Recently, the "air fryer" has become popular in the kitchen industry. I love the kitchen and love the new and never tire of the old. Naturally, I can't miss it. Although my home is already full of "kitchen", I still squeeze out the space for it to settle in. After running in for a while, I like it more and more. As for what is an air fryer? How does it work? These online articles are much more detailed than mine, so you can search for them if you are interested.
  However, I still want to briefly summarize the reasons why I like it:
  1. Oil-free, or less oil cooking, it saves oil and saves! My family likes to eat fried foods. For health, a pot of oil can only be used two or three times at most and it must be discarded. Especially the oil for fried meat, if you use it once, you don’t want to use it a second time. There is no way to waste it. With an air fryer, the advantages are obvious from the comparison of the amount of oil used for frying.
  Some ingredients, such as meat with a large fat content, do not require additional oil, and can achieve a good frying effect by relying on their own fat. Ingredients that do not contain much oil need to be surface treated, or a thin layer of oil, or a thin layer of paste, or a layer of fried powder, such as starch, bread crumbs (for now, I use bread crumbs to compare Many, crispy effect is the best).
  2. The operating environment is clean, and the entire "frying" process is "hidden" in this machine, there is no smoky fire, no splashes of oil, no strong smell of oily smoke.
  3. Easy to clean. Because the soup, oil, etc. are filtered into the drawer below through the strainer of the food basket, you only need to soak the drawer and the food basket first, and then clean it with dish soap. It is very simple. Remember, soak first, then wash, it's easy!
  During this period of time, I have fried French fries, sweet potato fries, chicken wings, steaks, vegetables, and small desserts. They are all successful. It can be seen that the machine is easy to use and easy to operate, but the effect is unexpected. With the air fryer, the consumption of potatoes in my family is unprecedented, because children love to eat French fries. It is said that the best results are fried with the kind of frozen French fries sold in the supermarket, and they look great, just like KFC. However, I prefer to make my own French fries with fresh potatoes. I feel more at ease when I eat them. They taste more authentic and addictive.

  practice
  1. Wash the potatoes, peel them, and cut into strips about 7mm wide.
  2. Wash twice, and then soak in cold water for more than 30 minutes (soaking and frying will make it more crispy, don't cheat at this link).
  3. Pour out the water and use a cotton cloth or paper towel to fully dry the water.
  4. Put it back into a clean and dry basin, pour in a little oil, and mix well.
  5. Air fryer 160°C (the instruction says it is 180°C, but I tried it many times and it is better to fry at 160°C. You can try this yourself). Preheat for 3 minutes.
  6. Take out the drawer, pour the French fries into the food basket, spread them evenly, put them into the fryer, and fry for 18-20 minutes (see the color for the specific time).
  7. During frying, take it out and flip it several times (like a stir-fried dish, if you can't, use chopsticks to flip it gently) to make it evenly heated and colored.
  Warm tips:
  1. Potatoes are broadly divided into noodles and crispy. French fries use crispy potatoes. You can’t use noodles. The noodles are soft and collapsed after being fried in the pan for five minutes. They can’t be turned over. The crispy potatoes are in the process of frying. The medium is also very crispy, and it is easy to turn the pot.
  2. How to distinguish noodles from crisp potatoes? It is said that yellow-skinned yellow meats have rough skins and pitted potatoes; white-skinned white meats (white is relative), smooth skins and crispy potatoes without pits. But I don't think it is absolutely correct. In fact, the most dumb and best method is to buy it and try it!

  【Fried Sweet Fries】
  Ingredients 370g sweet potatoes
  1 tbsp oil
  practice
  1. Wash the sweet potatoes, peel them, and cut into strips about 7mm wide.
  2. Wash twice and soak in cold water for more than 30 minutes.
  3. Pour out the water and use a cotton cloth or paper towel to fully dry the water. Put it back into a clean, water-free basin, pour in oil, and mix well.
  4. Preheat the air fryer at 160°C for 3 minutes.
  5. Take out the drawer, pour the sweet potato strips into the food basket, spread them evenly, put them into the fryer, and fry for about 20 minutes (see the color for the specific time).
  6. During the frying process, take it out and turn it over several times to make it evenly heated.

  【Praline Brown Sugar Fried Cake】
  Ingredients 150 grams of flour, 170 grams of boiling water, 10 grams of oil
  (Or: 75 grams of flour, 75 grams of glutinous rice flour, 145 grams of boiling water, 10 grams of oil)
  (Without glutinous rice flour, the taste is Q; with glutinous rice flour, the taste is softer. The ratio of flour to glutinous rice flour can be adjusted, according to your preference, in short, it is a very casual snack.)
  Stuffing 40 grams brown sugar, 8 grams cooked black sesame seeds, 8 grams cooked white sesame seeds, 8 grams roasted peanuts
  Excipients: egg liquid and breadcrumbs in appropriate amounts
  practice
  1. Pour all the ingredients of the stuffing into the dry grinding cup of the mixer and beat them into even fines.
  2. Pour boiling water into the flour and stir quickly. After grabbing into a dough with your hands, pour oil in a small amount several times and knead it to form a dough.
  3. Divide the dough into nine equal parts (about 35-36 g/piece).
  4. Knead round one by one, flatten it into a round skin, wrap it with stuffing, close the mouth, and flatten it into a round flat blank.
  5. Preheat the air fryer at 180°C for 3-5 minutes.
  6. Paste the greens one by one with egg liquid and then with a layer of breadcrumbs.
  7. Pull out the pre-heated fryer drawer, put the raw material into the food basket, and send it into the fryer, about 8 minutes.
  8. Take it out in the middle to check the coloring situation, turn it over as appropriate, and the pot can be out after both sides are golden.
  As soon as I got out of the pot, I couldn’t help but ate four of them. I used to make this small snack which was deep-fried. It was delicious but I didn’t dare to eat more. With the air fryer, I don’t need to use the oil pan or brush. Oil (the effect of brushing is not good), just stick with a layer of bread crumbs, the outer skin is crispy, and the inside is soft and delicious.
  For breakfast moms, if you have an air fryer, this snack is definitely your best choice. Wrap the greens in the evening and put it in the air fryer in the morning. It will be OK in a few minutes. It is time-saving, healthy and delicious. .