1) PREHEAT YOUR AIR FRYER…
It’s common practice that any cooking element should be preheated. For the most part… some brands of air fryers note that you should preheat the appliance to make sure food cooks evenly. Just turn on the temperature you will be cooking your food and for approximately 3 minutes before putting your food in to cook.
2) BRUSH OR SPRAY A LITTLE OIL ON YOUR FOODS BEFORE COOKING
Certain foods may require a little oil to help make them crisp up a bit. But certain foods of course do not necessarily need oil. If the food that you are cooking has a little fat (such as steak, or fatty meats) then you may not need the oil because it already has fats in the food. Coconut or avocado oil is one of our favorites to make this happen. These oils are actually good oils for you!
3) OVERCROWD THE BASKET CAN CAUSE UNEVEN COOKING
If you are air frying a lot of food then you may want to cook in batches at a time to avoid overcrowding the air fryer. The air fryer is made to circulate cooking temperatures throughout the air fryer and between the foods you are cooking. You get a much better result from letting the food breath ensuring there is plenty of room for food to be cooked evenly!
4) SHAKE THE BASKET THROUGHOUT YOUR COOKING PROCESS.
When air frying smaller items, like chicken wings, french fries, and similar items, You may want to shake your air fryer basket every few minutes, during the cooking process, to make sure your food is cooking evenly. The appliance will for the most part finish cooking your food at the temperature that was set when you push the basket back in the air fryer to finish cooking.
5) HALFWAY THROUGH COOKING PROCESS…LIGHTLY SPRAY YOUR FOOD!
If you spray your food with oil after your food is getting hot during the cooking process, it gets the best crisp for most of the foods you are cooking. When doing this the oil can help to cook your food just a little faster as well so you do want to keep an eye on how fast the food is cooking after using oil spray during cooking.
Air Fryers are very much now a sure way to go as far as safe and effective cooking. Fried foods in a healthy way…what’s not to love? You can find more about best practices and creative ways of cooking your foods in your air fryer from our very popular book titled: Air Fryer Accessories Cookbook by Alicia Patterson . GET YOUR COPY OF THIS MUST HAVE RECIPE BOOK TODAY!