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Post by jardiniere on Nov 6, 2022 12:22:47 GMT 1
Does anyone have an air fryer? Would you recommend? Could I use it instead of replacing my mini oven?
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Post by amandaj on Nov 6, 2022 13:01:52 GMT 1
I'm wondering the same thing. I now hate the 2nd cheapest cooker in the shop that we bought 18 years ago when we first got the house. Don't have a kitchen yet, we have a piece of worktop in the lounge with the cooker next to it. Proper kitchen isn't looking imminent so thinking about buying a new piece of worktop, a good quality gas hob and a mini oven or air fryer. Redesign the existing 'kitchen space' and then when we eventually move the kitchen into an actual room we can move the hob etc in there.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Nov 6, 2022 13:19:57 GMT 1
Does anyone have an air fryer? Would you recommend? Could I use it instead of replacing my mini oven? Yes. Yes. The only thing I'd say is to get a decent brand. I reckon it uses about a sixth of the electric of an oven for the same job eg oven chips, fish cake, gammon steak etc. Quicker, too. It's a game-changer.
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Post by jackie on Nov 6, 2022 13:59:12 GMT 1
I’m considering one. Ninja looks a good brand with good reviews.
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Post by glazedallover on Nov 6, 2022 15:03:15 GMT 1
Great thread. I have been thinking about getting one. Do they make better chips than say McCains oven chips ? (other brands are available ....)
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Post by Polarengineer on Nov 6, 2022 15:39:33 GMT 1
Air fryer. Does that require a bit of imagination like, say, air guitar? Egg, fish, bacon and all that, but "air"!
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Post by annabellespapa on Nov 6, 2022 17:14:54 GMT 1
We don't want something air fried (nothing wrong with that but we eat fried food out but not at home), we went for an Instapot digital pressure cooker (5l), it sautes, slow cooks, all the benefits of a soup maker (with stick blender) great for batch cooking loads of meals that can be adapted from the freezer have a look there must be some great ideas on Youtube, have a look before you purchase an Airfryer.
Jamie Oliver has done a new series and of course a book on one pot meals, we have tried loads recently and fairly few that haven't hit the mark, picky daughter ...
I don't think you have to buy the book as the recipes seem widely available on the internet. Type Jamies One Pot Meals.
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Post by glazedallover on Nov 6, 2022 17:20:30 GMT 1
We don't want something air fried (nothing wrong with that but we eat fried food out but not at home), we went for an Instapot digital pressure cooker (5l), it sautes, slow cooks, all the benefits of a soup maker (with stick blender) great for batch cooking loads of meals that can be adapted from the freezer have a look there must be some great ideas on Youtube, have a look before you purchase an Airfryer. Jamie Oliver has done a new series and of course a book on one pot meals, we have tried loads recently and fairly few that haven't hit the mark, picky daughter ... I don't think you have to buy the book as the recipes seem widely available on the internet. Type Jamies One Pot Meals. I've never fancied chip soup.
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Post by annabellespapa on Nov 6, 2022 17:25:49 GMT 1
Oily potatoe and leek soup with chilli
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Post by flober on Nov 6, 2022 17:45:03 GMT 1
We have an air fryer,a Phillips, it has become a very useful cooker.It did take a few(many)tries to come to terms with it, but otherwise we are pleased with the results.
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Post by michael86 on Nov 6, 2022 18:45:00 GMT 1
We bought a Philips air fryer a few weeks ago and have found it very useful. Air fryers aren't fryers at all, they are mini fan ovens. We have used it for quite a few things including roast potatoes, chicken thighs, part baked baguettes, oven chips, shop bought meat pies and pasties. There is no need to pre-heat it as it reaches temperature in no time and as has been mentioned it cooks more quickly than a conventional oven.
Our air fryer has wi-fi and can connect to the internet. I have downloaded the free app from Philips which has lots of recipes. If you choose a recipe and hit 'go', it sets the air fryer to the right time and temperature and keeps you updated with the cooking progress. I didn't even know it had this when I bought it. It was just on a special offer. With hindsight I would have paid less and not bothered with this feature.
I have noticed the cooking instructions on certain shop bought products now include air fryers as well as fan or gas ovens.
Overall, very happy with it.
Michael
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Post by flober on Nov 6, 2022 19:03:55 GMT 1
Ours doesn't do wifi,but I can put the radio next to it😀 the radio doesn't help with the cooking though!
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Post by tim17 on Nov 6, 2022 19:12:03 GMT 1
OH wants to buy a Ninja 15 in 1 which apparently performs so many functions we can ditch several other appliances that I didn't even know we had!
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Post by houpla on Nov 6, 2022 19:22:25 GMT 1
Great thread. I have been thinking about getting one. Do they make better chips than say McCains oven chips ? (other brands are available ....) Definitely! But the chips are only as good as the potatoes used, and soooo many here in France are 'pig potatoes'. Watery, horrible things. Even washed and dried, or par-boiled, the resulting chips are soggy. The air fryer also does good roasties, pommes Salardaises and sweet potatoes...
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Post by pcpa on Nov 6, 2022 21:40:35 GMT 1
I have been using the old school predecessor to the Airfryer, a halogen cyclonic table top oven for over 15 years, I have not had a traditional oven in all that time nor needed to clean one.
Air fryers make better chips but I dont eat them anyway, they use a standard type radiant heat oven element and a fan so yes like a mini fan oven but with a tiny capacity.
The halogen ovens use a circular halogen element and have a much larger capacity, 17 litres or 11 litres for the tiny ones, they also have extender rings to increase the capacity, you can cook a medium chicken in an 11 litre one, a large chicken and potatoes veg etc in the 17 litre one or fit a medium pizza.
I use mine mostly for grilling, tonight was Saucisse de Toulouse and patate douce, before cooking I put a drop of washing up liquid in the bottom and some water, that way it self cleans as the fats drip down and there is no danger of cracking a hot bowl by putting water in to clean it (been there done that)
Air fryers are trendy, tendance and overpriced, they have a very small capacity but do work well, I have used one when house & dogsitting but prefer my halogen ovens which are a fraction of the price and do everything I need.
Amanda has just a small piece of worktop, be aware that these are bulky devices and the airfryers are very tall, with a halogen oven you can put all the grill racks inside, invert the lid and it can be stored in a medium height casserolier drawer which is where mine is kept.
Finally you can turn out the kitchen lights while your food is cooking, the light from the element is enough to see how the chicken etc is doing and will light up the rest of the kitchen.
As has been said they use a fraction of the electricity because they have lower wattage elements, get up to heat in a couple of minutes and then cycle on and off, the cooking time is greatly reduced.
Another benefit is there is never any smoke or fumes and barely any cooking smells although logic says there should be.
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