Air fryers
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I've found out from Wiki:
An air fryer is a small countertop convection oven designed to simulate deep frying without submerging the food in oil.
All I do actually know is that is makes very tasty food and apparently, although I've not checked nor intend to, is cheaper to and quicker to cook with.
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No idea TimboC that must be above my 'age' of manhood?
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I'm looking into getting one, not a big one just for the 2 of us what kind of capacity would that be.
I have a Remoska which I love but it does take longer to cook things. I have to be careful about fried food as I have high cholesterol so should avoid it, looking at an air fryer it seems to be a healthier way of cooking things more like a bbq.
Thoughts welcomed
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We bought a Salter Dual Air, which has two compartments, this means we can put fish etc one side and potatoes etc the other, then time them to be ready at the same time. I also have very high cholesterol, despite a reasonably good diet, the Dr said that I could make it for England! So I was very reluctant to buy one as we almost never eat fried food, the name is very deceptive. It just works like a mini fan oven and you can cook almost anything in it. I haven’t used oil in anything that I have cooked in it so far. By using that and the slow cooker for casseroles I haven’t used our lovely range oven in the last 3 weeks, and I was the person who didn’t want one. It takes a bit of time to get used to temperature and timings. My tip is to get one bigger rather than smaller, if you have the workspace, because I think, once started, that you may find you will use it far more than you expect. Next spring we will definitely be getting another one for us and the family to use in our static van, will be a big saving on turning on that oven and using the gas bottles.
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Thanks for the info.
Given it more thought and decided not to bother getting one.
I really can't justify the cost after buying the Remoska grand for the house and the smaller one for the van.
Yes it takes longer but at 560w and 400w the cost in cooking is not that much different. I use the slow cooker a lot to batch cook meals, then freeze them. All they need then is a flash in the microwave to heat up.
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The point he was making (Martin Lewis) was if you have to use an air fryer several times to cook a meal or doing batches of meals an oven may possibly be cheaper but if your meal can be cooked in one go in the air fryer it could be cheaper to use it.
With just us two now we plan meals now to utilise the advantages of our air fryer. Of course, if in the past a meal used both a hob ring and the oven it may still be best to use the Airfyer and that hob ring. Heating a whole oven space for smaller amounts compared to smaller space in the air fryer makes that difference. You just have to use the best method for both the meal and consider the cost effectiveness of how it is achieved. Oh, and he also suggested, if using an oven to leave the oven door open to utilise the heat stored within it to warm the room after cooking!
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It's bliss when I leave the oven door open after a cooking session, always done that Micky!
I've been interested to hear the comments. We have just had to replace our double oven and hob so I'm utilising this carefully and tend to fill the oven with extras that I can freeze etc. A new A rated oven is fairly economical used this way, it's certainly much faster than my old oven. With a new oven plus a slow cooker and a microwave it wouldn't be worth purchasing anything else but I think if you can get your meal cooked in one session I can see the savings of an air fryer too.
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Yes, if the family come round for Sunday Dinner then we use the oven packed with all those delicious trimmings along side the roast. All that won’t fit in the air fryer in one go! Must say that the oven is used far less these days mind and we have noticed our electric bill go down. Not saying it’s all down to the Ninja but I do think every bit helps. Just wonder if this new found economy of thought amongst folk will translate to more of a mentality on the subject of thrift that our grandparents held. We have never had it so good and we may now have to pay for that or certainly have a serious rethink, this energy problem may go on for years!
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We do similar, if using the oven we generally do everything in there, and since our small oven is also a fan oven, with just the 2 of us we very rarely need to use the big oven these days.
Roasted veg does well in the air fryer, OH adds the veg when the potatoes are partly done, as do roast and baked potatoes, and of course fish and chips (with peas on the hob or in the microwave).
Coated chicken fillets and similar are very good, also chicken kyiv, and uncoated chicken too of course.
OH has seen some silicone containers that can be used in the air fryer, so if there is a size that fits ours, we may invest to use for dishes that have the meat in a sauce.
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Which Air Fryer do you have, K? We have several silicone trays/dishes some collapsible to allow for differing amount of contents, Use these for ‘wet’ recipes and the space alongside for fried/baked veg. They also go in the oven when required. These air fryers are so versatile.
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Tonight we have had chicken kyivs (again) with mini skin on roast potatoes (10p per kg from Lidl) and a roast parsnip (19p for 2 large ones) all done in the air fryer. Took about 30minutes in Air fryer
At lunch time we did a couple of part baked crispy rolls in the air fryer, took about 6 minutes. Certainly a big saving on using the oven.
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Just roasted parsnips, carrots, onions, celery not used for Christmas meal in the airfrier. Then stock added for 20mins simmer on the hob. Blitzed, dob of cream and soup ready. Tastes lovely. Those bread buns warmed in the cooling airfrier.
Anyone tried sprout soup. Still have a few left🤣
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Not sprout soup but I’m a fan of sprouts generally. Frozen so they don’t wither-out the freezer into the pan-Bosh👍🏻
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Clean kitchen envy too, no mess no spitting over the hob & all liquids/fat driven out of the meat/food into a receptacle to be wiped & dishwashered-Bosh👍🏻😊
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Right !! After all this time & all you're experiences ,,which 'Air Fryer 'would you recommend ,,bearing in mind wattage power requirements to site EHU etc ??Weight & size ?? AND do you think that they are worth the money ,?? 0 -
We have the Ninja Foodi max health air frier which I use in and outside the van. They do a BBQ version which smokes too but it’s a tad expensive. Ours is used at home and away and I’ve had no difficulties, in fact we very rarely use our ovens in the home or van at all these days There are so many recipes on websites across the internet to explore and try.
https://ninjakitchen.co.uk/product/ninja-foodi-max-health-grill-air-fryer-ag551uk-zidAG551UK
This is the BBQ one I’d love to buy but I can’t afford the site night fees now let alone this wonderful gadget!😉
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Aldi have a dual drawer one in store at the moment, it looked pretty similar to the £20-£30 more expensive Salter one we bought at The Range. Can certainly recommend the Salter one.
We use ours whenever possible, though do not bring it in the caravan, our oven at home is getting much less use.
We like the dual drawer one as we can do 2 different foods, or just use one drawer, but for a single person, a single drawer one might be big enough, you can add food as you go along if there is enough space.
If you want to do say a whole roast chicken, you would need one with a single larger drawer.
Lakeland also have a good selection, and Lidl also get them in every so often.
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about them and what to cook in them !
