Can You Air Fry It?

Can You Air Fry Apple?

160°C · 12-18 min

Can you air fry apple? Yes. Slices become chips and chunks become a quick crumble filling. Typical setting: 160°C / 320°F for 12-18 min.

Can You Air Fry Avocado?

190°C · 7-9 min

Can you air fry avocado? Yes. Breaded avocado wedges are excellent. Plain avocado just goes soft and bitter. Typical setting: 190°C / 375°F for 7-9 min.

Can You Air Fry Bacon?

190°C · 8-12 min

Can you air fry bacon? Yes. Bacon is fantastic in the air fryer - crisp, even and no splatter on the hob. Typical setting: 190°C / 375°F for 8-12 min.

Can You Air Fry Banana?

190°C · 6-8 min

Can you air fry banana? Yes. The sugars caramelise into something close to a dessert with no added sugar at all. Typical setting: 190°C / 375°F for 6-8 min.

Can You Air Fry Bread?

160°C · 18-25 min

Can you air fry bread? Yes. Small loaves and rolls bake well. A large loaf will not fit with enough clearance to rise.

Can You Air Fry Cake?

150°C · 20-30 min

Can you air fry cake? Yes. Air fryers bake cake well as long as you drop the temperature and cover the top. Typical setting: 150°C / 300°F for 20-30 min.

Can You Air Fry Canned Biscuits?

160°C · 8-10 min

Can you air fry canned biscuits? Yes. They rise well and brown evenly, and they are done in about half the oven time.

Can You Air Fry Cheese?

190°C · 6-8 min for breaded

Can you air fry cheese? It depends. Breaded cheese (like mozzarella sticks) is great; loose cheese will melt and make a mess.

Can You Air Fry Cookies?

160°C · 6-9 min

Can you air fry cookies? Yes. They bake in about half the oven time, but only four or five fit per batch. Typical setting: 160°C / 320°F for 6-9 min.

Can You Air Fry Croissants?

160°C · 3-8 min

Can you air fry croissants? Yes. Excellent for refreshing day-old croissants and for baking them from frozen. Typical setting: 160°C / 320°F for 3-8 min.

Can You Air Fry Dumplings?

190°C · 8-12 min

Can you air fry dumplings? Yes. You get a crisp all over rather than the crisp-bottom, steamed-top result of a pan. Typical setting: 190°C / 375°F for 8-12 min.

Can You Air Fry Eggs?

130°C · 9-11 min for hard, in the shell

Can you air fry eggs? Yes. You can air fry eggs several ways - hard "boiled", baked or in a ramekin.

Can You Air Fry Frozen Chicken?

180°C · 25-35 min

Can you air fry frozen chicken? Yes. Safe and practical, but drop the temperature and add roughly half again to the time.

Can You Air Fry Frozen Food?

190°C · Varies by food

Can you air fry frozen food? Yes. The air fryer is one of the best ways to cook frozen food - usually with no thawing.

Can You Air Fry Grilled Cheese?

180°C · 6-8 min

Can you air fry grilled cheese? Yes. Butter the outside, weigh down the top, and it beats a pan for evenness. Typical setting: 180°C / 360°F for 6-8 min.

Can You Air Fry Halloumi?

190°C · 8-10 min

Can you air fry halloumi? Yes. It holds its shape and browns at the edges without a pan of oil. Typical setting: 190°C / 375°F for 8-10 min.

Can You Air Fry Hard-Boiled Eggs?

130°C · 9-12 min

Can you air fry hard-boiled eggs? Yes. One of the genuine air fryer party tricks - hard-boiled eggs with no pan and no water.

Can You Air Fry Hot Dogs?

190°C · 5-7 min

Can you air fry hot dogs? Yes. Better than boiling - the skins blister and split rather than going soft. Typical setting: 190°C / 375°F for 5-7 min.

Can You Air Fry Mac and Cheese?

180°C · 10-15 min

Can you air fry mac and cheese? It depends. You cannot make it from scratch - there is no way to boil pasta or stir a sauce.

Can You Air Fry Marshmallows?

190°C · 1-2 min

Can you air fry marshmallows? It depends. They toast in about a minute, but they melt fast and will run through the basket if left alone.

Can You Air Fry Mushrooms?

190°C · 10-12 min

Can you air fry mushrooms? Yes. They release a lot of water first, then brown - so give them space and do not crowd the basket.

Can You Air Fry Naan?

180°C · 2-3 min

Can you air fry naan? Yes. Two to three minutes takes shop-bought naan from stiff to soft and blistered. Typical setting: 180°C / 360°F for 2-3 min.

Can You Air Fry Oatmeal?

Can you air fry oatmeal? Not recommended. Porridge needs liquid and stirring, neither of which an air fryer does. Baked oats in a dish are a different matter.

Can You Air Fry Pancakes?

Can you air fry pancakes? Not recommended. Batter is too loose - it runs through the basket. Reheating cooked pancakes works fine.

Can You Air Fry Pasta?

190°C · 8-10 min

Can you air fry pasta? It depends. Not from dry - there is no water to hydrate it. Cooked pasta, though, air fries into excellent crisps.

Can You Air Fry Pizza?

180°C · 5-8 min fresh, 3-5 min to reheat

Can you air fry pizza? Yes. You can cook and reheat pizza in the air fryer for a crispy base.

Can You Air Fry Popcorn?

Can you air fry popcorn? Not recommended. Kernels need around 200°C of direct, contained heat and most air fryers cannot reliably pop them - and loose kernels get blown into the element.

Can You Air Fry Quesadilla?

180°C · 6-8 min

Can you air fry quesadilla? Yes. Crisper than a pan and no flipping, but the fan will lift the top tortilla unless you weigh it down.

Can You Air Fry Ramen?

180°C · 4-6 min

Can you air fry ramen? It depends. You cannot cook the noodles - they need to boil. You can air fry the block into crunchy snack noodles.

Can You Air Fry Raw Chicken?

190°C · 18-25 min

Can you air fry raw chicken? Yes. Raw chicken is what an air fryer handles best. There is no need to part-cook it first.

Can You Air Fry Rice?

Can you air fry rice? Not recommended. Raw rice needs steady boiling water, which the air fryer cannot provide well.

Can You Air Fry Samosas?

190°C · 10-14 min

Can you air fry samosas? Yes. From frozen they are excellent, and it is far less messy than deep frying. Typical setting: 190°C / 375°F for 10-14 min.

Can You Air Fry Steak?

200°C · 8-14 min

Can you air fry steak? Yes. Air fryer steak gets a good crust and cooks fast - finish with a thermometer. Typical setting: 200°C / 400°F for 8-14 min.

Can You Air Fry Sweet Potato?

200°C · 25-40 min

Can you air fry sweet potato? Yes. Whole, cubed or as fries - all work, and the natural sugars caramelise nicely. Typical setting: 200°C / 400°F for 25-40 min.

Can You Air Fry Toast?

180°C · 3-5 min

Can you air fry toast? Yes. You can make toast in the air fryer, though a toaster is quicker for large batches. Typical setting: 180°C / 350°F for 3-5 min.

Can You Air Fry Tofu?

200°C · 12-15 min

Can you air fry tofu? Yes. This is the best way to cook tofu at home - genuinely crisp outside without deep frying.

Can You Air Fry Tortillas?

180°C · 4-6 min

Can you air fry tortillas? Yes. They crisp into chips in minutes, and whole tortillas can be shaped into bowls. Typical setting: 180°C / 360°F for 4-6 min.

Can You Put Ceramic in an Air Fryer?

Can you air fry ceramic dishes? Yes. Oven-safe ceramic and stoneware are fine, and ramekins are genuinely useful for eggs and small bakes.

Can You Put Glass in an Air Fryer?

Can you air fry glass dishes? Yes. Only oven-safe borosilicate glass such as Pyrex, and only if it fits with clearance around it.

Can You Put Paper Towel in an Air Fryer?

Can you air fry paper towel? Not recommended. No. It is light, loose and flammable - exactly the wrong combination in a chamber with a fan and an exposed element.

Can You Put Parchment Paper in an Air Fryer?

Can you air fry parchment paper? Yes. Yes, with one firm rule: never preheat with an empty sheet in the basket.

Can You Put Plastic in an Air Fryer?

Can you air fry plastic? Not recommended. No. Almost no household plastic survives 180-200°C, and melting plastic contaminates both the food and the appliance.

Can You Put Silicone in an Air Fryer?

Can you air fry silicone? Yes. Food-grade silicone is one of the best air fryer accessories - flexible, non-stick and rated well above air fryer temperatures.

Can You Put Water in an Air Fryer?

Can you air fry water? It depends. A tablespoon in the drawer under the basket is a standard trick for fatty food. Water in the basket itself defeats the point.

Can You Put Wooden Skewers in an Air Fryer?

Can you air fry wooden skewers? Yes. Yes, if you soak them first and they fit without touching the element.