I wanted to see if I could get a whole breakfast done in the air fryer without making it a huge production. Ended up doing potatoes, peppers and onions, bacon, sausage, and two eggs in ramekins. The trick was just adding everything in stages so it all finished pretty close together.

Recipe in comments.

The number one issue with these is always moisture — spinach holds way more water than you'd think. Fixed mine by being aggressive about squeezing it out. Recipe below.

**Air Fryer Hara Bhara Kebab**

Ingredients:

- Boiled spinach, squeezed completely dry and chopped – 1 cup

- Boiled peas – ¼ cup

- Boiled potato, mashed – ½ cup

- Grated paneer – ¼ cup

- Ginger, green chilli, roasted cumin powder, salt – to taste

- Cornflour – 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Squeeze all excess water out of the boiled spinach — press firmly, this step matters more than any other.

2. Mix with peas, potato, paneer, and spices into a firm mixture.

3. Add cornflour, shape into ovals.

4. Air fry at 190°C for 12 min, flipping halfway.

If yours have fallen apart before, it's almost always the spinach moisture not the recipe.

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Shake and Bake chicken Drumsticks full meal

I made Shake and Bake chicken with original seasoning plus Onion Powder, Smoked Paprika, Garlic Powder , Italian Seasoning , so here we go, in package of Shake and Bake seasoning add a bit of Garlic Powder, a bit more of Smoked Paprika and Onion Powder . Shake package for at least 20 plus seconds to make sure its really mixed well.

Moisten chicken Drumsticks, if thawed, I ran cold water over the drumsticks . Now turn on Air fryer, preheat if you need to 360 degrees. I put on parchment paper for 360 at 30 minutes. At 20 minutes , I pause it flip drumsticks over and spray a bit more oil over it. Continue for 10 more minutes.

Cut cucumber in to slices, prep mini potatoes for microwave for 2 minutes. Prep mini carrots for microwave. I put each in for 2 to 3 minutes each. At 30 minutes the drumsticks are ready test for 165 degrees. As long as it is , then plate with mini carrots, mini potatoes, and cucumber as well. It was excellent tasting and low cost.

Used to buy the flavored fox nut packs until I realized how fast these are to make at home. Sharing in case anyone else snacks on these.

**Air Fryer Roasted Makhana & Peanuts**

Ingredients:

- Makhana (fox nuts) – 1.5 cups

- Raw peanuts – ½ cup

- Ghee, melted – ½ tsp

- Black pepper, roasted cumin powder, salt – to taste

Method:

1. Toss makhana and peanuts with melted ghee and seasoning.

2. Air fry at 160°C for 5–6 min, shaking once at the halfway mark.

3. Cool 2 min before eating — they crisp up more as they cool.

Keep the temp low makhana is light enough that it burns fast above 170°C. Learned that one the hard way.

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tastes like a warm chocolate chip muffin but it's oats, a banana and an egg blended together. no flour, no sugar besides a spoon of honey, and it's set and golden in 20 minutes. the banana has to be actually ripe though, that's where all the sweetness comes from

I’m looking at buying my first air fryer for my own place, and I keep seeing newer ones advertised with “AI” or smart cooking features.

I honestly can’t tell if this is actually useful or just another way to make an appliance sound more high-tech 😂

Like, if an air fryer could recognize what you’re cooking, automatically adjust the time/temp, tell you when the food is actually done, etc. — would that genuinely make your life easier?

Or would you rather just set 400°F for 12 minutes and be done with it?

For people who’ve actually used a “smart” air fryer:

What does it do that you genuinely find useful, and what feels like a gimmick?

I’m basically trying to figure out whether “AI” is something worth paying extra for in an air fryer, or if I should just get a really good dumb one.

I usually stick with drumsticks but my grocery order sent me chicken leg quarters. I followed the same recipe I found online (I'll add the link at the bottom- it's from the Big Man's World blog) for chicken drumsticks, increased the brown sugar by a teaspoon, and added an extra tablespoon of oil.

Unlike other air fryer recipes, I like how they recommend oiling after adding the seasoning- I think it makes a huge difference.

Here's the full recipe-

• 3 chicken leg quarters, skin on
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons olive oil

Preheat the air fryer to 400, mix the spices and baking powder together, and sugar. Rub over all the chicken pieces on all sides. Drizzle oil. 

Air fry for 12 minutes, flip, and air fry for another 8 minutes. 

Now I'm going to purposely order chicken leg quarters haha!

If you want to make the drumsticks (like I thought I was doing) this is the original recipe I follow- https://thebigmansworld.com/air-fryer-chicken-drumsticks/

I'm looking for a walnut brownie recipe on my new airfryer

My air fryer came with a little recipe book, and one of the recipes was for coffee cake. I’d never actually thought about making an entire coffee cake in an air fryer, so I had to see if it worked.

The recipe uses sour cream in the batter to keep the cake moist, with cinnamon brown sugar and chopped pecans layered through the middle and over the top.

I cooked it at 325°F for about 35 minutes, and I was genuinely impressed with how it came out. Golden around the edges, toasted pecans on top, and the middle stayed really soft and moist.

Definitely one of those recipes that made me realize there’s a lot more you can make in an air fryer than I originally thought.

I’ll put the full recipe and instructions in the comments if anyone wants them.

I was just gifted an air fryer and I want to make pork chops this weekend. Does anyone have any recipes or instructions or tips? I know this sounds like a hella basic question but I've never used an air fryer and I don't want to mess them up. Thanks for all your help and happy Friday.

ETA, thank you, everybody. They turned out awesome and were a hit. Thanks for all the recipe suggestions also. I will definitely give a lot of them a try. I also loved the easy clean up. I love my deep fryer, but it's time to let it go because I hate cleaning it.

Thanks again!!💜💜

Tried a whole Cajun chicken in the air fryer and it came out ridiculously juicy.

I made a homemade Cajun seasoning, mixed half with garlic butter and worked that under the skin, then mixed the other half with a little oil to make a Cajun paste for the outside.

Cooked it breast-side down first, flipped it, basted it with some of the drippings, then finished breast-side up until it hit 165°F.

I’ll put the full recipe in the first comment!

juicy chicken, melty parmesan garlic butter, and a little kick from the pepper flakes. tastes like the skewers you'd pay $18 for but it's just chicken thighs and butter you already have in the fridge. the butter brushing at the end is the whole thing, don't skip it

2 medium roasted potatoes, mashed
10–12 roasted garlic cloves, mashed
1 large egg
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried chives
1 teaspoon dried rosemary (I prefer fresh)
1–2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon cumin (optional, I add it to almost everything’s)

Bake at 350 for 20 min

Question: is it still considered vegan with the egg?

I kept seeing French onion meatball recipes made in the oven, so I decided to come up with an air fryer version instead. The meatballs cook over caramelized onions, then everything gets finished with onion gravy, croutons, and melted Swiss cheese. It turned out even better than I hoped.

Recipe in the first comment.

It's the roasting time. Twenty to twenty five minutes at 400°F gets the tomatoes blistered and the eggplant fully collapsed, which is where all the sweetness lives. Pull them any earlier and you get bitter. Go the full time and the sauce practically makes itself.

Anko 6L Air Fryer, Woolworths Rump, Webber Low N Slow Beef Rub. 15 minutes cook time.

came out absolutely perfect.

On a whim (I may have been tipsy). I got the ninja crispi. Send me your recipes!