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Help! How do I use my Nutri U AirFryer

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M0nica Sun 11-Dec-22 23:10:47

I am another who has printed out pittcity's list.

I am in the same situation as PamelaJ, I tend to cook from scratch and I am beginning to realsie that my cooking and eating pattern is not really suitable for cooking in an air fryer.

My airfryer booklet, gave a very short list of suggested items and their cooking times and while the roast dinner I did today was cooked through, I think it needed more cooking than I gave it and I had it in the airfryer for a period shorter than recommended - now I have seen a recommendation. Never mind, what we didn't eat is currently in the slow cookery being turned into stock and probably enough chicken meat to make a very nice soup.

PamelaJ1 Sun 11-Dec-22 13:26:47

I’ve decided not to be frightened by mine. Most of the instructions that came with mine don’t seem to cover the sort of food we cook. We tend to cook from scratch. So I’m just going for it and experimenting.
Today it’s roast potatoes. I have watched a few utube videos but they are so long winded.
Thank you pittcity I will print that out.

Abitbarmy Sun 11-Dec-22 13:11:08

I’ve found the instruction manual online, if you hit this link you should see it come up in the list. There is also an app you can download for recipes etc for that model. www.google.co.uk/search?q=philips+nutriu%2Fairfryer+instructions&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

M0nica Sun 11-Dec-22 13:00:38

Got a small chicken (poussin) and roast potatoes in mine at the moment and while we eat them, the baked apples for pudding will be in there cooking. I am cooking the sprouts and stuffing in the microwave.

One roast dinner without using the cooker at all. Gravy is boining water poured on gravy granules plus chicken stock cube using any

Cabbie21 Sun 11-Dec-22 12:19:35

I am thinking if getting an air fryer but dont really have the room, either on a worktop or in a cupboard.
DH takes up two corners with his meds and his four tins of biscuits, three coffee jugs….. yet he suggests moving the bread board from where I keep it. I dont think we will be getting one somehow.

Theexwife Sun 11-Dec-22 12:19:30

Before I had one I thought they were fryers that used less oil, they are mini ovens. Think of it as an economical high-powered oven, Pittcitys’ chart is all you need.

Some things are much better cooked in the airfryer, baked potatoes, frozen chips, fish, toasted sandwiches , cakes for example.
I even do boiled eggs in mine, two eggs, no water just put them in for 7 mins on 180 degrees. I have not found anything that I cannot cook in it.

Pittcity Sun 11-Dec-22 11:31:21

Just use it like a small oven. Companies are starting to put air fryer instructions on food now.
I have a handy chart to convert oven temperature and time to the AF equivalent. I never use the preset buttons just adjust the temperature and time and remember to turn the food at half time.

ExDancer Sun 11-Dec-22 11:26:25

Calendargirl as far as I know a tablet like mine (Samsung) cannot scan a QR code, or any other code.
As for my phone, I only make about 1 call in a month - its useful for receiving messages about appointments - but basically I use it for emergencies.
Luckily so far - unused for that. [crossed fingers]

Jaxjacky Sun 11-Dec-22 10:10:52

manuals.plus/m/cd5444639623db020fce794d51b0fd7f035bf119ccb3cb5fa28d52a2ae89055f_optim.pdf

Calendargirl Sun 11-Dec-22 09:56:44

Can you look up instructions on your tablet?

I don’t have an air fryer, so can’t help, sorry.

ExDancer Sun 11-Dec-22 09:54:39

It's my birthday.
My lovely husband has bought me an Air Fryer. It has no instructions, it just tells me to scan the QR code and download the app. Its a Phillips Airfryer NutriU.

I don't have a smart phone, just a pay-as-you-go phone-phone that makes phone calls. And this tablet that I'm working on now.
(bless him, he won't use technology, just won't! (he's 84)
I already have a combi MW and a chip fryer.
Oh dear!