5 Delicious Foods to Try in Your Air Fryer

Air fryers are becoming increasingly popular in many modern kitchens. If you love crispy food without the mess and health concerns of too much oil, you will love this gadget. This counter-top appliance will fry your food and give that crispy texture using only a quarter of the oil you would normally use.

You can make anything you want with this versatile fryer. It’s great for reheating frozen foods and frying up your favorite dishes including doughnuts, chips, and chicken.

If you have recently jumped on the air fryer bandwagon, here are some great foods you can cook in your new air fryer and more. Enjoy!

What To Cook In Your Air Fryer?

A lot of people think air fryers are only good for cooking packaged goods like chicken nuggets, fries, and tater tots, but it doesn't stop there. You can pretty much prepare most foods in it, provided you have the right recipe. From lamb chops to chicken burgers and green beans to mushrooms, the possibilities are endless. They are really easy to use and the food comes out tasting amazing.

To help you get started with your air fryer, check out these delicious foods you can prepare with your air fryer today.

1. Baked Goods

You can use an air fryer to make your favorite baked goods. Treats include cookies, lava cakes, and oatmeal cookies. Just be sure to follow a recipe to avoid making terrible goodies. Here is a great lemon slice sugar cookie recipe to try out today. Enjoy!

2. Chicken

You can fry all kinds of chicken with an air fryer, and are some of the most popular and favorite chicken recipes to try out today.

Chicken Wings — The best way to cook chicken wings is to cook them in batches, barely touching each other. You want each wing to cook fully until crisp with the hot air, to get the best tasting chicken wings. Cook them in stages, turning them frequently, so that they cook evenly.

Here is a great chicken wing recipe to try out today.

Chicken Breasts — If you are tired of baking or frying your chicken breasts, try cooking them in an air fryer. You get great tasting chicken with less oil than you would normally use.

Air fryers will make your chicken crispy and keep it juicy. Most air fryers can fit two breasts at once, and its best to cook them loosely. Cook for a total of 20 mins flipping them halfway through.

Thighs — Thighs work best when cooked under the broiler or on the grill. However, they work great in an air fryer too and will give an incredible taste.

Cook your chicken thighs for about 20-25 minutes, flipping them halfway through the cooking process. Here is our favorite chicken thigh recipe to try out right away!

Whole Chicken — A whole chicken will come out tasting like a rotisserie chicken when cooked in an air fryer, crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Most air fryers can fit a whole chicken, and you won’t have to worry about cutting it up.

3. Homemade Chips

Cooking your chips in your air fryer will provide a healthy alternative to your fried chips and still give you the same great flavor. You don’t have to stick to just potato chips, go ahead and try beet chips and sweet potato chips to add variety to your healthy palette.

Try out this great recipe for homemade potato chips.

 4. Hard-Boiled Eggs

Strangely enough, you can make hard-boiled eggs in your air fryer. You don’t even need water, all you have to do is air fry them and peel, and you have great tasting eggs, ready to be served.

5. Ravioli

Ravioli will come out crispy and tasting amazing when cooked in an air fryer. Do your friends and family members a favor by letting them try this amazing recipe.

To really get the most out of your air fryer, it's important that you pay close attention to the recipes outlined so that your food comes out tasting amazing. There are limitless options to what you can cook in your air fryer. Try out new foods; you might discover the next big dish!

What’s your favorite food to cook in your new air fryer?

Resources— Taste Of Home, Delish