

Don’t overcrowd the air fryer basketĪnother difference between cooking in an air fryer and cooking in a conventional oven is that air fryers require air to be able to circulate freely around the food you are cooking.įor this reason, don’t overcrowd the basket. You can check on the food halfway through cooking, and add an extra spritz of oil if it looks like it needs crisping up a bit more. I often spritz food with oil for air frying rather than coating it with oil as you might for a traditional roasting recipe. For this reason you can often get away with using less oil when roasting compared with what you would need for an oven. The action of the hot air when air frying helps food to crisp up more easily than when cooking in a regular oven. However, I have found that I do usually get better results when cooking in a preheated air fryer if the cooking time is less than ten minutes. Some brands of air fryers state that no preheating is required. I normally just switch it on while I am preparing the ingredients. 180 fan is 180 degrees Centigrade with the fan on. To preheat your air fryer, it is as easy as setting it to the desired temperature and turning it on for around 3 minutes. Recipes for the conventional oven almost always require preheating. Use our oven temperature conversion charts to find common cooking and baking temperatures in Fahrenheit, Celsius and Gas Mark Quick Search: Menu. SUBSCRIBE Tips for converting recipes for the air fryer Preheating your air fryer
