Thread: Air fryers vs deep fryers

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

It fails with handmade chips.
Thoughts
Andrew

dont use an air fryer. However for the oven chips:

part boil the potatoes.
put oven on 220 fan grill
cut into chips
Lightly oil chips and dust with salt pepper and spices if desired.
bake. Turn once.

I've got an airfryer and I love it, basically its just a small oven with limited temp range though, so if you're expecting something totally different then you may be disappointed. I like mine because I used to deep or shallow fry lot of the food that I now air fry so it's a much healthier option for us.. I use it for chips, chicken legs, spring rolls - pretty well anything that you can fry or cook in an oven you can do in the air fryer.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

dont use an air fryer. However for the oven chips:

part boil the potatoes.
put oven on 220 fan grill
cut into chips
Lightly oil chips and dust with salt pepper and spices if desired.
bake. Turn once.

Ben,our oven is sealed.The moisture contained in the home made chips tends to steam the chips more than roast them.
We do make chips exactly as you say.
Andrew

Originally Posted by Sue

I've got an airfryer and I love it, basically its just a small oven with limited temp range though, so if you're expecting something totally different then you may be disappointed. I like mine because I used to deep or shallow fry lot of the food that I now air fry so it's a much healthier option for us.. I use it for chips, chicken legs, spring rolls - pretty well anything that you can fry or cook in an oven you can do in the air fryer.

Exactly what we want it for.
Which one have you got.
Andrew

We have a Philips one here Andrew, it arrived just before Christmas and it gets a workout.

Bacon tends to create a bit of smoke

Open windows or a very good exhaust fan is a must.

Or do what I did the first time it happened, carry it onto the back verandah and continue.

G'day Andrew.
I am an air fryer convert. I used to love my deep fryer.....still do, but it was so messy and as we all know, not real healthy. But the chips were just heaven.It has taken a while, but I have perfected my technique. The Phillips manual recommends to soak the chips in water for an hour prior to cooking, I skip this now and just massage them in oil and sea salt. Then, cook them for twice as long as necessary, mixing them up between intervals. The end result is 90% as good as the old deep fryer. But.....I think you can't beat a deep fryer for seafood
Regards
Robbo

Cant really see that they are any different to a fan forced oven , but might be a bit quicker , I reckon you cant beat a good fry up but moderation is the key .

Originally Posted by Fatso

Cant really see that they are any different to a fan forced oven , but might be a bit quicker , I reckon you cant beat a good fry up but moderation is the key .

X 2, tossing the chips in salt, herbs and sunflower oil and put them on the oven will give the same result.