Over the previous few years, the air fryer — a countertop equipment that mimics the fan operate of a convection oven, crisping and “frying” meals with out a lot oil — has develop into successful in house kitchens. There at the moment are whole cookbooks devoted to this nifty little gadget, and no scarcity of on-line recipes for inspiration. Should you’ve simply been gifted or bought an air fryer of your individual, it may be a problem to know precisely the place to start out. Right here, 5 Eater editors share their go-to recipes to provide you some concepts.
Crispy Breaded Air Fryer Pork Chops
SkinnyTaste
It is a recipe that works for the less-than-ambitious, and people of us with a small air fryer. The pork chops truly end up crispy, and I haven’t had any points with the coating sticking to the meat. The one disadvantage is that if, like me, you acquire a whole field of cornflakes for a recipe that solely requires 1⁄3 cup of it, chances are you’ll end up desperately looking for different recipes that use cornflake crumbs as an ingredient (or needing to make a complete bunch of pork chops sooner or later). — Missy Frederick, cities director
Crispy Air Fryer Broccoli
Patty Catalano, The Kitchn
If I can reward my air fryer for just one factor, let it’s that my it roasts greens with out concurrently roasting my tiny LA house kitchen. It’s sizzling sufficient right here (as I write as we speak in February, the excessive in my space will probably be 81 levels) with out my oven slowly preheating to my most well-liked veggie-roasting temperature of 425 and bringing the remainder of my kitchen together with it. Roast broccoli is an enormous a part of batch cooking for my household; the primary evening we eat it as a aspect dish, after which the remaining goes into the fridge to be added to quesadillas, or topped with an egg, or nibbled whereas making one other evening’s dinner. At the very least as soon as per week, I make a batch of air fryer broccoli, utilizing this recipe from the Kitchn as a reminder of what temperature to set and when to examine to see if it’s finished. I keep on with fundamental olive oil, salt, and pepper for max reusability, however you need to undoubtedly think about including some garlic powder, pink pepper flakes, or anything that you just like. — Hillary Dixler Canavan, restaurant editor
Bow Tie Kichel
Ben Moskowitz, Pill Journal
I’ve by no means used an air fryer in my life — until we settle for that an air fryer is a countertop convection oven. If that’s the case, nice information, I solely use an air fryer, as a result of I’ve a fan-only oven in my London flat. You play the hand you’re dealt. I confess that a variety of meals is just worse in a convection oven, as a result of the fan dries issues out, and in baking, drier isn’t normally higher. Not so with kichel, an eggy little cookie that’s ideally mild and crisp; the air is an actual boon to reaching that end result. Kichel dough is moist, even gloppy, and made even worse by rolling it in sugar. The excellent news is you don’t should be exact about slicing it into strands that you just then twist right into a bowtie; I exploit a pizza wheel for this. About half of the sugar you roll the dough in will find yourself on the ground, however energy by way of, as a result of the best way the sugar marries with the oil to make a spangly, barely candy glaze is a kind of neat baking tips. Kichel’s major allure is texture, but when life’s ceaseless drudgery is attending to you, you’ll be able to combine the sugar with cinnamon, or citrus zest, or each — or, for that matter, cardamom or freeze-dried raspberry powder. Or substitute the sugar with brown sugar or maple sugar. Should you can bear splitting an egg (by scrambling and weighing it) I might lower this recipe in half. It makes a variety of kichel. — Rachel P. Kreiter, senior copy editor
Air Fryer Biscuit Doughnuts
Alison LaFortune, Scrumptious Made Straightforward
As a result of I’m a fairly incompetent baker, my favourite dessert recipes are those who provide the most important taste payoff for absolutely the least quantity of effort, and there’s no recipe that exemplifies that ratio greater than air fryer doughnuts. Making doughnuts in the air fryer couldn’t be easier. You simply crack open a can of refrigerated biscuit dough, lower a gap within the heart with a small cookie cutter, and stick it within the air fryer for 5 minutes. You’ll be able to definitely get fancy with sprinkles and a DIY chocolate or maple syrup glaze, however my favourite option to serve these is with a bit of drizzle of butter after which a toss in a bathtub of cinnamon sugar. — Amy McCarthy, workers author
Air Fryer Kale Chips
Sarah Bond, Reside Eat Be taught
An unused bag of kale within the fridge, a yearning for potato chips, and refusal to attend for the oven to preheat lately led me to experiment with air fryer kale chips (as is maybe evident, I additionally didn’t have the endurance to chop potatoes into slivers). After prepping, I evenly coated the kale in olive oil, sprinkled on some kosher salt, and tossed it in some finely chopped garlic for a enjoyable kick — although different taste choices I examine on-line (from ranch seasoning to sesame seeds) permit for infinite alternatives to style check. They prepare dinner within the fryer at 375 for simply 4 or 5 minutes, however it’s essential to preserve a detailed eye on them to keep away from scorching. They need to even be cooked in a fair layer; piled too excessive, they’ll steam and gained’t crisp. This implies a number of batches will probably be vital, however regardless of; you’ll be able to munch on one when you look forward to the following. — Nadia Q. Ahmad, copy editor
