odanny
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I like this take, and can understand what you're saying. There is already one use I will utilize that I can't right now, and that is poached eggs. There is a special holder and setting for making poached eggs and I'm gonna be all over that. I have looked at a couple air fryer cookbooks and I'm thinking most of the recipes I've found so far I'll skip, but once you find something that works, and hopefully there will be more than a handful, I'll use it quite often for them. The counter space it now occupies was once where my blender sat, which was rarely used, and before that, was a juicer, also rarely used. I'm thinking the air fryer is gonna get far more use than those two combined.My assessment of the air fryer is this:
Think of it like a whisk, a colander, or a large stock pot. It has its uses for only a few types of food.
I have had mine for nearly a year now and I have invested like $50 in cookbooks to find recipes to make in it. I have tried everything from sausage to chicken to frittatas to just reheating. Only a handful of recipes works consistently well every time in the air fryer. I'm sure if I played around with it and could devote a week or so to cooking the same thing 3 or 4 times, I could get close to the quality I get out of my cheap oven/range top for some other tried-and-true recipes I have.... but it just tastes better when you can add stuff in while cooking.
That being said,my quick go-to are Yummy brand chicken strips... 400 degrees for 8 minutes gives you better results than the 20 minutes it takes in the oven and you don't have to flip them half-way through. Clean up is super quick and easy as well. Frozen french fries--I only use the air fryer. But beyond that...it collects dust. That isn't to say I don't love it. It just has limited uses.