Apparently we ain’t doing something right . So far I have yet to eat anything that impressed me . But a lot of people think they’re the bomb . Different strokes and all that I guess Kenneth
Got one for my wife after hearing her niece talk hers up.
Wife uses it quite often. I've liked the chicken of various styles she's made in it, sweet tater fries, and as the tikkanut says, quick dinners make her really happy and don't heat up the house either.
Kenneth, hopefully it's not a brand thing.
Ours has a baking feature, wife has tried a couple of things so she didn't have to use the oven. didn't like the results, might not try it much anymore.
She likes almonds for a mid-morning snack. Buys the plain one and roasts them herself in the air fryer. Loves them, doesn't have to deal with the roasted almond saltiness and no oven heating up the house.
It's one appliance I got her that she likes much much better than the vacuum cleaner.
We have a toaster/oven/air fry thing. Works great for various applications. Essentially, an air fryer is just a convection oven, but smaller. I like em.
Takes a bit of futzing around to figure out the best way to do different stuff. The China Doll is the Air Fryer Queen now. Wings, bacon, shrimp, scallops, spring rolls, fish; she’s got all that down to a “T”. No more hideously greasy stovetop.
Some foods do best if you spray them a bit with oil. If what you’re cooking doesn’t seem “fried”, try that.
French fries and tater tots NEED to be fried in oil to be called French fries…or tater tots. I’ve had them done in our air fryer but then I usually end up throwing them in hot grease anyway. 😁
The air fryer, like the microwave, is a great tool with a very narrow margin of specialty. I’m kind of particular about good cooking. I’m not picky at all and eat most everything except organs but I like good quality food prepared properly. I will admit that the air fryer probably has potential if one put some time and experimentation into trying different stuff but it fills a need that I don’t have so I rarely use it. We bought it for the kids several years ago when we were giving them an introduction to cooking for themselves. Since they were on a tater tot kick at the time and they really liked the Costco chicken tenders the air fryer made sense. We didn’t want them using hot oil on the stove and it wasn’t worth the propane for heating the oven for such a small amount the air fryer was perfect. I’m sure that it paid for itself in saved propane within a couple months and the kids thought it was one of the coolest presents that year considering it was something that they’d never even heard of. 👍
Got one for my wife after hearing her niece talk hers up.
Wife uses it quite often. I've liked the chicken of various styles she's made in it, sweet tater fries, and as the tikkanut says, quick dinners make her really happy and don't heat up the house either.
Kenneth, hopefully it's not a brand thing.
Ours has a baking feature, wife has tried a couple of things so she didn't have to use the oven. didn't like the results, might not try it much anymore.
She likes almonds for a mid-morning snack. Buys the plain one and roasts them herself in the air fryer. Loves them, doesn't have to deal with the roasted almond saltiness and no oven heating up the house.
It's one appliance I got her that she likes much much better than the vacuum cleaner.
Funny how they are about vac cleaners and such . Guess I got lucky , mine couldn’t be any happier with her zero turn . My step daughter drops by time to time and whips her up something in it and thinks it’s great . I think the easy is what she likes , you know , mind over matter 😀 Stove top has me by the short and curly’s . But then again it took me a long time to warm up to a pistol over a revolver for carry . Still hunt with the revolver . Kenneth
I'm considering one for myself when I sometimes make my own meals. One of my sisters has one and she loves it even though she admits they aren't for everything. My wife won't have anything to do with anything new fangled, (to her). In fact, she's still afraid of microwave ovens which is why we don't have one.
I'm considering one for myself when I sometimes make my own meals. One of my sisters has one and she loves it even though she admits they aren't for everything. My wife won't have anything to do with anything new fangled, (to her). In fact, she's still afraid of microwave ovens which is why we don't have one.
$60-70 bucks.......Bezos has 'em at his store
Simple to use....spray olive oil works great
Just had breaded chicken filets.....
Baby back ribs reheated are almost better than the day of
I bought my wife a pair of Dyson vacuums for Christmas several years ago, one for downstairs and one for upstairs so she didn’t have to cart it up and down, she still talks about it being one of her favorite gifts. She just laughs at the comments and raised eyebrows when telling others that story. 😂
Got the ninja foodie. It’s ok. Not particularly fond of the air frying but the pressure cook feature is the bomb. If you want a crock pot type meal now it only takes an hour instead of all day. And it makes soup in half an hour. Gotta be careful though. It’ll turn the veggies to baby food in five minutes.
Well, actually I don't. But my wife is a professional game-cookbook writer, and bought one a couple years ago, and uses it at least a couple times a week, and it didn't take long to convert a number of previous recipes to the air-fryer, with excellent results.
As somebody already stated, they're compact convection ovens, which have been around a long time. They use accelerated movement of very hot air to do some of the same jobs that take far longer with deep-frying--with far easier clean-up.
Well, actually I don't. But my wife is a professional game-cookbook writer, and bought one a couple years ago, and uses it at least a couple times a week, and it didn't take long to convert a number of previous recipes to the air-fryer, with excellent results.
As somebody already stated, they're compact convection ovens, which have been around a long time. They use accelerated movement of very hot air to do some of the same jobs that take far longer with deep-frying--with far easier clean-up.
Try frozen/cooked shrimp......Costco are great
Thaw about 2/3rd way....
10 minutes or so on 300*.......
Garlic powder & papricka again lightly.....
Horse radish & ketchup stirred together (1/4 horse to 3/4 ketchup)
Salmon filet pieces turn out great when my wife does ‘em in our Ninja Air Fryer (she bought it for me for Christmas cause I like to cook and wanted one! Haha).
Well, actually I don't. But my wife is a professional game-cookbook writer, and bought one a couple years ago, and uses it at least a couple times a week, and it didn't take long to convert a number of previous recipes to the air-fryer, with excellent results.
As somebody already stated, they're compact convection ovens, which have been around a long time. They use accelerated movement of very hot air to do some of the same jobs that take far longer with deep-frying--with far easier clean-up.
Try frozen/cooked shrimp......Costco are great
Thaw about 2/3rd way....
10 minutes or so on 300*.......
Garlic powder & papricka again lightly.....
Horse radish & ketchup stirred together (1/4 horse to 3/4 ketchup)
Well, actually I don't. But my wife is a professional game-cookbook writer, and bought one a couple years ago, and uses it at least a couple times a week, and it didn't take long to convert a number of previous recipes to the air-fryer, with excellent results.
As somebody already stated, they're compact convection ovens, which have been around a long time. They use accelerated movement of very hot air to do some of the same jobs that take far longer with deep-frying--with far easier clean-up.
Try frozen/cooked shrimp......Costco are great
Thaw about 2/3rd way....
10 minutes or so on 300*.......
Garlic powder & papricka again lightly.....
Horse radish & ketchup stirred together (1/4 horse to 3/4 ketchup)
Wifey uses the ez-peel raw ones. I’d be afraid pre-cooked ones would be over-cooked. Scallops get just cooked enough to be hot inside. I think the last shrimp were 21-25 count.
Well, actually I don't. But my wife is a professional game-cookbook writer, and bought one a couple years ago, and uses it at least a couple times a week, and it didn't take long to convert a number of previous recipes to the air-fryer, with excellent results.
As somebody already stated, they're compact convection ovens, which have been around a long time. They use accelerated movement of very hot air to do some of the same jobs that take far longer with deep-frying--with far easier clean-up.
Try frozen/cooked shrimp......Costco are great
Thaw about 2/3rd way....
10 minutes or so on 300*.......
Garlic powder & papricka again lightly.....
Horse radish & ketchup stirred together (1/4 horse to 3/4 ketchup)
Oh man........
Breaded I assume?
actually not......
but ya could easily.....same time
the garlic powder & dash of paprika make 'em rock
We do the same, but stir up a dressing of melted butter, minced garlic, and crushed red pepper, and drizzle on the shrimp prior to air frying. Delicious.
We really like ours. Don't remember the brand but it wasn't expensive. Haven't tried chicken wings yet because they cost a fortune.... way more that skinless boneless chicken... kind of a bummer they got so popular...
Try reheating pizza in one. Maybe 2 minutes and still crispy.
Fantastic little machines. French fries, those little hashbrown patties, shake & bake chicken or pork chops, anything you'd do in the oven, olive-dredged and flavoured potato wedges, reheated pizza, salmon, tater tots, samosas, reheating anything originally deep-fried, wings, and oven-ready appetizers of course. List goes on. We use ours almost daily. Reheating pizza in the microwave is gross - pop it in the air fryer for 3 minutes and it's perfect.
Heard so many singing their praises so when I caught a small (2qt) on sale I bought one mainly just to see what they were about. I've not been all that impressed with the one I bought so far. It's okay for pre-packaged frozen french fries, onion rings, etc. Really not much quicker or cooked better than baking in range oven per package instructions.
Mine is round and like I said just 2 qt model so if I ever decide to buy another one I believe a square or rectangle one where food can be laid out flat and big enough to spread food out would be a better way to go. Our range oven has the convection cooking feature but never have tried it yet.
I use it for chicken and to reheat things I want to be crispy again. To me it isnt frying but a small convection oven. So I am happy using it for that. I did cook some pretty good hot dogs in it
Wife loves hers and uses it almost daily. Has a rotisserie attachment we've used for whole chickens and roasts. Use it for about anything we use the oven for when making smaller portions. Tried it with bacon recently and turned out great. Prefer it to the microwave for reheating leftovers.
We were gifted a Ninja one. Neighbors were moving and didn’t have room for it at their new place apparently. As Tikka mentioned, they kick ass for fries and tots. BTW - proper fry sauce has a bit of horseradish and Seasoning salt it it. Woot!
We were gifted a Ninja one. Neighbors were moving and didn’t have room for it at their new place apparently. As Tikka mentioned, they kick ass for fries and tots. BTW - proper fry sauce has a bit of horseradish and Seasoning salt it it. Woot!
