Best air fryer recipes
August 28, 2022 8:23 AM Subscribe
I join the 21st century and was gifted an air fryer. Give me your favorite recipes! No restrictions.
Get a little pizza pan or silicone cake pan that fits your air fryer, spray with oil. Scramble two eggs with seasoning and a splash of water and pour into the pan, followed by a sprinkle of shredded cheese (other ingredients can go here). Float a tortilla on top of that, spritz with oil, and fry the whole thing at 350ish (your oven will have its own quirks, you may have to experiment) starting with ~8 minutes to see how cooked it gets. It could take up to 12 or so.
I roast all vegetables in the air fryer instead of the oven.
posted by Lyn Never at 8:49 AM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
I roast all vegetables in the air fryer instead of the oven.
posted by Lyn Never at 8:49 AM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
Seconding kale chips.
I make falafel almost every week in the air fryer.
mini pizza are easy to make.
potatoes
spicy roasted nuts
veggies cutlet
French fries
onion rings
air-fryer desserts
posted by SunPower at 9:30 AM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
I make falafel almost every week in the air fryer.
mini pizza are easy to make.
potatoes
spicy roasted nuts
veggies cutlet
French fries
onion rings
air-fryer desserts
posted by SunPower at 9:30 AM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
Roasted chickpeas! I do 390 degrees for about 12-3 minutes. Things that have been especially good:
-toasted sesame oil + salt
-a more neutral oil + jerk seasoning powder
I've seen various recommendations but I put the salt and seasoning on before roasting rather than after.
posted by needs more cowbell at 11:10 AM on August 28, 2022
-toasted sesame oil + salt
-a more neutral oil + jerk seasoning powder
I've seen various recommendations but I put the salt and seasoning on before roasting rather than after.
posted by needs more cowbell at 11:10 AM on August 28, 2022
Julia Turshen had some great ideas in her newsletter a few weeks ago!
posted by stellaluna at 11:13 AM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by stellaluna at 11:13 AM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
Next time you go to a restaurant and get French fries with your meal, bring any extras home. The air fryer can restore them to like-new in minutes. It’s almost magical.
posted by vitout at 12:33 PM on August 28, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by vitout at 12:33 PM on August 28, 2022 [3 favorites]
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posted by Ferrari328 at 1:42 PM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Ferrari328 at 1:42 PM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
I love bone-in skin-on chicken thighs in the air fryer. The skin reliably gets very crispy. Here is the method I use for making BBQ air fryer chicken thighs:
-Set your air fryer for 360 degrees at 30 minutes. Preheat it if your instructions recommend that.
-Pat your chicken thighs dry with a paper towel, trim off excess skin, and rub them with a BBQ spice blend (or just salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika). I like using Stubb's Sticky Sweet barbecue sauce for this, but others would probably work.
-Put chicken thighs, skin side down, in the preheated air fryer.
-After 10 minutes, flip them over so the skin side is up.
-After 10 more minutes, brush BBQ sauce on top of them.
-After 5 minutes, brush some more BBQ sauce on top of them.
-After 5 more minutes, your chicken thighs should be done, and then you can let them cool off a little bit and then eat them.
If you want to make this without the BBQ sauce, I would recommend cooking the skin side down for 15 minutes and then flipping over and cooking skin side up for 15 minutes, or until skin is crispy.
posted by bananana at 1:53 PM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
-Set your air fryer for 360 degrees at 30 minutes. Preheat it if your instructions recommend that.
-Pat your chicken thighs dry with a paper towel, trim off excess skin, and rub them with a BBQ spice blend (or just salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika). I like using Stubb's Sticky Sweet barbecue sauce for this, but others would probably work.
-Put chicken thighs, skin side down, in the preheated air fryer.
-After 10 minutes, flip them over so the skin side is up.
-After 10 more minutes, brush BBQ sauce on top of them.
-After 5 minutes, brush some more BBQ sauce on top of them.
-After 5 more minutes, your chicken thighs should be done, and then you can let them cool off a little bit and then eat them.
If you want to make this without the BBQ sauce, I would recommend cooking the skin side down for 15 minutes and then flipping over and cooking skin side up for 15 minutes, or until skin is crispy.
posted by bananana at 1:53 PM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
A vlogger I watch often bakes just a few cookies, a small cake, or one portion of frozen appetizers. She has made me want an air fryer.
An air fryer is a snappy name for a small convection oven, if that helps you think of more ideas.
posted by momus_window at 2:13 PM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
An air fryer is a snappy name for a small convection oven, if that helps you think of more ideas.
posted by momus_window at 2:13 PM on August 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
We cook all the usual proteins in the air fryer - chicken, salmon, meats, hot dogs, burgers, etc. I usually keep a little notebook tracking the different times since there's a learning curve.
Two fun items you should try: Using canned biscuit dough to make amazing donuts and surprisingly decent two-ingredients bagels.
posted by HeyAllie at 7:33 AM on August 29, 2022 [1 favorite]
Two fun items you should try: Using canned biscuit dough to make amazing donuts and surprisingly decent two-ingredients bagels.
posted by HeyAllie at 7:33 AM on August 29, 2022 [1 favorite]
I love making steak in mine. As a matter of fact, this is what I will be making for dinner tonight. Let steak return to room temp. Massage it with salt and pepper and a bit of oil. Preheat air fryer, set to grill mode if you have it, but this also works for air fryer mode as well. 200C / 400f for six minutes. Measure internal temp for doneness with a meat thermometer. Flip steak and return to air fryer until desired doneness is achieved.
And then - important - let the steak rest for at least five minutes. Cut against grain, consume, feel at peace with the world.
I will never make steak any other way again.
posted by seawallrunner at 10:30 AM on August 29, 2022
And then - important - let the steak rest for at least five minutes. Cut against grain, consume, feel at peace with the world.
I will never make steak any other way again.
posted by seawallrunner at 10:30 AM on August 29, 2022
Bacon-wrapped, cheese-stuffed bagels - recipe via this TikTok
posted by VioletU at 8:58 AM on August 31, 2022
posted by VioletU at 8:58 AM on August 31, 2022
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posted by essexjan at 8:38 AM on August 28, 2022