topic Re: Air Fryers in Kitchen

Air Fryers

Lilysmom — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:19:03 GMT

Do you have one? Do you use it often? Reviews please. LM

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Pook — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:26:12 GMT

I have one and use it often - especially for fresh fries, toasted cheese sandwiches, burgers, toasted buns and fried chicken.

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Jtdmum — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:28:00 GMT

Love mine. Used it all summer in the heat- Never turned the oven on once.

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OKPrincess — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:24:47 GMT

Yes I have one but I don’t use it much now.

I used mine for steak potatoes, salmon, and pot stickers.

I liked the the things I cooked in it but not the cleanup esp after Salmon.

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MKR14 — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:06:07 GMT

@OKPrincess Use a piece of parchment paper under salmon as they showed this on one of their demos and it worked great.

I have never had any sticking with anything yet in my air fryer but we all make different food than others. That is what is nice about a forum as we all find tricks and hints to make our cooking easier.

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OKPrincess — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:26:20 GMT

@MKR14 Thank you for telling me about the parchment paper. I will try it because the salmon was very good and tasty.

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SharkE — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:45:35 GMT

I do chicken wings in there, but, not other pieces of chicken want it more browned.

Salmon, too, not catfish want that browned too

French fries

air fry hand pies instead of frying in butter in skillet. **** cholesterol just won't go down don't want to take that **** pill. LOL

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SouthernBee — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:52:03 GMT

Just notified my air fryer shipped with edd 10/18🤓. Southern Bee

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SouthernBee — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:55:49 GMT

@SharkE: Great idea about the hand pies because I love them made with peaches. Yep, catfish needs to be brown . Southern Bee

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MKR14 — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:47:19 GMT

@OKPrincess Another hint that may be helpful is anything that is light that the fan may pull up- like bread in grilled cheese- they said to stick a toothpick in there to hold it together.

I wish they would make a grate to drop in near the food in

our basket keep light foods in for us. My Cooks Essentials 5.3 quart has a potato chip setting on it. They may not stay in the basket for sure. Potato chips would be great in an air fryer though.

SORRY ABOUT THE DOUBLE POST.

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MKR14 — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:35:45 GMT

@OKPrincess Another hint that may be helpful is anything that is light that the fan may pull up- like bread in grilled cheese- they said to stick a toothpick in there to hold it together.

I wish they would make a grate to drop in near the food in

our basket keep light foods in for us. My Cooks Essentials 5.3 quart has a potato chip setting on it. They may not stay in the basket for sure though. Potato chips would be great in an air fryer.

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Lilysmom — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:53:33 GMT

Thanks everyone for the comments. I like the thought that it doesn’t heat up the kitchen in summer. I am leery though about buying another appliance that will just sit on the shelf! LM

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Daysdee — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 01:23:30 GMT

If you leave it out on your counter, you will use it often. Except for baking cakes, I haven't used my oven since I got my air fryer. I bake a potato, cook fish, chicken, beef, lamb chops, make grilled cheese, casseroles in a small dish, heat up a leftover sandwich from a restaurant. I use mine several times a week.

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SouthernBee — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:19:36 GMT

Wow: Huge! Delivered about 8:30 pm by UPS. When DH goes to bed - will read instructions and get everything washed and dried. Yea- new toy to play with for this ole dog 🐕. Southern Bee

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Free2be — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:45:47 GMT

Tonight I tried something new, a small pork shoulder roast on the rack, cooked slow. Started it at 175 for 30 minutes, turned it up to 200 for 20 minutes then 225 for another maybe 15-20 minutes, put in potato chunks toward the end and finished them at 400 degrees while the roast rested, sprayed them with oil. The roast was slivered with garlic and seasoned with Penzeys pork chop seasoning, fresh ground pepper and a bay leaf in the pot. Very tender. I cooked the roast by guess and by golly, it worked.

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sarahpanda — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:41:06 GMT

YES !!!!! I use mine every day - marvel at how well food turns out ! I would imagine the ''stove'' industry will take a hit after people realize how efficient air fryers are - not to mention, EASY CLEAN UP !! Best appliance I've purchased in years !! I have the Cook's Essentials air fryer. LOVE IT !

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SharkE — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:29:18 GMT

Nice having just one pot to clean up too.

Best thing for me. LOL

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goldensrbest — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:19:21 GMT

I bought a small one ,just myself, first time tried fried green tomatoes, not good had to put them in a pan on stove, fixed chicken breats to make soup, that was fine, yesterday it was soo windy here, did not want to start up outdoor grill ,i had a steak that i needed to cook ,it was just okay,not like grilling.