I learned three things when I used my air fryer

I usually use my air fryer to cook freezer snacks or do quick work Meat And VegetablesBut I appreciate this countertop convection oven the most, when I need to run away from a normal sink filled with bowls and frying pan left after having dinner.

Last week, I needed that freedom more than ever, so for the first time in my air frying history, I tried to prepare all my food in my immediate vortex Air Fire. It was not always very good, but I ate, and I learned.

Why do I like instant vortex air fryer

Immediately vortex was my choice of choice for this challenge. It is a basket-style air fryer, and while I have tested a lot of air fryers Outside, I arrive for this for most daily recipes. You may be surprised that I do not like Toster oven-style Air Fire, such as my “best overall”, Cuisinart Air Fire and TosterI like them and I think they are great for baking, but require much more counter space than presenting them in their apartments.

On the other hand, the immediate vortex is, medium -sized, lighter enough to move inside and out from its storage space, and it is equally brown and crisp.

The best ingredients for air fryer food

Was busy last week, so my food was not always an example of a balanced diet. Despite being a food writer, many of my food are more like uncontrolled snacks. The week’s fare included eggs, potatoes, mushrooms, chillies, a variety of marinated meats, sausages, dumplings, ravioly, cheese and sandwich. Some of these items come out as expected because I make them all the time, while others were stunning. I will never make one of them again.

What I learned here?

Eating with simple roasted ingredients is best

Quick vortex is very good in roasting vegetables. Everything mushroom To drunkerTo Exempted And chili-I only got success in this simple basket air fryer. This week I threw three medium sweet potato in one go. I pierced them around the outer, mostly because it indicates that when they are done (the sugary juice comes out and cooked through the potato, the carmelies, and I finished a meal as a afternoon breakfast for three days.

For one dinner, I made roasted stuffed portobelo mushrooms (originally of the mega version These stuffed mushrooms That I love a lot). I tried another version with mashed potatoes. Decision: Absolutely filling and delicious, and a simple cleaning of washing the air fryer with soap water.

Takeaway: Any food that can include two or three roasted items, which crush it completely in the immediate vortex. Dinner was easy and hand-band all week. If you are going to the All Air Fire Route, this is my first suggestion.

What if you eat eggs for breakfast, or something that you normally cook in a stovetop frying pan? This was my first challenge to conquer really, because I could not eat eggs in the morning. I know i can Take out from bottom and fry my eggs In straight baskets, but I did not want to get all oily under the basket and cleaned it. I also knew that I would put sausage there and make breakfast sandwich.

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Instead, I got good use from my six -inch cake pan. A cake pan that is quite small to fit in the basket, provides me with a small strong surface, with the additional advantage of having a metal: even if the heat of the convection oven from the top of the heat above me knew that the metal would operate the heat that would eventually be hot from the bottom.

I cut the pan, cracked my eggs in it, and threw brown in a couple into a sausage. I put the pan in the basket, and since there was a room left on the sides, I put my bun back back to toast. After a few minutes I checked the progression of the sandwich and removed the bun so that it does not dry up. The rest was cooked in about five minutes, and my breakfast was a fugitive success.

Takeaway: If you want to make something impure in your air fryer without additional mess, then a small cake pan is your best friend.

Air Fire is not a great steamer, but you can work it

Unfortunately for me, I like soup and steamed items very much. The soup was not clearly working in the air fryer, so I did not try it, but I could not just let steaming. I tried Air Fire Steaming Dumplings Once before, and I was disappointed. This time, with the new success of cake pan cooking, I tried a different approach.

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I added about a quarter inch water to the cake pan. Put a layer of carrots down and topped them with frozen dumplings. Then I covered PAN tightly with foil. This idea was to catch steam because the pan and the water had become hot. I used carrots to keep out of direct contact with water, like a steamer tray, and I thought they could also cook, and I could be a well -bang carrot.

Well, dumplings Did Steam. However, it took longer to do it in an air fryer than a simple stove top steamer, and carrots did not cook. I again tried the foil-caveral method, but without water, small asparagus cuts and the leftover barley used fridge-thunda ravioly. It was much more successful, and I think it was outstanding to the hot temperature, with the fact that the items were less dense and moisture was added, it was not really necessary.

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Takeaway: If your stove broke and your microwave broke and you had an air fryer, I would suggest that I try the foil cover method for steaming – but otherwise if the materials are frozen or dense. It will take a long time now, and you are worried about some materials.

My most successful air fryer dish

I redeemed the ton, chicken, marinated pork and steak. They were incredible, but I was most proud to make the entire breakfast sandwich with barely any cleaning in five minutes. I also dropped Quaco Blanc’s slab into the air fryer and it turned completely crisp and brown – a big win.

My least successful air fryer dish

Hands down, boiled dumplings and carrots were inferior to any other method I have used to cook those items. Your Air Fire is not a very good steamer.

So should you cook every meal in the air fryer?

While the air fryer is a versatile tool, I don’t think you will be happy to eat every meal using it alone. while you Be able to Cook well round food after a round meal in the immediate vortex, you will disappear from some variety. Everything will be crisp or roasted version. No soup, step -foods, boiled elements, and certainly no blanching can be done in the air fryer.

He said, the air fryer can significantly help in streamlining a good portion of food, and you can reduce the time spent in front of the kitchen sink, just with cleaning this one basket. As soon as you are planning your cuisine, just keep in mind my three takeaments.