Fry It with Air Mastering the Air Fryer with Breakfast & Snack Recipes Marissa Marie Table of Contents About this Book Introduction to Air Fryers Tips for Beginners Air Frying Fundamentals Health Benefits Speed and Efficiency Ease and Safety Aesthetics Versatility Converting Recipes Converting from Oven Recipes Converting from Different Sized Air-Fryers General Tips for Air-Frying Preparation During the Fry After you air-fry Re-heating Food Frequently Encountered Problems and Solutions Know the Ingredients Know Your Measurements Air-fried Snacks and Appetizers Arancini with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Mozzarella Beer Battered Onion Rings Blooming Onion Buffalo Wings Charred Shishito Peppers Cheesy Pigs in a Blanket Cherry Chipotle BBQ Chicken Wings Crabby Fries Crispy Spiced Chickpeas Ham and Cheese Sandwich Homemade French Fries Honey-Mustard Chicken Wings Parmesan French Fries Pita Chips with Spinach Dip Popcorn Chicken Bites Pork Pot Stickers with Sauce Potato Chips Poutine Shrimp Egg Rolls Slender Fries Spanakopita Spicy Nuts Wonton Chips with Crab Rangoon Dip Zucchini Fries with Roasted Garlic Aïoli Breads and Breakfast All-in-One Breakfast Toast Bacon Puff Pastry Pinwheels Bacon, Broccoli and Swiss Cheese Bread Pudding Cheddar Cheese Biscuits Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze Country Gravy Crunchy French Toast Sticks Garlic Bread Knots Ham and Cheddar Gritters Hashbrown Potatoes Lyonnaise Pepperoni Pizza Bread Roasted Tomato and Cheddar Rolls Roasted Vegetable Frittata Seasoned Herbed Sourdough Croutons Soft Pretzels Western Frittata Endnote About this Book This book has something in it for everyone. If you’ve just bought your new air-fryer and have no idea what it can do, this book is for you. If you have been using your air-fryer for a few years and are on the hunt for a few new advanced recipes, this book is for you too! No two air fryers are same, unless they are the exact same model of the exact same brand. Air-fryers come in all shapes, sizes, and wattages. Depending on the size and wattage of your air-fryer, you might need to vary cooking times a little. Personally, I use a 3-quart air fryer and have written all the recipes accordingly. If you use a different air-fryer, don’t worry. We will talk in detail about how you can convert cooking times if you have an air fryer of a different wattage and size. There are no alternatives to practice and experience. If your air fryer is still new to you, you will need to work on it, and work with it to truly get a feel of it. When making a recipe for the first time, feel free to take out the drawer from time to time to check the progress of your cook Introduction to Air Fryers The sole purpose of technology is to make our lives easier. I’m always glad to see a good kitchen gadget come into the market that makes my life a little easier. The air fryer is definitely one of the most useful gadgets out there today. When the air fryer first came into the market, It sounded a little too good to be true, and naturally, I was a little sceptical. When people around me started using it, I asked them about it, and they all seemed quite satisfied with their air fryers. Putting all my scepticism aside, I decided to but a fryer myself, and boy oh boy, did it change things for the better. I’ve always been a huge fan of French fries. But, since I’m an old woman now, my doctors have been advising me against it for obvious reasons. If only I could enjoy those without all the additional oil… if only… Oh, wait… I can! The fries don’t even begin to scratch the surface of what an air-fryer is capable of, and that is why I have decided to publish the “Fry it with air” series. Each book will contain a specific genre of recipes that the air fryer can cook flawlessly. From heating leftovers to making an insanely delicious and nutritious recipe from scratch, the air-fryer has got it all! Tips for Beginners Air Frying Fundamentals I’m sure you already know this, but since this is a book about air-frying, I will explain a little about how these appliances work. As the name suggests, air fryers use scorching air to cook the food, giving results quite similar to deep frying or high temperature roasting. Air-fryers actually work quite like the convention ovens. Normal ovens heat the air, but do nothing to blow it around. Convention ovens have a fan to blow the heated air around, resulting is a faster, and more even cook. And then come air fryers, which come in the shape of a compact cylinder instead of a box. The shape and size of the air-fryer allows for even more efficient circulation of the hot air, which cooks the food that is placed in a perforated basket. The result is food with a crunchy brown exterior and moist tender interior, just like a deep-fry, without all the surplus oil. Just one tablespoon of oil is all you usually need. This also means that the air-fryer can also be used for tasks that have nothing to do with frying. They can be used to heat and cook anything. It is easily one of the most useful kitchen appliances available in the market today. Health Benefits By almost nullifying the fat used for the purpose of frying, the air fryer greatly reduces the amount of calories and trans fat in the resulting recipe. Instead of throwing all your food into a fryer full of oil, you just need to drizzle a little on the top of your food, and you’re good to go!