This particular printing is 1986, but the recipes go back farther than that. I’m going to be making several of these. I even saw a funky eggplant casserole that I would have made for the previous challenge.
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MrsT…yes, the same one, actually bought a cookbook…for herself:
I doubt she’ll ever use it.
I doubt she’ll ever use it.
karadekoolaid
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I certainly wouldn't.
"Air" fryer is an oxymoron.
"To Fry" is defined as "cook (food) in hot fat or oil, typically in a shallow pan"
Air doesn't count as "oil"
"Air" fryer is an oxymoron.
"To Fry" is defined as "cook (food) in hot fat or oil, typically in a shallow pan"
Air doesn't count as "oil"
karadekoolaid
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Marcella Hazan is brilliant!
Good for her (and you). Most people think air-fryers are just for heating up oven chips but they can be surprisingly versatile if you can look beyond the name of the device. I'm sure that book contains some useful, time-saving and healthier ways of doing things. Let us know if you come across any new favourites!
There's nothing to stop you adding oil to your food then putting it into the air-fryer. For example, I now pre-cook chicken that I'm going to be using in a paella in the air-fryer which saves a tonne of splatter mess that I'd typically get from having to fry it on the stove. The chicken gets a light coating of oil, is seasoned and then goes in for about 10 minutes at 200c. The heat transfer medium is air to oil, so has it been fried? In a sense, i would consider it so.
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We cook a lot of things in the airfryer. Ours is really good at getting fat out of sausages (vegan ones) but we do find we have to clean the bottom out periodically because the oil gathers down there. We tend to treat it as a combination of a small oven and a frying pan. Ours came with a BBQ grill base which is the one we use the most often, a shelf that can go on that, used quite a lot of the time and a basket. Ours can also take a dedicated baking tin (the examples they give are lasagne or a sponge cake) but we didn't buy that accessory.
So pretty much anything that goes into the oven or a frying pan does go into our airfryer, provided its not a liquid going in (we don't have that accessory). It definitely sees more use than the microwave.
The airfryer is definitely very versatile. I love cooking salmon in it, and also use it for croutons, and frozen vegetables, and of course potatoes. And there's more I can do with it (like croissants, or pizza), I'm still exploring.
They’ve got steps for making a soft-cooked egg in it - that’s coming up soon.
karadekoolaid
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Jury is very much still OUT over here
How long does it take to cook salmon, for example? I can do a salmon steak in less than 5 minutesin a hot pan.
When my son did chips/french fries last year, they took 25 minutes. I made some on Sunday, deep-fried, in only 15 minutes.
As for the "healthy" claims, I'm not convinced at all.
Well I'm convinced by the health claims. Salmon cooks in 10 minutes without any of the splatter and no need to clean anything by hand. Frozen vegetables can be roasted using much less electricity than in the oven. Potatoes and chicken Kiev are cooked with only a drizzle of oil. I'm a big airfryer fan and not only for "fried" foods but also the ability to "roast" food without the electricity cost of running the oven.Jury is very much still OUT over here
How long does it take to cook salmon, for example? I can do a salmon steak in less than 5 minutesin a hot pan.
When my son did chips/french fries last year, they took 25 minutes. I made some on Sunday, deep-fried, in only 15 minutes.
As for the "healthy" claims, I'm not convinced at all.
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Jury is very much still OUT over here
How long does it take to cook salmon, for example? I can do a salmon steak in less than 5 minutesin a hot pan.
When my son did chips/french fries last year, they took 25 minutes. I made some on Sunday, deep-fried, in only 15 minutes.
As for the "healthy" claims, I'm not convinced at all.
X2.
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karadekoolaid
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I suppose it all comes down to how we define a "healthy" diet. I'm about 97% vegetarian and when I do eat meat, it's minced. I love fish but we rarely cook it at home (which I cannot explain at all
). I cook a lot with olive oil, rather than animal fats and use ghee, rather than butter. I could probably eat a kilo of cheese a day if I had the money to do so - but I haven't! I rarely roast vegetables, curiously enough, but we do use the oven a lot. However, the electricity bill is generally about $30 a month...About once a week, I'll just eat a salad for lunch/dinner. Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, arugula, cress, potatoes, raw broccoli, beetroot,etc., with simple olive oil & vinegar dressing. We consume loads of pasta.
My youngest (who swears by his air fryer) eats BBQ twice a week, tomahawk steaks, picanha, burgers, hot dogs, pork chops, grilled chicken, sausages and chips. Chips are his vegetable intake. Oh, and I forgot the once a week pizzas with double cheese and bacon!