Air Fryer Question

I wouldn’t. It’s a heated element like a grill sits above where the lid would be.

Try asking ChatGPT - I've found I get thorough/quicker answers to questions from that. Cue for treating it like Encyclopaedia Britannica.

I wouldnt have thought one can use those lids myself - but it should give you the answer.

Add that it might be worth your while investigating airfryers. I would be a bit wary I think of the type a lot of people get - but there are ones like mini ovens (but without hotplates on top) and I got one of them. Think they changed the manufacture of the one I've got now to the Cosori brand?

I'm working my way into trying it for various things - so I use it both as a mini oven on the one hand or an airfryer on the other hand.

CariadAgain

Try asking ChatGPT - I've found I get thorough/quicker answers to questions from that. Cue for treating it like Encyclopaedia Britannica.

I wouldnt have thought one can use those lids myself - but it should give you the answer.

Wow, thank you.

No I can't (as I suspected) and it took about 5 seconds to get the answer From ChatGPT. Excellent resource.

You’ve got your answer now, it seems, but I’ll just add that in the case you mention, I just tuck a piece of foil over the top of the container. As long as it isn’t too dirty, I can recycle the foil in the bin, too.

Yes, that was my solution - cover container with foil, but was just being ultra frugal and trying to save a bit of foil

But you can put in without the lid

Yes, there is that! You can wipe it clean and reuse. It also depends on the programmes your airfryer has. Mine has reheat/roast/bake functions on them and they seem a bit less fierce than the air fry programme, so foil isn’t needed.

What I've just been doing personally is stocking up with SouperCubes range of containers. It's basically a range of flexible containers in sizes like half cup size, full cup size, two cup size. Also they do little ceramic dishes in one person size with lids to them and I've just bought a few of them for myself - with the idea that I can transfer some frozen food cubes from those SouperCube "trays" into the correct size ceramic dish (they come complete with lids) and heat them up to eat.

They refer to these cubes of frozen food that come out of the SouperCubes as "to be reheated in a microwave". I deliberately got rid of the microwave I had decades back now when I read about the health hazards. But I figure I should be able to put a couple of frozen food cubes into one of these mini casserole dishes and get just enough for me. If all else fails - then I could just take these food cubes out of the freezer at breakfast time and they should have defrosted by lunchtime. So all ready for me to heat up in my airfryer - on oven mode.

The one thing I would say is a noticeable number of people buy cheaper knock-off versions by other manufacturers. But I've bought the "real" ones and not the copies personally - as I chose to buy the best quality ones - even though they are twice the price.

I reckon a single person should get a lot of use out of things like that. No more trying to halve recipes and have them two days running (and just how do you halve one egg anyway?).

It's not easy to get one's act together sometimes to do a "proper meal" just for oneself and cue for "yet another omelette" or the like. I think these should make a noticeable difference for me in ensuring I get to eat properly - as it won't be so much effort and wastage.

If you have any doubts why not just lay a bit tin foil on top.

If the air fryer has a fan the foil needs to be tucked in so that it doesn't get blown around and end up on the element. That could start a fire

ferry23

I've recently discovered a local lady who cooks really delicious meals (all covered by relevant health & hygiene standards) and delivers. I do mostly try and cook my own food but I have very bad osteoarthritis so it's really useful for me to be able to pull one of these out of the fridge or freezer on a bad day.

So far so good.

She delivers some of them in the foil containers with lids - i.e cardboard/foil lids like you get in a takeaway. My question is can you put the lids in the air fryer? I know the foil containers are ok but unsure about the non foil side of the lid. I'd rather not heat up my oven for one portion of food.

I've asked Mr. Google in several different ways but he doesn't seem keen on giving me an answer.

Any clues?

No you put the foil tray in your air fryer. You don’t need a lid of any description on your food . The air fryer is essentially a mini oven you wouldn’t cook the food in the main oven with a paper lid on ( it is at risk of catching fire) so the same applies in the air fryer

No,I would'nt you could cover with a bit tin poil though

Just decant the food into a suitable container, I would use Pyrex.

pce612

Just decant the food into a suitable container, I would use Pyrex.

Or maybe your cook could even make the food in Pyrex or similar if you buy a suitable dish? Then you could also freeze your food. They do make loads of different sizes, some with plastic lids, I'm sure you could find the right size on Amazon.
I have some that I use for homemade frozen food but I sometimes decant ready meals too.

Isn't this a job for the microwave?

No, no no.. Never rely on any AI. It's not an encyclopedia and often gets things wrong. I've literally just read an article where chatgpt identified poison hemlock as carrot tops and was adamant that's what it was.
AI is neither an encyclopedia nor reliable when it comes to anything that can have dangerous results, ie what can put in an airfryer!

You can buy washable splatter screens, and disposable paper covers. There is also a roll - a bit like baking parchment (I guess that would also work)

I would ask he because, no doubt, she would be buying them in bulk and her packaging will tell her

If you are going to decant the meal, you might as well use your microwave if you have one, it is more suitable for reheating unless you want to crisp it..