a drawer.
Bigga
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An air fryer is just a small convection oven and isn't any healthier overall.
That said they are great for nachos and small batches of roast spuds, chips and other stuff you might roast in a conventional oven.
I think it's the difference of electricity costs and food stewing in its own fat or not.
Maybe it's just me...
Barcon
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Get a bbq.I think it's the difference of electricity costs and food stewing in its own fat or not.
Maybe it's just me...
hilts
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I find cooking chicken is somewhat of a lottery
Buy a thermometer
Although they can be hit and miss
Buy a thermometer
Although they can be hit and miss
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WordIt's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.
Ste1969
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Buy a halogen oven
Slipper One
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A great tool and use it almost daily.
Makes great chips without deep fat frying.
Peel and thick cut, par boil, but not allow them to get soft. Dry and put in a tupperware container, add a sprinkle of olive oil and shake up to cover the potatoes with the oil. Give them a sprinkling of corn starch and shake again.
Ours is a Ninja whatever, top temp 400 degrees.
Cook for 10 mins on 350, shake up and cook for 10 mins at 400. Depending on how you like them, perhaps shake and cook a bit more for 2 or 3 minutes.
As for chicken breast.
Pull out a piece of foil and lay out on the counter.
Smear some butter over the centre of the foil area about the size of the chicken breast and add seasoning.
Place chicken breast on the centre surface and add seasoning over the top of the breast. Then liberally drizzle honey over the chicken breast.
Pull the foil around/over the chicken breast to seal it tight, BUT make sure it's done in a way that it is sealed, but doesn't leak any accumulated liquid. The liquid can be added to a gravy.
I usually cook a single chicken breast for 15-20 minutes depending on the size.
When cooked, peel back the foil to expose the meat and cook for further 2 minutes.
You should end up with a roasted exterior and a moist succulent interior.
Pork steaks, fish and sausages can be cooked the same, but adjust the period of time required accordingly.
Also, par boil veggies, allow to dry, shake around in a container with a little olive oil and into the air fryer. and roast. Gives them a new dimension. Note, some veggies 'roast' quicker than others.
Happy cookin'.
Makes great chips without deep fat frying.
Peel and thick cut, par boil, but not allow them to get soft. Dry and put in a tupperware container, add a sprinkle of olive oil and shake up to cover the potatoes with the oil. Give them a sprinkling of corn starch and shake again.
Ours is a Ninja whatever, top temp 400 degrees.
Cook for 10 mins on 350, shake up and cook for 10 mins at 400. Depending on how you like them, perhaps shake and cook a bit more for 2 or 3 minutes.
As for chicken breast.
Pull out a piece of foil and lay out on the counter.
Smear some butter over the centre of the foil area about the size of the chicken breast and add seasoning.
Place chicken breast on the centre surface and add seasoning over the top of the breast. Then liberally drizzle honey over the chicken breast.
Pull the foil around/over the chicken breast to seal it tight, BUT make sure it's done in a way that it is sealed, but doesn't leak any accumulated liquid. The liquid can be added to a gravy.
I usually cook a single chicken breast for 15-20 minutes depending on the size.
When cooked, peel back the foil to expose the meat and cook for further 2 minutes.
You should end up with a roasted exterior and a moist succulent interior.
Pork steaks, fish and sausages can be cooked the same, but adjust the period of time required accordingly.
Also, par boil veggies, allow to dry, shake around in a container with a little olive oil and into the air fryer. and roast. Gives them a new dimension. Note, some veggies 'roast' quicker than others.
Happy cookin'.