Air fryer meal suggestions please .

Maw I was so relieved when I saw your post ….”bored of” makes me shudder as I do not know when or why we replaced “with” with “of”. I have never mentioned it on GRANSNET in case members thought I was old fashioned and pedantic but it does grate on me when I see it. We only use our air fryer for frozen chips and I want to find out more ways of using it.

I think that "should of" is worse!

And, Maw, I'm digressing slightly, the road signs saying 'Road liable to flooding' Grrr.

A quick and easy (veggie) AF recipe, if you can call it that, is to put mediterranean vegetables into a roasting tin, stir some pesto over it and cook for a few minutes, whilst you slice a block of halloumi hasselback style (as you would a potato). Then add the halloumi to the vegetables and cook until it is brown. You can get bags of frozen mediterranean veg in supermarkets, or slice up fresh ones - they are equally good. Serve with garlic bread. One average block of cheese does one and a half people, depending on how hungry you are .

Chicken breast and fill with sausage meat garlic and cheese. Sprinkle with chilli powder . Cook 200° for 20 mins wrap in foil to 'rest' . Roast par boiled potatoes tossed in a little olive oil for 10 mins adding sliced peppers onions carrots etc tossed in honey for a further 10 mins. Always check meat is cooked thoroughly prior to serving.

I quite often make something similar to that, Doodledog. It's nice with feta instead of halloumi too - and lovely served with couscous.

Have a look at some of these YouTube videos. This young woman cooks just about everything in her 2-drawer air fryer. I’ve tried some of her recipes.
youtube.com/@budgetcookinguk

Charleygirl5

I think that "should of" is worse!

I agree. I also wonder when queues became ‘ques’ and drawers became ‘draws’.

Sorry to digress. There are lots of ideas on YouTube, just choose the ones you prefer ( if you’re like me, it’ll be the ones which annoy you the least!)

Just see that the caption is missing from the above. It said ‘ CORRECTIVE LENSES’.

Love the caption , Dadima .
Very unadventurous, but cooked chips in the AF this evening . Haven't had a deep fat fryer for years and these are certainly better than oven cooked .

I've recently made a nice tortilla. Cook chopped or sliced onions with bits of choritzo or bacon, add leftover potatoes and warm up, then add forked up eggs and mix a bit. You can use up whatever is in the fridge: other meats, veg, little chunks of cheese. Also nice to top with cheese and add fresh herbs. We like our tortilla spicy so add chipotle powder, fresh chilli or chilli oil.
You do need a dish which will fit in your AF - I have an oval porcelain dish which is perfect for two people and have used a loaf tin for a big, sliceable picnic version.
Obviously you can also make this in a frying pan but you can cook through to the middle more quickly in the AF, even with a substantial tortilla.

I have a circular air fryer. Today, for lunch I cooked lamb chops on a bed of courgettes with mint flavoured gravy over. I did it directly in the air fryer and it woked very well.

Tonight we will have cauliflower cheese for supper. I will cook the cauliflower in the microwave, cheese sauce on the hob. Put cauliflower and then sauce directly into the airfryer and put grated cheese and breadcrumbs on top. And then switch air fryer on.

M0nica

I have a circular air fryer. Today, for lunch I cooked lamb chops on a bed of courgettes with mint flavoured gravy over. I did it directly in the air fryer and it woked very well.

Tonight we will have cauliflower cheese for supper. I will cook the cauliflower in the microwave, cheese sauce on the hob. Put cauliflower and then sauce directly into the airfryer and put grated cheese and breadcrumbs on top. And then switch air fryer on.

I love cauliflower cheese but sadly my husband hates anything involving brassicas.

Well, I’m back (rather late in the day, I know, but I’ve been mulling it over for some time 😅). Anyway, I’ve taken the plunge and bought a 2 drawer air fryer (Lakeland brand), so now I’m going to research some recipes to try. As I type, I’ve got 2 chicken breasts defrosting, so they’ll be the first thing I cook in the air fryer once I’ve found a recipe I like the sound of.
I was worried about counter space, but after some re-organising, I’ve found a suitable spot. So, fingers crossed it gets lots of use.
As an aside, does anyone use the silicon liners you can buy to place on the drawer bottoms. They had some in the Lakeland store when I was researching the various models, but didn’t buy any because I hadn’t purchased the AF at that point? Are they worth it, to help keep the drawers easier to clean, or are they just a pricy gimmick?

Pricey, sorry!

It has been reported today that one food chain, a subsidiary of Iceland has introduced an 'Airfryer Aisle' where the cabinets are full of items that can be cooked in an air fryer and where the packaging gives air fryer cooking instructions.

MOnica that should be very helpful although with my air fryer and something supposed to be oven cooked I half the time and keep an eye on it and to date it has worked well.

Yes, I have had no problem using an air fryer, but then, I am an experimenter. I will try anything once, so do not need someone to tell me that something can/cannot be cooked in any appliance, I always need to try it myself to see what happens.

I know that many other people, often for very good reasons, are not as willing to throw caution to the winds and experiment.

I, like Ziplok, bought an air fryer recently from Lakeland. I have so far not been very impressed. The chips I made tasted like baked potatoes as of course they were, as apposed to soft on the inside , crisp on the outside, fried ones. Not a good substitute. I cooked salmon fillets but found they took longer than in my oven , my roast potatoes were nice and coloured but so hard. I need some lessons! I find it very hard to get the food out of the fryer, it is a two drawer one. I tried making a foil strip ‘hammock’ but that broke. I have arthritic fingers so am rather clumsy but can see no easy way to get stuff out. Help please, I must be very stupid as all posters seem to love their machines.

I have sent for a cookbook and will watch some of the videos.

Can any of you kind ladies help? I use an air-fryer regularly, not every day. I still struggle with the conversion tables, for example converting the oven temperature is this based on electric or fan?
Also, roasting, I parboil, drain, shake to roughen edges toss in oil then roast at 160 (in fan oven 180) still have to roast for 45 mins at least. I would still say my fan oven roasties have the edge, what am I doing wrong? Thanks

Fuschia, have you tried letting the par- boiled potatoes become quite cold before roasting them in a hot oven/ air fryer?

Fuschia I think you need your air fryer temperature higher.

Ziplok

Well, I’m back (rather late in the day, I know, but I’ve been mulling it over for some time 😅). Anyway, I’ve taken the plunge and bought a 2 drawer air fryer (Lakeland brand), so now I’m going to research some recipes to try. As I type, I’ve got 2 chicken breasts defrosting, so they’ll be the first thing I cook in the air fryer once I’ve found a recipe I like the sound of.
I was worried about counter space, but after some re-organising, I’ve found a suitable spot. So, fingers crossed it gets lots of use.
As an aside, does anyone use the silicon liners you can buy to place on the drawer bottoms. They had some in the Lakeland store when I was researching the various models, but didn’t buy any because I hadn’t purchased the AF at that point? Are they worth it, to help keep the drawers easier to clean, or are they just a pricy gimmick?

I use the silicone liners a lot. They are much easier to wash than the drawer inserts in my Tower Dual. It is easier to lift dishes or baking tins in and out too. I also use throw-away parchment liners for things like roast potatoes or under any dish which might bubble over like tonight's cottage pie.
I searched on line for AF accessories and bought a compatible set including mini baking tins, silicone muffin baker and racks with skewers for kebabs. I have found them useful.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B82KP2HN?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&tag=gransnetforum-21

Doodledog

A quick and easy (veggie) AF recipe, if you can call it that, is to put mediterranean vegetables into a roasting tin, stir some pesto over it and cook for a few minutes, whilst you slice a block of halloumi hasselback style (as you would a potato). Then add the halloumi to the vegetables and cook until it is brown. You can get bags of frozen mediterranean veg in supermarkets, or slice up fresh ones - they are equally good. Serve with garlic bread. One average block of cheese does one and a half people, depending on how hungry you are .

That sounds good, Doodledog - do you steam the veg first?

I agree with Maw, that title would drive my potty.