Posted on 12/27/2020 7:12:20 AM PST by mylife
We have an air fryer. the thing is YUGE yet holds so little inside.
I use an Instant Pot, and I love it.
Instant Pot another of my favorite appliances. Hard boiled eggs. Put on the rack, pour a cup of water in th pot. Pressure cook 5 minutes. Release steam then put eggs into ice bath for 5 minutes. Easy to peel. Perfect every time.
You can also put more water with the eggs and add cut up peeled potatoes to cook at same time as the eggs. Easy potato salad.
I could go on all day about my uses for my insta pot!
Used to be that ‘Doritos’ were associated with ‘stoners’. No heating needed there!
Lots of good instapot recipes on youtube. I just use them for the pressure cooker. Mine is a stainless steel one. I do not have the counter space or storage space for an instapot also did not want to be dependent on electricity. We have out own lp gas supply tank.
My 18-year-old son uses it often. He makes soup, rice, and a few other things.
I have not really tried it. I am reluctant to try something new and stick with the tried and true ones that I am familiar with. My mother in law for years encouraged me to try one.
Any suggestions on simple Dacula-Easy recipes?
That is a problem. Cooked some chicken wings the other day and smoked up the house. The inside of the oven gets coted with grease and you spend more time cleaning the thing that it did to cook the chicken.
For all you cooking meats that drip and cause smoke, simply put a bit of water in the bottom. That way when the drippings drip they land in water, walla no smoke, and the water helps the meat stay moist.
Many recipes on line. I search for an intant pot recipe
for what I want to make, such as spaghetti or clam chowder. Use my normal ingredients, but refer to the online recipe for cooking steps, times, etc.
Used Air Crisp Function in My Ninja Foodi to do a 3lb Boneless turkey breast this year..... Best turkey I have ever made, moist, tender, full of flavor, 50 mins and done!
IOW, it only fries over priced packaged foods.
No, thanks. I’ll continue to batter my own onion rings.
Air fryers are awesome.
French fries
Cookies
Bacon
Pies
Cakes
Chicken
Chicken Wings
Sandwiches
You name it!
Thank you!
I am thinking of making Ham and Beans.
One Thanksgiving I was forced to cook the turkey in a microwave. Turned out perfect. Crispy skin and juicy.
I use mine nearly every day. I got the food ninja that also has a pressure cooker lid.
To me, the best way to cook bacon is in the oven. Line a sheet pan with foil, place the bacon in a single layer, put in a COLD oven and turn it on to 400 degrees. Set the timer for 15 minutes and check - it may take a bit longer but no spatter and clean up is easy with the foil. Just my 2 cents.
“They are great for re-heating crispy things like fried chicken and/or french fries. And for heating fish sticks and the like. Beyond that....not that useful, really./”
That’s why I didn’t go with one of those small basket type Air Fryers. I bought the roster oven version. Probably not as good of results on the air fryer setting but it will still do everything thing else....toast, whole chicken, 12” pizza.....
I am off grid with solar. I use my ninja foodi nearly every day. With full sun I can run straight from the solar panels. If I have to run on battery I can run the air fryer full power for one hour with 25% of my batteries. With the pressure cooker or slow cooker I can run for hours because they dont run the heating element full time. I barely use propane anymore for cooking with the foodi for baking and air frying and I use an induction stove for the rest of my cooking needs.
That leaves the propane for heat, hot water, and the backup generator.
“toaster oven”
Thats the smell of Chinese slave labor sweat burning off. It will go away.
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