I wanted to share more of my Air Fryer experience with you
We tried, and tried, and tried, and tried again…
Onion rings, potatoes, sweet potato fries, and chicken nuggets…
The onion rings looked pretty but they had no flavor
The chicken looked awful and tasted worse…again zero flavor even though it had been marinated in buttermilk and then dill pickle juice, and coated with seasoned flour…like the copy cat Chick Fila recipe… Parts got too brown and other areas remained white even though we followed the recipe booklet exactly, shaking the basket part way through cooking and not overloading…
We ended up frying the rest of the nuggets in oil, the old fashioned way…
Even the grilled cheese sandwich was dull and tasteless 😞
We had better luck with vegetables. Tossed in 1 tsp of olive oil, seasoned with salt and pepper they cooked like vegetables roasted in the oven, but in 5-6 minutes rather than 20-25 minutes.
I was really trying to learn to love this monster on my counter that sweet HH bought me for Christmas…but this large, heavy $350 appliance was not pulling it’s weight in my kitchen
HH is such a great guy, he agreed that it wasn’t working for us and offered to return it for me…
It was trotted back to Williams-Sonoma, where they took it back and credited his card immediately, even though it had been over 2 months since purchased
I am so relieved, and happy to have it outta here 😅
If you have an air fryer and love it, I am so happy for you! I think it’s a very good concept, and a healthy way to cook, but I just didn’t have good luck
If you are thinking about buying one, here are the positives and negatives I’ve found:
Oil: foods cook with less than 2 tsps of oil
Clean up: easy to clean, and parts are dishwasher safe
Size: it takes up a lot of counterspace and is heavy, not something you want to have to drag out of a cabinet or pantry
Time: most things take longer to cook than a conventional fryer because you have to cook in small batches. The appliance is large but the cooking basket in fairly small. You also have to shake the basket for many things during cooking time and often cook partially at one temp, then raise or lower the temp for finishing
Taste: I couldn’t get the batter fried things to taste anything but bland. Roasted vegetables tasted good, and cooked a little faster than the oven, but not worth justifying the price of this appliance
In conclusion, this appliance is not user friendly and produces mediocre food. I suggest treating yourself to a piece of real fried chicken or an onion ring or two once in a while
I can recommend this Picnic Chicken , it has a crunchy potato chip coating and is baked, you might want to give it a whirl
And these Tempura Battered Onion Rings are fried, but they are surprisingly light and don’t taste heavy and greasy
It’s kinda like the lipstick on a pig thing, you know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig…🐷 💄
Fried things just need to be…ahem… FRIED!
Note: This is solely my opinion, based on the food my son & I prepared in our kitchen. I am not being compensated by Williams-Sonoma in any way, but wanted to share my positive experience in shopping with them.
If you have mastered the Air Fryer, I send you kudos and hope you will share your tips and tricks in the comment section
You can read more about my Air Fryer experiences here
Coconut Fried Shrimp pictured above recipe here
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